The UW Taiwan Studies Program has released our latest video on our YouTube channel! On October 14th, Professor Ming-Sho Ho spoke about his recently published book, Challenging Beijing’s Mandate of Heaven: Taiwan’s Sunflower Movement and Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement. Professor Ho discussed the role of student-led decentralized protest, how protest occupation of public space shaped protest results, “Be Water” protest tactics,

The University of Washington has a newly launched Chinese Flagship Program!  The Chinese Flagship Program is a federally funded program that offers Chinese language courses and culminates in a year-long capstone experience in Taiwan or China, where students study abroad and complete an internship in their field.  In Taiwan, the International Chinese Language Program at

UW Taiwan Studies 2020 Newsletter Welcome to the inaugural issue of the UW Taiwan Studies Program newsletter.  We intend to make this newsletter an annual update of news, events, and other items of interest to the Taiwan Studies community.  We invite your feedback as well as your support. COVID-19 Roundtable and New Online Events While

Online Video: Containing COVID-19, A Look Into Taiwan’s Response to the Global Pandemic, and New Youtube Channel The University of Washington Taiwan Studies Program and East Asia Center are excited to present a special online roundtable event with guests William Yang and Jessica Drun in conversation with UW Taiwan Studies faculty James Lin. Join us

UW is the new home of a Chinese Flagship Program. This federally-funded program provides resources to help undergraduate students reach professional levels of competence in Mandarin Chinese, and is open to all majors. Learn how you can benefit from the opportunities provided by this exciting new program! Time: May 14th, Thursday, 5:00-6:00pm Contact asianll@uw.edu for

On January 13, the UW Taiwan Studies Program held a public roundtable on the Taiwan presidential and legislative elections that had taken place two days earlier. Three experts on Taiwan electoral politics made presentations: Dr. Kharis Templeman, Professor Margaret Lewis and, and Professor Dennis Lu-Chung Weng  Director-General Alex Fan of the Taipei Economic and Cultural

The inaugural Taiwan Studies Program summer study abroad course, Exploring Environmental and Social Resilience, concluded earlier this summer with a whirlwind tour of Taiwan and hands-on education experiences focusing on the environment. The program included thirteen UW students, ranging in academic discipline and undergraduate year. They were led by Dr. Yen-Chu Weng, Lecturer in the

Professor of Anthropology Jeffrey T. Martin at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign visited the University of Washington Taiwan Studies program on November 19, 2019 to give a talk on his new book Sentiment, Reason and Law: Policing in the Republic of China on Taiwan. Martin gave an engaging talk on the development of the critical

The University of Washington Taiwan Studies department was honored to be showcased at the 2019 UW Converge Summit in Taipei, Taiwan. UW Converge is an annual international meeting of University of Washington alumni and friends from all over the word. This year’s summit began on November 9 with a theme on artificial intelligence, including lightning

(Non-)Humans, Environment, and Moments of Encounter University of Washington, Seattle April 17-18, 2020 Sponsored by the UW Taiwan Studies Program, Department of Landscape Architecture/College of Built Environments, and Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation Landscapes often exist as material records, surrounding environments, or representations. We propose to move beyond these frameworks to see landscapes as embodied modes of