UW-TSP will offer four courses for Spring Quarter 2024! Please consider these classes in your upcoming course selection. History of Modern Taiwan   Instructor: James Lin JSIS A 235 / HSTAS 235 Date and Time: M/W 1:30-3:20pm Credits: 5 Using a variety of methods and topics, this course contextualizes Taiwanese history within larger historical trends

On Monday, February 12 at 3:30 in HUB 337, the Center for Korea Studies and the Taiwan Studies Programs welcomed Y.T. Shim Visiting Professor, Dr. Keun Lee (Seoul National University) for a special lecture.  Based on a working paper, Dr. Lee’s talk analyzed China’s complicated geopolitical position within global semiconductor supply chains and the similarly

Scroll down to learn more about two Taiwan Study Abroad Programs in June 2024 and September 2024! Global Innovation Exchanges Taipei: Semiconductor Industry Insights June 17-28, 2024 (Summer A-term) Credits: 3 Applications due January 31, 2024 Further information and application for the Study Abroad Program are located here. Sign up for the January 16 info

Are you interested in studying design while exploring Taiwan? Our colleagues at the School of Art + Art History + Design invite you to join them for a 3-week study abroad program this September: Design in Taiwan: Sustainable Innovation through Craft and Technology September 1 – September 21, 2024 Travel throughout Taipei and Tainan to

On Wednesday, March 6 from 3:30 to 5pm in THO 317 and online, the UW Taiwan Studies Program welcomed Professor Niki Alsford to discuss his newest book entitled Taiwan Lives: A Social and Political History. Published by the University of Washington Press as the first book in the Taiwan and the World book series supported by UW-TSP, Taiwan

On Wednesday, February 7 from 3:30-5pm PT in THO 317 and online,  the UW Taiwan Studies Program welcomed Professor Ian Rowen to discuss his newly published book One China, Many Taiwans: The Geopolitics of Cross-Strait Tourism. One China, Many Taiwans  examines how tourism, one of several strategies employed by the PRC at exerting political control over Taiwan,

On Wednesday, January 17 at 3:30pm in HUB 340 and online, UW-TSP welcomed Bonnie Glaser (German Marshall Fund) to discuss her co-authored book with Richard Bush and Ryan Hass, U.S.-Taiwan Relations: Will China’s Challenge Lead to a Crisis? This book talk will addressed the rising Chinese military pressure and the intensifying gray-zone campaign tactics (economic coercion, disinformation, diplomatic

Join the Taiwan Studies Program in-person or online as three speakers, Kharis Templeman (Hoover Institution, Stanford), David Bachman (UW), and Ellen Chang (UW) discuss the 2024 elections and Wave Makers on Wednesday, November 1 from 5-6:30pm PT in HUB 340. In January 2024, Taiwan will elect a new president and legislature. This election offers a potentially

From October 14 to November 28, 2023, the Taiwan Studies Arts & Culture Program welcomes you to the Kuroshio Odyssey: Maritime Memories, Culture, and Landscapes—a serial program that focuses on the diverse Indigenous communities of eastern Taiwan and their stunning natural world. The program features a series of in-person displays, online exhibits, crafting workshops, film screenings, and scholarly roundtables

On September 25 and 26, the Taiwan Studies Program will bring a dozen scholars for an in-person workshop on the theme of “Land/scaping Taiwan.” Landscapes often exist as material records, surrounding environments, or representations. We propose to move beyond these frameworks to see landscapes as embodied modes of habitation and of human and non-human encounters