Yen-Chu Weng, Taiwan Studies Program faculty, is one of four UW faculty researchers named as Fulbright Scholars for the 2025-26 year. Weng, assistant teaching professor in the Program on the Environment and the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences. As a geographer, Weng’s work explores the dynamic relationships between human societies and the environment. She

Madeleine Tsai, an undergraduate student from Professor James Lin’s HSTAS 235 A: History of Modern Taiwan, was awarded the grand prize of $1,000 in the 2025 Library Research Award for Undergraduates (Lower Division) for her essay “A Diplomatic Speech: Politics Under the Table.” In her application, she mentioned the Tateuchi East Asia Library (TEAL) and

Recorded Interview Now Available   Join us on June 28 and June 29 for a weekend of Pride Month celebration, co-presented by the UW Taiwan Studies Arts & Culture Program, the Taiwanese Association of Greater Seattle (TAG-Seattle), and the Formosan Association for Public Affairs (FAPA). June 28 (Sat) | Making Asia’s First: Long Road to

Join us on Friday, June 13, for a free online film screening and filmmaker Q&A featuring CHEN Hui-Ling’s A Letter to A’ma (2021), co-presented by the UW Taiwan Studies Arts & Culture Program, The Taiwan World Portrait Project, and overseas Taiwanese communities across the U.S. (see full list at the end) 5:00–6:45 PM｜Film Screening (with English

Join us for the Taiwan Studies Spring Colloquia on Thursday, May 22, 2025, 2:30 – 4:30 p.m. in the Husky Union Building 214. We will celebrate the end of a busy academic year with research presentations from graduating M.A. and Ph.D. students as well as visiting scholars of the Taiwan Studies Program. We will have

During the 2024–2025 academic year, the UW Taiwan Studies Arts & Culture Program presented a dynamic slate of public programs exploring Taiwan’s history, identity, and cultural expression. In collaboration with the UW Tateuchi East Asia Library, TaiwanPlus, and the Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute (Taiwan), we launched Love, Taipei, a two-part program featuring a pop-up

Recording now available on YouTube In just half a century, Taiwan transformed from an agricultural colony into an economic power, spurred by efforts of the authoritarian Republic of China government in land reform, farmers associations, and improved crop varieties. Yet overlooked is how Taiwan brought these practices to the developing world. In the Global Vanguard

Each year, the Husky 100 recognizes 100 undergraduate, graduate and professional students from the UW Bothell, Seattle, and Tacoma campuses in all areas of study who are making the most of their time at the University of Washington. Recognized in the 2025 100 is Tin Pak, B.A. – International Studies, and B.A. – Political Science

Yi-tze Lee, National Dong Hwa University gives his final talk of his Fulbright scholar time with the Taiwan Studies Program May 8, at 3:30 – 5PM in Thomson Hall 317. This talk explores the experiences of the Indigenous Amis people within urban infrastructures, with a focus on their everyday interactions with animal kin since the

The April 24 Roundtable Discussion recording is available. 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 Program, featuring two roundtable discussions (one in English and one in Mandarin), an exhibition tour, and two film