On September 25 and 26, the Taiwan Studies Program will bring a dozen scholars for an in-person workshop on the theme of “Land/scaping Taiwan.” Landscapes often exist as material records, surrounding environments, or representations. We propose to move beyond these frameworks to see landscapes as embodied modes of habitation and of human and non-human encounters

On Thursday, October 12 at 3:30pm in Thomson Hall 317 UW-TSP welcomed Professor Janet Chen to discuss her newly published monograph, The Sounds of Mandarin: Learning to Speak a National Language in China and Taiwan, 1913–1960. This talk was featured in person and online. To view the recording, please visit our YouTube channel or watch

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

The second iteration of the UW Taiwan Studies Program and UW Program on the Environment summer study abroad course, Exploring Environmental and Social Resilience, concluded two weeks ago. This year’s program included eighteen UW students, ranging in academic discipline and undergraduate year. Led by Dr. Yen-Chu Weng, Lecturer in the UW Program on the Environment, the

Assistant Professor James Lin was quoted in a June 16, 2023, article in The New Yorker titled, “The Quest to Save Chili Peppers.” Professor Lin was also interviewed on the July 13, 2023, episode of the Council of Foreign Relation’s podcast, Why It Matters, discussing Taiwan-China relations. Listen to the episode titled “Taiwan, China, and

CALL FOR PAPERS Southeast Asia and Taiwan Conference April 25-26, 2024 University of Washington, Seattle Co-hosted by the UW Center for Southeast Asia & its Diasporas, Taiwan Studies Program, and East Asia Center Southeast Asia and Taiwan have been linked for millennia by migrations of indigenous peoples and maritime trade.  Today, both have become rising economies

On June 20, 2023, Assistant Professor Yuan-Hsiao published a new article in Globalization and Health entitled “Politics matters for individual attitudes toward vaccine donation: cross-national evidence from the United States and Taiwan.” Co-authored with a collaborative team of scholars from National Cheng Kung University, Professor Hsiao’s article discusses commonalities and differences between political influences on Taiwanese and

On April 14, 2023, UW-TSP hosted Representative Hsiao Bi-khim for a conversation on US-Taiwan relations. The event was featured in the April 19th edition of the The Daily in an article titled, “A freedom for anyone is a freedom for everyone.” A May 12 article in The Daily entitled, “‘Encountering Hu Tai-Li’: A window into Taiwan’s rich

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

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.