On Thursday, May 11, 2023,  at 3:30p.m. PT, the UW Taiwan Studies Program will welcome Professor Hsiao-ting Lin to discuss his newly published monograph, Taiwan, the United States, and the Hidden History of the Cold War in Asia: Divided Allies. Click here to register. Professor Lin’s book explores the challenges which faced the United States

UW-TSP will offer four courses for Spring Quarter 2023! Please consider these courses as you plan for your upcoming quarter. Taiwan Indigenous Cultures Instructor: Jiun-Yu Liu JSIS 484 A / ANTH 469 C Date and Time: TTh 3:30-5:20pm Credits: 5 Taiwan is a society that composes of two major ethnical groups: Han Chinese and Austronesian

On Thursday, April 13, 2023, at 6p.m. PT, the UW Taiwan Studies Program welcomed Professor Chien-Wen Kung to discuss his newly published monograph, Diasporic Cold Warriors: Nationalist China, Anticommunism, and the Philippine Chinese, 1930s-1970s. From the 1950s to the 1970s, the Philippine Chinese were Southeast Asia and possibly the world’s most exemplary overseas Chinese Cold

On Tuesday, February 28, 2023,  at 5p.m. PT, the UW Taiwan Studies Program welcomed Professor Wei-Ping Lin to discuss her newly published work, Island Fantasia: Imagining Subjects on the Military Frontline between China and Taiwan. This is a virtual event which will be livestreamed on our Facebook and YouTube pages. The Matsu archipelago between China

In collaboration with the Taiwan Studies Program of the University of Nottingham (U.K.), UW-TSP organized the Taiwan in Transition Conference, held at the University of Nottingham 15-16 June 2023. This hybrid event brought approximately 20 scholars together to present on major change in Taiwan society in the realms of demography, economy, law, and national identity.

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