UW Taiwan Studies Program Assistant Professor James Lin appeared for multiple interviews with TaiwanPlus, a Taiwan-based English-language media platform which appears on the CTS cable channel in Taiwan, and streams its content for free online. Professor Lin’s first appearance on July 4, 2022, addressed the history of US-Taiwan relations. In his second interview on July

UW TSP faculty member, Dr. Yen-Chu Weng, has been named a 2022-2023 Global Engagement Fellow by the UW Office of Global Affairs. Dr. Weng’s work as a Global Engagement Fellow will explore pedagogical methods for engaging the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals in UW coursework. By developing lesson plans which incorporate UN Sustainable Development Goals,

This Saturday, May 28, from 6:00pm to 7:15pm in Kane Hall 130, the Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies will host a discussion addressing the evolving relationship between Taiwan and the Baltic States. Diplomatic relations between the Baltic countries and the Republic of China (Taiwan) began in the 1920s, and were revived in the

UW Taiwan Studies Program Assistant Professor James Lin was quoted in the media below about Sunday’s attack on a Taiwanese American church in southern California. Associated Press: “Explainer: What’s behind difficult Taiwan-China relations?” (May 18, 2022) Al Jazeera: “Taiwan stunned after deadly shooting at Taiwanese-American church” (May 18, 2022)

Taiwan Studies Professor, James Lin, was quoted in a recent New York Times obituary for Taiwanese intellectual and politician, Peng Ming-min, titled Peng Ming-min, Fighter for Democracy in Taiwan, Dies at 98.

The final lecture in our joint Winter Lecture series with the Program on the Environment, Energy Issues in East Asia, occurred March 3, 2022 The transition to Green Energy is no simple task. Professor Ker-hsuan Chien (National Tsing-Hua University) joined us to discuss the tenets of a multi-scalar approach towards pursuing renewable energy transitions within

The second of our joint Winter Lecture series with the Program on the Environment, Energy Issues in East Asia, occurred March 1, 2022. Professor Peiwen Lu (National Changhua University of Education) addressed the challenges Taiwan faces developing wind energy resources within its coastal regions. Professor Lu reviewed the history of European transitions from Marine Spatial

The first of our joint Winter Lecture series with the Program on the Environment, Energy Issues in East Asia, occurred February 24, 2022. Professor Wei-Ming Chen (Biden School of Public Policy & Administration at the University of Delaware) discussed the shifts away from fossil fuels by the governments of Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan. She addressed

From December 2020 to January 2021, the Taiwan Studies Program hosted the Land/scaping Taiwan workshop virtually with a group of 11 scholars from different fields (including history, sociology, art history, anthropology, media studies, urban studies, etc) presenting papers from around the world. “Land/scaping” was inspired by a broad and multidisciplinary approach. It highlighted how spatial,

On January 13, 2020, the UW Taiwan Studies Program held a public roundtable on the Taiwan presidential and legislative elections that had taken place two days earlier. Three experts on Taiwan electoral politics made presentations: Dr. Kharis Templeman, Professor Margaret Lewis and, and Professor Dennis Lu-Chung Weng  Director-General Alex Fan of the Taipei Economic and