The University of Washington Taiwan Studies Program will host the 4th World Congress of Taiwan Studies from June 27 to 29, 2022. All three days of the conference will be livestreamed on our Facebook and YouTube pages. To join us online, please register at the WCTS website. Registration to view the livestream is free and

Professor David Bachman was quoted in an article in the Portuguese language titled, “How Taiwan’s sanctions against Russia help explain the global struggle for hegemony,” published April 7, 2022, in Brazil’s Brasil de Fato (BdF), a national news website and a radio agency. During the interview, he discussed why Taiwan was complying with sanctions although the nation

UW-TSP faculty member James Lin interviewed Professors Evan Dawley (Goucher College) and Wayne Soon (Vassar College) on their new database project collecting and translating English language primary sources on Taiwan. The Taiwan Primary Sources Project seeks to make learning about Taiwan’s history easier and more accessible for both educators and students by organizing in one central

Our interview with Professor Taiban Sasala held on October 11, 2021 covered Professor Sasala’s experiences as an Indigenous Educator and his research about his indigenous group and other indigenous communities in Taiwan.  Many issues faced by the indigenous peoples of Taiwan continue to be unaddressed by contemporary Taiwanese governing and social systems. The inequality these

In a video interview that aired on Jan. 24 on Taiwan-based TaiwanPlus news streaming service, James Lin discusses why the legacy of Taiwan’s former president, Chiang Ching-kuo, is so contested. Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen is currently facing a political backlash within her own party after attending the opening of a cultural park and library dedicated