This April, Margaret attended the 22nd Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII). UNPFII is an annual conference for the Indigenous peoples, started in 2002; it was established under international recognition of the rights of the Indigenous peoples. It is currently the most significant global forum for the Indigenous peoples, with

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

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.

Are you interested in studying the environment while traveling Taiwan? Our colleagues at the Program on the Environment invite you to join them for a 4-week study abroad program this summer: POE Taiwan Study Abroad Program Summer 2023: 6/19-7/19 Travel around Taiwan to explore cases of social and environmental resilience Interact with local students, experts,

To encourage and facilitate research on Taiwan and the presentation of Taiwan-related research at academic conferences, the Taiwan Studies Program announces a program of small research and conference travel grants.  All University of Washington Taiwan Studies PhD students are eligible. Please refer to our Student Grants and Scholarships page for more information.   

From December 2020 to January 2021, the Taiwan Studies Program hosted the Land/scaping Taiwan workshop virtually with a group of 11 scholars from different fields (including history, sociology, art history, anthropology, media studies, urban studies, etc) presenting papers from around the world. “Land/scaping” was inspired by a broad and multidisciplinary approach. It highlighted how spatial,