The recordings of our Winter 2022 Lecture Series: Energy Issues in East Asia are now live! Please visit our Video Archive or our Youtube page for more information on each lecture and the recordings themselves.

An info session on the Taiwan Scholarship and Huayu Enrichment Scholarship will be held on January 18th from 5 – 5:30pm Pacific. Past scholarship recipients will share their experiences, and general information will be shared regarding the two scholarships. Please RSVP before January 14th, Webex meeting information will be sent via email following registration.   The

On Thursday, January 13, 2022, Professor Shelley Rigger joined TSP Professor James Lin for a Book Talk discussing her recent publication – The Tiger Leading the Dragon: How Taiwan Propelled China’s Economic Rise. Professor Rigger traces Taiwan’s economic development during the 20th century as a former Japanese colony, through decades of conflict and tension with

On October 11th, UW-TSP hosted Professor Jean-Pierre Cabestan for a brief interview on Taiwan and Somaliland. Professor Jean-Pierre Cabestan is a Senior Research Fellow at the French National Center for Scientific Research, and a Research Professor of Political Science at Hong Kong Baptist University. His recently published article in the Diplomat, The Somaliland Connection: Taiwan’s Return to

The Challenging Hegemony Roundtable held on November 30th, 2021 provided key insights into recent geopolitical developments surrounding Taiwan and the Baltic States stemming from Lithuania’s recent decision to accept a Taiwan Representative Office. Whereas Taiwan operates diplomatic offices around the world under a variety of names, Lithuania’s is the first in Europe to utilize the

Professor Ken Chih-Yan Sun of Villanova University was invited by the UW Taiwan Studies Program and UW Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology to present on his recent monograph, Time and Migration: How Long-Term Taiwanese Migrants Negotiate Later Life. Dr. Sun’s talk provided key insights into the experience of elderly Taiwanese immigrants’ experiences in

On Wednesday, October 20, 2021,  the UW Taiwan Studies Program hosted Professor Melissa J. Brown for her talk, “Tigers on the Mountain: Assessing Is Taiwan Chinese? Today.” This recorded talk is available for viewing on our YouTube channel. Since the release of Dr. Brown’s book in 2004, there have been many changes on both sides of

Assistant Professor James Lin, a historian of modern Taiwan and Associate Chair of the UW Taiwan Studies Program, was recently quoted on the podcast China Rising, a  ten episode podcast hosted by Global News (Canada). The 30-minute episode can be listened to here. Lin is featured in the second half, where he discusses how the U.S. economy and national security needs are

The University of Washington Taiwan Studies Program (UW-TSP) will host the 4th World Congress of Taiwan Studies from June 27 to 29, 2022.  The quadrennial conference is jointly organized by Academia Sinica and UW-TSP. The WCTS brings together the world’s leading Taiwan Studies scholars to share their research. The 4th Congress will pursue the general

UW Taiwan Studies 2021 Newsletter It has been an eventful year for the University of Washington Taiwan Studies Program (UW-TSP).  Despite the pandemic, UW-TSP has offered a record number of events, more than tripling the number of events we offered the year prior.  Furthermore, with all of our events being virtual, we were able to