Join us for an upcoming community forum, “Taiwan Relations Act: TRA @ 40, an Enduring Partnership”, this Sunday, April 14th, from 3-4 PM in the UW East Asia Library. Our featured speaker is Director General Kuo-shu Fan (范國樞 處長) of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office. He will talk about Taiwan and U.S. relations over the past 40 years on the occasion

In her new book Raising Global Families: Parenting, Immigration, and Class in Taiwan and the US (Stanford 2018), Professor Lan uses parenting as an empirical lens to examine cultural transformation and persisting inequality in the contexts of globalization and immigration. This talk focuses on the distinct strategies of “global parenting” among Taiwanese families across the

Please join the UW Taiwan Studies program in welcoming Professor Paul Barclay (Lafayette College) to discuss his newly published book, Outcasts of Empire: Japan’s Rule on Taiwan’s “Savage Border,” 1874-1945 (University of California Press 2017). Title: Where Do Indigenous Peoples Come From? A Historian’s View When: Wednesday, April 10, 2019, 6:30-8:00 PM Where: HUB Room 214 Why do “undiscovered tribes”

Taiwan Studies Program University of Washington October 18-19, 2018 Agenda and Background From October 18th to 19th, 2018, the University of Washington Taiwan Studies Program hosted an academic workshop, “Global Island: Taiwan and the World.”  “Global Island” was the first major academic conference organized by the Taiwan Studies Program, officially established in January 2018.  The

The University of Washington Study Abroad (UWSA) program is offering a new program in Taiwan, “Exploring Environmental and Social Resilience.”  Travel around Taiwan to explore cases of social and environmental resilience. Interact with local students, experts, and communities to compare resilience and adaptation challenges and strategies between Taiwan and Washington State. Earn credits in Environmental

The Taiwan Studies Program was pleased last year to have Lt. Col. Steve Li as our first Taiwan Studies Ph.D. student in the Jackson School of International Studies.  We asked Steve, now entering his second year in the Ph.D. program, to give us an introduction to his background and research on Taiwan.   Lt. Col.

Within just a year of its launch, the Taiwan Studies Program has already offered course curricula, hosted events, and become a center of knowledge for students, faculty, and the public. As one of only a handful of Taiwan studies programs in the country, it produces wide-ranging scholarship and prepares students with the insights necessary to

Call for Proposals “Global Island: Taiwan and the World” Workshop To be held at the University of Washington, Seattle October 18-19, 2018 Hosted by the University of Washington Taiwan Studies Program From an island embedded within early modern trade networks, in its interactions with colonial and imperial powers, and as a site for development and

The Taiwan Studies Program at the Jackson School is organizing a number of events for those interested in the study of Taiwan. On February 6, 2018 join us for “Why Taiwan?” – as UW Professor Jeff Hou and Jackson School Assistant Professor and historian of Taiwan James Lin talk to Chang Tieh-Chih – Taiwanese political critic and former chief editor

In introducing the Feb. 18 panel discussion “Taiwan 2016 Elections: Retrospect and Prospect,” Jackson School of International Studies Director Reşat Kasaba also highlighted the start of a new initiative at the School around the study of Taiwan. Thanks to a recent major grant and a generous gift from an anonymous donor, the School plans to help