Please join the UW Taiwan Studies Arts & Culture Program and Mrs. Mei-Yuan Hsiao (蕭美媛老師) for an afternoon of performance, discussion, and reflection honoring the legacy of Taiwan’s musical icon, Tyzen Hsiao (蕭泰然). Tyzen Hsiao (1938–2015) was one of Taiwan’s most influential composers, whose works bridge Western classical traditions and Taiwanese musical idioms. Composing during

Join the Taiwan Studies Program April 9 for special guest lecture by Ming-sho Ho, Distinguished Professor, Department of Sociology, National Taiwan University as he dives deep into two major movements: the Bluebird Action of 2024, which brought crowds back to the streets by reviving the spirit of past protests, and the Great Recall Campaign of

Join the Taiwan and Japan Studies programs for a presentation by Adam Liff, Professor of East Asian International Relations at Indiana University’s Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies on April 23. Amid a rapidly changing balance of power and worsening frictions across the Taiwan Strait, this talk surveys the historical evolution of Japanese

A series of exhibitions, discussions, and guided tours brings together historical sites and stories connected to the 228 Incident across many places in Taiwan, including Taipei, Hsinchu, Yilan, Taichung, Nantou, Keelung, Chiayi, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Hualien, Penghu. These images, discussions, and texts guide visitors into events often reduced to a single conflict, but which unfolded as

Join us for an engaging talk with Professor Lin Yu-ju titled “Commercial Resilience between the Cracks of Empires: A Leading Seafood Merchant in Southern Taiwan” on Wednesday, April 1, 2026 3:30-5:00 p.m., at Tateuchi East Asia Library 2M Seminar Room.  This talk focuses on Wang Ruzhen 王汝禎 (1880–1953), who came from a family of civil

Join the Simpson Center for the Humanities on Thursday, Feb 26, 2026, 4 – 5:30 p.m. at the Communications Building, Room 120, for a special lecture with Professor Heng-hao Chang on Post-Colonial Reflections on International Disability Rights: Adaptation and Localization in Taiwan. Taiwan is a unique site of innovation in disability rights. Despite being barred

Scholarship Opportunity to Study Mandarin in Taiwan UW internal deadline: March 1, 2026 Taiwan Ministry of Education deadline: March 31, 2026 Scholarship amount and eligibility: The UW Taiwan Studies Program invites all UW undergraduate and graduate students to submit applications for the Taiwan Ministry of Education (MOE) Huayu Enrichment Scholarship, which offers stipends of 28,000

Recording of this event is available HERE (audio disruption resolves at 10:47 mark) Join us FEBRUARY 12, 2026 at 3:30 PM in Thomson Hall 317 for a special talk by Chris Horton on his book “Ghost Nation: the Story of Taiwan and its Struggle for Survival.” This event is HYBRID. You can register to attend in person or online

The Design in Taiwan 2026 Study Abroad Program will take place from August 23 to September 12, 2026 in Taipei, Tainan, and Taichung, three major cities in Taiwan. The program focuses on innovative approaches to sustainability, craft, and wellness. We are excited to partner with two leading universities in Taiwan: National Taiwan University (NTU) and National

The Taiwan Studies Program is excited to welcome Dr. Hui-Nien Lin and Dr. Chih-Chieh Chou as our Visiting Scholars for this academic year. They will be presenting their research at the Taiwan Studies Program’s Spring Colloquia in May. Dr. Hui-Nien Lin is an Associate Professor in the Studies of Indigenous Cultural Development Program at National