In partnership with the 228 Memorial Foundation (Taiwan) and the UW Tateuchi East Asia Library, the UW Taiwan Studies Arts & Culture Program welcomes you to our 228 Memorial Roundtable Discussion: 228: From Atrocity to Transitional Justice in Taiwan! Time: Thu, Apr 24th, 2025, 3:30 PM Location: Husky Union Building (HUB) 340 (In-person only) RSVP: http://tinyurl.com/228Roundtable

In partnership with the Taiwanese Association of Greater Seattle and Seed Kite Foundation, the UW Taiwan Studies Arts & Culture Program welcomes you to our 228 Memorial Screening and Director Q&A: In Search of a Mixed Identity (2024) with Co-directors Ming-zheng HUANG and Chen-Hui LIEN! TICKET GIVEAWAY IS HERE! We have a limited number of complimentary tickets for

Join us APRIL 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM in HUB room 340 for a very special presentation by Professor Lan Pei-Chia of National Taiwan University for her talk ‘Borders of Identities: Second Generation, Multiculturalism, and Geopolitics in Taiwan’. This event is HYBRID. You can register to attend in person, or online at the link below.

Join us on March 6, 3:30 – 5 PM (Pacific) for this hybrid book talk with Professor Honghong Tinn, University of Minnesota Twin Cities. (Register via the link below) How did Taiwan, a former Japanese colony and the last fortress of the defeated Chinese Nationalists, ascend to such heights in high-tech manufacturing? In Island Tinkerers,

By Niki Alsford and James Lin The Pioneering Taiwan Studies Workshop, held at the University of Washington and co-organized with Niki Alsford from the University of Central Lancashire, brought together a distinguished cohort of early-generation Taiwan Studies scholars whose research has significantly shaped the field. The workshop provided a unique platform for reflecting on the

Join us on March 6, 2025 at 3:30 (Pacific) for a talk by Honghong Tinn on her latest book ‘Island Tinkerers: Innovation and Transformation in the Making of Taiwan’s Computing Industry‘.  How did Taiwan, a former Japanese colony and the last fortress of the defeated Chinese Nationalists, ascend to such heights in high-tech manufacturing? In Island

Join us Thursday, February 6 at 3:30 – 5:00 PM in Thomson 317, and online for ‘Colonial Taiwan and the Nature of Japan’s Pharmaceutical Industry’ with Timothy M. Yang, University of Georgia. This talk is based on Yang’s recent book ‘A Medicated Empire: the Pharmaceutical Industry and Modern Japan’ (Cornell University Press, 2021). In this

In partnership with the UW Music Alumni Concert Series, the UW Taiwan Studies Arts & Culture Program welcomes you to Absolute Sonatas, a duo concert between violinist Emily Acri and pianist Li-Cheng Hung on Monday, January 20, at the UW Brechemin Auditorium. Violinist Emily Acri and pianist Li-Cheng Hung are excited to present this Absolute

The 2025 Taiwan Scholarship and the Huayu Enrichment Scholarship, sponsored by the Taiwan Ministry of Education, will be open for applications FEB 1 – MAR 31, 2025. As in previous years, the MOE_Taiwan_Scholarship-2025 is offered to students who wish to enroll in a degree program in Taiwan, while the MOE_Huayu_Enrichment_Scholarship-2025 is tailored for students who wish

Join us JANUARY 22, 2026 at 3:30 PM in Thomson Hall 317 for a special book talk by Professor Nicholas de Villiers of University of North Florida for his talk ‘Cruisy, Sleepy, Melancholy: Sexual Disorientation in the Films of Tsai Ming-liang’. This event is HYBRID. You can register to attend in person or online at the link below.