The University of Washington Taiwan Studies Program (UW-TSP) had another eventful year, offering some of our most ambitious programming to date. Here is an overview of our events and courses from the past year, as well as a preview of the year ahead.  If you missed any events, we invite you to view them on

On Thursday, January 19, 2023 from 3:30 to 5:00p.m. PT, Professor Seiji Shirane joined the UW Taiwan Studies Program to discuss his newly published monograph, Imperial Gateway: Colonial Taiwan and Japan’s Expansion in South China and Southeast Asia, 1895-1945. Shirane’s book explores the political, social, and economic significance of colonial Taiwan in the southern expansion

Assistant Professor James Lin wrote an article for Jacobin on the history of US-Taiwan relations. Entitled “Taiwan Shouldn’t Be Used as Geopolitical Pawn,” the article was release on November 18, 2022. Please follow this link to read Professor Lin’s piece.

Recordings of the 4th World Congress of Taiwan Studies are now available on our YouTube channel and below. We hope you enjoy looking back on the dynamic scholarship featured this past June. For more information about the Congress, please view our conference report.

UW-TSP will offer two courses for Winter Quarter 2023! Please consider these courses as you plan for your upcoming quarter. Made in Taiwan: Arts and Culture of Contemporary Taiwan Instructor: Ellen Chang JSIS 484 B / CMS 320A Date and Time: TTh 10:30-12:20pm Credits: 5 This course will provide an introduction to the arts and

Are you interested in studying the environment while traveling Taiwan? Our colleagues at the Program on the Environment invite you to join them for a 4-week study abroad program this summer: POE Taiwan Study Abroad Program Summer 2023: 6/19-7/19 Travel around Taiwan to explore cases of social and environmental resilience Interact with local students, experts,

Professor David Bachman was interviewed by Voice of America (Russian language) on October 25, 2022. Bachman discussed the Chinese Communist Party’s 20th Congress.

On Tuesday, November 15, University of Washington Jackson School of International Studies faculty discussed how the Ukraine War is affecting the increasingly tense situation in the Taiwan Strait. Moderated by Anand Yang, the panel provided deep insights into the positions of China, Taiwan, and the US before opening to a public Q&A. David Bachman illuminated

On October 25, 2022, Assistant Professor James Lin was quoted in a New York Times article titled, “Why People Are Flocking to a Symbol of Taiwan’s Authoritarian Past,” about the Jing-Mei human rights museum in Taiwan. Professor David Bachman was interviewed on the Morning Wave in Busan radio program on October 26, 2022. Bachman spoke on the

On April 22, 2022, the Taiwan Studies Program hosted emeritus faculty Stevan Harrell for an interview with UW faculty Jing Xu about her current research involving children growing up in a rural Taiwanese village during the 1950s. Dr. Xu’s project incorporates rigorous anthropological analysis on unpublished research conducted by the late anthropologists Arthur Wolf and