In partnership with the UW Music Alumni Concert Series, the UW Taiwan Studies Arts & Culture Program welcomes you to Absolute Sonatas, a duo concert between violinist Emily Acri and pianist Li-Cheng Hung on Monday, January 20, at the UW Brechemin Auditorium. Violinist Emily Acri and pianist Li-Cheng Hung are excited to present this Absolute

The Jackson School graduate degree programs in East Asia are being reviewed to be updated into a new degree program: M.A. in East Asia Studies. This new M.A. degree is in the final approval stage and should be granted in the new year in which applicants will choose from various tracks of study, including for the first

In partnership with the UW Tateuchi East Asia Library, TaiwanPlus, and Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute (TFAI), the UW Taiwan Studies Arts & Culture Program welcomes you to Love, Taipei—a pop-up exhibit at TEAL in November 2024 and an online film festival on TaiwanPlus (November 2024 and onward). Love, Taipei is inspired by romance films

In partnership with Green River College (Auburn), Sound Education International, and Taiwan Academy in LA, the UW Taiwan Studies Arts & Culture Program welcomes you to a series of children-friendly program, The Selfish Giant with Taiwan’s The Puppet & Its Double Theater, on the Green River College campus from May 11 to May 19. In

The discussion will take place from 1:30–3 pm with a reception to follow from 3–4 pm. Tickets are $10 for SAM members, $15 for general public, and $5 for students. Admission to the Seattle Art Museum’s galleries is included with the purchase of a ticket to this event. Get tickets at: https://www.seattleartmuseum.org/visit/calendar/events?EventId=95182 TIDES OF TIMES:

In partnership with the Taipei Music Center, the UW Taiwan Studies Arts & Culture Program welcomes you to celebrate Taiwan’s pop music through the “MUSIC, ISLAND, STORIES: TAIWAN CALLING!” program on the UW campus. In addition to the mini concert (April 3) and pop-up exhibition (April 24-May 28) at the Allen Library North Lobby, Kay

How artists and their personal family histories shape a counterculture that reveals the historical and biographical ruptures in present-day Chinese society? Teachers are invited to view the documentary film A Long Way Home (asynchronous), then join film director Luc Schaedler (synchronous), to learn about both the film and its historical context. Film Screening (asynchronous): Registered

In partnership with the UW East Asia Center, the Taiwanese Association of Greater Seattle, and the Seed Kite Foundation, the UW Taiwan Studies Arts & Culture Program welcomes you to an in-person screening of Invisible Nation (2023) on the UW campus. Director Vanessa Hope is scheduled to attend the post-screening Q&A session. RSVP is required

Confusion of the Afternoon [午後的迷茫] by Taiwanese filmmaker Yung Chieh Lee is coming to the Seattle Queer Film Festival on Thursday, October 19, at 8 pm. In Confusion of the Afternoon, a boy’s imagination transforms the innocent touches and gazes of an afternoon playing poker into a sublime fantasy. For more details and tickets, visit

Invisible Nation (Vanessa Hope, 2023) is coming to SIFF DocFest on Saturday, October 7, at 4 pm. An eye-opening documentary, Invisible Nation investigates the election and tenure of Tsai Ing-wen, the first female president of Taiwan. Director Vanessa Hope and producers Ted Hope and Arie Thompson are scheduled to attend, along with James Lin (Associate