In a roundtable conversation, the UW Taiwan Studies Program hosted Shirley Kan, Steve Li, and David Bachman on April 30, 2019 to discuss how forty years of the TRA have affected the US-Taiwan partnership. Topics of discussion included how the TRA has affected US arms sales to Taiwan, Taiwan’s self-defense and security cooperation policies, and

The Taiwan Studies Program is honored to host the North American Taiwan Studies Association (NATSA) annual meeting this year at the University of Washington.  NATSA was established in 1994 and is run by North America-based faculty and PhD students who are interested in Taiwan Studies. The NATSA annual conferences are the largest academic events on

Professor Paul Barclay (Lafayette College) visited the University of Washington Taiwan Studies Program on April 10, 2019 to talk about his new book Outcasts of Empire: Japan’s Rule on Taiwan’s “Savage Border,” 1874-1945 (University of California Press 2017, available to read free online). Barclay captured the attention of the audience with his in-depth approach to

When: April 30 5:30PM: Reception with food and beverages, sponsored by the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office of Seattle. 6:30PM to 8PM: Roundtable Discussion Where: 214 Husky Union Building (HUB) In 1979, the US Congress passed the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA). In the aftermath of establishing a diplomatic relationship with the People’s Republic of China instead of

Join us for an upcoming community forum, “Taiwan Relations Act: TRA @ 40, an Enduring Partnership”, this Sunday, April 14th, from 3-4 PM in the UW East Asia Library. Our featured speaker is Director General Kuo-shu Fan (范國樞 處長) of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office. He will talk about Taiwan and U.S. relations over the past 40 years on the occasion

In her new book Raising Global Families: Parenting, Immigration, and Class in Taiwan and the US (Stanford 2018), Professor Lan uses parenting as an empirical lens to examine cultural transformation and persisting inequality in the contexts of globalization and immigration. This talk focuses on the distinct strategies of “global parenting” among Taiwanese families across the

Please join the UW Taiwan Studies program in welcoming Professor Paul Barclay (Lafayette College) to discuss his newly published book, Outcasts of Empire: Japan’s Rule on Taiwan’s “Savage Border,” 1874-1945 (University of California Press 2017). Title: Where Do Indigenous Peoples Come From? A Historian’s View When: Wednesday, April 10, 2019, 6:30-8:00 PM Where: HUB Room 214 Why do “undiscovered tribes”

Taiwan Studies Program University of Washington October 18-19, 2018 Agenda and Background From October 18th to 19th, 2018, the University of Washington Taiwan Studies Program hosted an academic workshop, “Global Island: Taiwan and the World.”  “Global Island” was the first major academic conference organized by the Taiwan Studies Program, officially established in January 2018.  The

The University of Washington Study Abroad (UWSA) program is offering a new program in Taiwan, “Exploring Environmental and Social Resilience.”  Travel around Taiwan to explore cases of social and environmental resilience. Interact with local students, experts, and communities to compare resilience and adaptation challenges and strategies between Taiwan and Washington State. Earn credits in Environmental

The Taiwan Studies Program was pleased last year to have Lt. Col. Steve Li as our first Taiwan Studies Ph.D. student in the Jackson School of International Studies.  We asked Steve, now entering his second year in the Ph.D. program, to give us an introduction to his background and research on Taiwan.   Lt. Col.