Confusion of the Afternoon [午後的迷茫] by Taiwanese filmmaker Yung Chieh Lee is coming to the Seattle Queer Film Festival on Thursday, October 19, at 8 pm. In Confusion of the Afternoon, a boy’s imagination transforms the innocent touches and gazes of an afternoon playing poker into a sublime fantasy. For more details and tickets, visit

Invisible Nation (Vanessa Hope, 2023) is coming to SIFF DocFest on Saturday, October 7, at 4 pm. An eye-opening documentary, Invisible Nation investigates the election and tenure of Tsai Ing-wen, the first female president of Taiwan. Director Vanessa Hope and producers Ted Hope and Arie Thompson are scheduled to attend, along with James Lin (Associate

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

In partnership with Town Hall Seattle, the UW Taiwan Studies Arts & Culture Program is thrilled to co-host renowned jazz bassist Richie Goods and rising-star vibraphonist Chien Chien Lu for the West Coast premiere of their collaborative album, Connected. Joined by Matt Wong on keys, Quintin Zoto on guitar, and Jerome Jennings on drums, Richie Goods and Chien Chien will deliver an energetic, provocative listening experience. Time: Friday, July 7,

The UW Taiwan Studies Arts & Culture Program is thrilled to invite you to a special screening of Laha Mebow’s award-winning film, GAGA 哈勇家 (2022), on Monday, May 22, at 6 pm, at the University of Washington (Kane Hall 120). The screening will be followed by a post-screening Q&A session with Director Laha Mebow. Floor will be open to the

“Hu Tai-Li’s films should be mandatory viewing for anyone in Taiwan Studies. Future generations of filmmakers in Taiwan will owe a great debt to her.” —Marc L. Moskowitz, American Anthropologist, 2008 From April 3 to May 3, 2023, the Taiwan Studies Arts & Culture Program welcomes you to our exhibit, Encountering Hu Tai-Li: The Anthropologist Behind the Camera,

On Friday, April 14, 2023, at 9:30 AM PT, the UW Taiwan Studies Program will welcome Representative Bi-khim Hsiao for a public conversation with JSIS Professor James Lin to discuss the future of US-Taiwan Relations. The Future of US-Taiwan Relations: Representative Bi-khim Hsiao in Conversation with JSIS Professor James Lin University of Washington (In-person Only) Please visit our Eventbrite page to register: bikhimhsiao.eventbrite.com *Registration Required! Registered

The UW Taiwan Studies Arts & Culture Program is thrilled to invite you and your young ones to our first ever kids program! This April we will be hosting four child-friendly events at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture! Kids Storytime: “LOKOT: the Fish that Lived in a Tree” with Nikal Kabala’an (Pangcah

The UW Taiwan Studies Arts & Culture Program is thrilled to invite you to a special screening of CHEN Hui-Ling’s documentary film, A Letter to A’ma 給阿媽的一封信 (2021), on Wednesday, March 29, at 7 pm, at the Northwest Film Forum. The screening will be followed by a post-screening Q&A session with Director Chen, moderated by

The UW Taiwan Studies Arts & Culture Program is honored to invite you to a memorial film screening and lecture honoring Dr. HU Tai-Li on Tuesday, April 18, 2023, at 5:30 pm, at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture. In memory of Dr. HU Tai-Li, the evening features an in-person screening of the