On January 7th, 2021, Professor Julia C. Strauss spoke about her recently published book, State Formation in China and Taiwan: Bureaucracy, Campaign, and Performance.  This event was recorded and is available for viewing  This book is a comparative study of regime consolidation in the ‘revolutionary’ People’s Republic of China and the ‘conservative’ Republic of China (Taiwan)

The University of Washington Taiwan Studies Program will participate in an upcoming conference, Post Pandemic World and Global Education in Asia.  This virtual conference is an academic collaboration between Taiwanese universities, European universities, the University of Wyoming, and the University of Washington. The COVID-19 outbreak has raised many problems in the world and has impacted

The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in San Francisco is hosting an information session on scholarship opportunities in Taiwan. This event will take place at 4pm Pacific Time on January 28th. Please register by January 22nd, and contact sfmoe@tweducation.org with any questions.

A live roundtable discussion on the relationship between digital governance, civic engagement, and the public sphere was held on Thursday, December 17th. What has been the role of digital governance in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic? What is the continuing significance of public space? What is the future of public space in the age of social media

As the Taiwan Studies Program of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington enters its fourth year, the Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) has provided a $1 million endowment to support the Program operations, and a further $800,000 grant to establish a Taiwan Arts and Culture program for

On April 7th, 2021, the UW Taiwan Studies Program hosted Professor Dominic Meng-Hsuan Yang for a Book Talk on his recently published work, The Great Exodus from China: Trauma, Memory, and Identity in Modern Taiwan. This recorded talk is available for viewing on our YouTube channel. This book examines one of the least understood migrations in modern

The Taiwan Studies Program at the University of Washington proudly announces a recent agreement with Taiwan’s Ministry of Education (MOE). A Memorandum of Understanding was signed with the Education Division of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in San Francisco, aimed at enhancing the UW Taiwan Studies Program. MOE will support the Taiwan Studies Program

ENVIR495C / JSIS484C: Environmental Issues in East Asia will be offered again during the upcoming Winter 2021 quarter! This class will meet virtually T/Th 5 – 6:50pm. This course will also feature a new addition – students will virtually collaborate with Taiwanese students for a 3-week final project on comparative case studies of Taiwan and

UW Professor Emeritus Stevan Harrell interviews Professor Lenglengman Rovaniyaw of National Dong Hwa University on the field of Indigenous Studies in Taiwan (Part I), and on her own research (Part II). Why is it important to study Indigenous peoples? What are some issues concerning land and environmental conservation in Taiwan Indigenous communities? What is in

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,