Philip Hesse is a Master’s student in East Asian Studies-Taiwan track at the University of Washington’s Jackson School. His main areas of interest center on how changes in legal frameworks and political transitions shape the development of historical memory and identity formation. He is particularly interested in how Taiwan’s historical experiences evince broader questions of

Around the world, Indigenous communities are confronting intensifying challenges from climate change. The frequency and intensity of natural hazards—hurricanes, wildfires, tsunamis, earthquakes, and flooding—disproportionately affect Indigenous peoples who live on or near the front lines of environmental disruptions. Yet the physical impacts of hazards are only the beginning of trauma. These events often unfold into

Please join us for our annual Taiwan Studies Program Spring Colloquium where we celebrate the end of a busy academic year with research presentations from graduating students as well as visiting scholars of the Taiwan Studies Program. This event will take place on Tuesday, June 2, 2026, 2 – 4 p.m, at HUB 334.  Light

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

Please join us for the Seattle edition of the 2026 UNPFII Series, The Path to Healing Beyond Conflict for Indigenous Peoples in Taiwan, on April 17 and April 25, 2026. The 2026 United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is themed “Ensuring Indigenous Peoples’ health, including in the context of conflict.” The Forum explores how

Please join the UW Taiwan Studies Arts & Culture Program for a special screening of A CHIP ODYSSEY (HSIAO Chu-Cheng, 2025) with post-screening Q&A with Producer Ben Tsiang. Sunday, May 31 | 4:00 PM (PDT) | Northwest Film Forum ️ FREE FOR UW TSP COMMUNITY MEMBERS! Please sign up here to reserve your place in the queue—RSVP does

RECORDING NOW AVAILABLE Join us on May 14 – online or in-person – for a book talk by Michelle T. King about her latest book ‘Chop Fry Watch Learn: Fu-Pei Mei and Making of Modern Chinese Food. Fu Pei-mei (1931-2004), Taiwan’s beloved and pioneering postwar cook book author and television celebrity, was often called the

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