On April 14, 2023, UW-TSP hosted Representative Hsiao Bi-khim for a conversation on US-Taiwan relations. The event was featured in the April 19th edition of the The Daily in an article titled, “A freedom for anyone is a freedom for everyone.” A May 12 article in The Daily entitled, “‘Encountering Hu Tai-Li’: A window into Taiwan’s rich

This April, Margaret attended the 22nd Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII). UNPFII is an annual conference for the Indigenous peoples, started in 2002; it was established under international recognition of the rights of the Indigenous peoples. It is currently the most significant global forum for the Indigenous peoples, with

On April 7, 2023, Assistant Professor James Lin presented at a University of Arizona’s Center for East Asian Studies’ roundtable entitled,  “Semiconductor Manufacturing: Opportunities and Challenges to the US and Beyond.” Professor Lin’s talk was turned into a “Tell Me About East Asia” podcast episode available here.

On Wednesday, April 26, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. PT, UCLA’s Asia Pacific Center and UW’s Taiwan Studies Program welcomed CHONG Ja Ian to discuss his new work, ‘Stand up Like a Taiwanese!’.  Taiwan’s opposition to PRC demands such as acceptance of the ‘92 Consensus’ and ‘One Country, Two Systems’ formula since 2016 has invited a

On Thursday, May 11, 2023,  at 3:30p.m. PT, the UW Taiwan Studies Program will welcome Professor Hsiao-ting Lin to discuss his newly published monograph, Taiwan, the United States, and the Hidden History of the Cold War in Asia: Divided Allies. Click here to register. Professor Lin’s book explores the challenges which faced the United States

UW-TSP will offer four courses for Spring Quarter 2023! Please consider these courses as you plan for your upcoming quarter. Taiwan Indigenous Cultures Instructor: Jiun-Yu Liu JSIS 484 A / ANTH 469 C Date and Time: TTh 3:30-5:20pm Credits: 5 Taiwan is a society that composes of two major ethnical groups: Han Chinese and Austronesian

Yeen-mei Wu, ardent supporter of the Tateuchi East Asia Library and the Taiwan Studies Program, died November 29th.  She was 87. Yeen-Mei came to the US in 1959 to study business at the University of Michigan. She was part of the second wave of Chinese immigrants to the country, many of whom were from Taiwan.

On Thursday, April 13, 2023, at 6p.m. PT, the UW Taiwan Studies Program welcomed Professor Chien-Wen Kung to discuss his newly published monograph, Diasporic Cold Warriors: Nationalist China, Anticommunism, and the Philippine Chinese, 1930s-1970s. From the 1950s to the 1970s, the Philippine Chinese were Southeast Asia and possibly the world’s most exemplary overseas Chinese Cold

On Tuesday, February 28, 2023,  at 5p.m. PT, the UW Taiwan Studies Program welcomed Professor Wei-Ping Lin to discuss her newly published work, Island Fantasia: Imagining Subjects on the Military Frontline between China and Taiwan. This is a virtual event which will be livestreamed on our Facebook and YouTube pages. The Matsu archipelago between China

In collaboration with the Taiwan Studies Program of the University of Nottingham (U.K.), UW-TSP organized the Taiwan in Transition Conference, held at the University of Nottingham 15-16 June 2023. This hybrid event brought approximately 20 scholars together to present on major change in Taiwan society in the realms of demography, economy, law, and national identity.