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

UW-TSP will offer two courses during Winter Quarter 2022! Making Modern Taiwan  JSIS A 588 (SLN: 22190) // HSTAS 590 (SLN: 22191) Course Instructor: James Lin, jyslin@uw.edu T 1:30 – 4:20pm // 5 credits Taiwan has recently been called by a major publication as “the most dangerous place on Earth.” However, these popular portrayals of Taiwan are largely

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

On May 28th, 2021, the UW Taiwan Studies Program hosted Professor Dafydd Fell for a Book Talk on his recently published work, Taiwan’s Green Parties: Alternative Politics in Taiwan. The recorded talk is available for viewing on our Youtube channel. This book examines the Green Party Taiwan (GPT) since its establishment through the aftermath of the most recent

The UW Taiwan Studies Program, along with the UW East Asia Center and the UW Foster School of Business Global Business Center, presents a panel discussion on Taiwan Entangled in the Global Economy: Silicon, Supply Chains, Geopolitics. This virtual panel took place on Wednesday, May 19th, 4:30pm – 6pm Pacific Time.   In the backdrop of disruptions

Taiwan Studies Program faculty and associate chair, James Lin, was quoted during a NPR piece on Biden’s foreign policy toward Taiwan and China. Give it a 3-minute listen!