The UW Taiwan Studies Program is proud to announce the launch of the University of Washington Press book series, Taiwan and the World, edited by TSP faculty Madeleine Dong, Bill Lavely, and James Lin.  The first book published in the series is Niki Alsford’s Taiwan Lives, on which he will give a book talk on March

CALL FOR PAPERS International Journal of Taiwan Studies Topical Section: “Democratic Transition and Postauthoritarianism in Taiwan” In the 1980s and 1990s, Taiwan underwent a dramatic transformation from single-party authoritarian rule to a vibrant multi-party democracy.  The transformation spawned a number of studies about Taiwan’s democratisation as part of the so-called ‘Third Wave’. Today, Taiwan ranks

On April 7, 2023, Assistant Professor James Lin presented at a University of Arizona’s Center for East Asian Studies’ roundtable entitled,  “Semiconductor Manufacturing: Opportunities and Challenges to the US and Beyond.” Professor Lin’s talk was turned into a “Tell Me About East Asia” podcast episode available here.

On Tuesday, November 15, University of Washington Jackson School of International Studies faculty discussed how the Ukraine War is affecting the increasingly tense situation in the Taiwan Strait. Moderated by Anand Yang, the panel provided deep insights into the positions of China, Taiwan, and the US before opening to a public Q&A. David Bachman illuminated

On October 25, 2022, Assistant Professor James Lin was quoted in a New York Times article titled, “Why People Are Flocking to a Symbol of Taiwan’s Authoritarian Past,” about the Jing-Mei human rights museum in Taiwan. Professor David Bachman was interviewed on the Morning Wave in Busan radio program on October 26, 2022. Bachman spoke on the

Taiwan Studies Program faculty member, Director of the Urban Commons Lab at the University of Washington, and Professor of Landscape Architecture Jeff Hou published Emerging Civic Urbanisms in Asia: Hong Kong, Seoul, Singapore, and Taipei beyond Developmental Urbanization. Co-edited with Dr. Im Sik Cho (National University of Singapore) and Dr. Blaz Kriznik (Hanyang University), the book

UW Taiwan Studies Program Assistant Professor James Lin was featured by multiple sources on Speaker Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan. He was quoted in the South China Morning Post on the risk Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan may pose. Professor Lin was also featured on Conversation Six discussing Speaker Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan. Professor Lin spoke

UW Taiwan Studies Program Assistant Professor James Lin appeared for multiple interviews with TaiwanPlus, a Taiwan-based English-language media platform which appears on the CTS cable channel in Taiwan, and streams its content for free online. Professor Lin’s first appearance on July 4, 2022, addressed the history of US-Taiwan relations. In his second interview on July

UW TSP faculty member, Dr. Yen-Chu Weng, has been named a 2022-2023 Global Engagement Fellow by the UW Office of Global Affairs. Dr. Weng’s work as a Global Engagement Fellow will explore pedagogical methods for engaging the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals in UW coursework. By developing lesson plans which incorporate UN Sustainable Development Goals,