See recording of this talk on our YouTube channel!   On Thursday, October 31 from 3:30 to 5pm in THO 317 and online, Dr. Anru Lee will discuss her latest monograph, Haunted Modernities: Gender, Memory, and Placemaking in Postindustrial Taiwan (University of Hawaii Press, 2023). Click here to register or use the QR code below.

See recording on this talk on our YouTube channel!     On Thursday, November 21 from 3:30 to 5pm in THO 317 and online, Dr. Fang Yu Hu will discuss her latest monograph, Good Wife, Wise Mother: Educating Han Taiwanese Girls Under Japanese Rule (UW Press, 2024). Click here to register or use the QR

This spring, students in Professor Yen-Chu Weng’s course “Environmental Issues in East Asia” participated in an Online International Collaboration Learning (COIL) project with students from Taiwan on evaluating the accessibility of interpretive signs in nature parks. COIL is an approach to foster global competence through development of a multicultural learning environment that links university classes

The typical narrative regarding Taiwan’s international relations goes something like this – Taiwan, formally known as the Republic of China, was expelled from the United Nations in 1971 and has been losing diplomatic allies ever since. After Nauru switched its diplomatic recognition to the PRC in January 2024, Taiwanese and U.S. headlines quickly lamented that

With the completion of Taiwan’s recent Presidential and Legislative elections, the island nation of 23 million people once again proved to be a beacon of democracy in a sea of heightened geopolitical tension. Lai Ching-te’s ascension to the executive office marks the eighth presidential election in Taiwan’s history and symbolizes the growing resolve amongst Taiwanese

Do you know that – in Taiwan’s election for the Legislative Yuan, the votes of Indigenous Peoples are separate from those of other Taiwanese citizens?  Taiwan has designated electoral districts and legislative seats for Indigenous Peoples. According to the Public Officials Election and Recall Act, Indigenous individuals with suffrage rights and meeting the specified qualifications

Professor David Bachman was quoted in a May 14, 2024, UW Daily article titled, “What a TikTok ban could mean for UW.“

The University of Washington Taiwan Studies Program (UW-TSP) had another eventful year. Here is an overview of our events and courses from 2023, as well as a preview of what’s coming up.  If you missed any events, we invite you to view them on our YouTube channel. A complete list of events with links to

In partnership with Green River College (Auburn), Sound Education International, and Taiwan Academy in LA, the UW Taiwan Studies Arts & Culture Program welcomes you to a series of children-friendly program, The Selfish Giant with Taiwan’s The Puppet & Its Double Theater, on the Green River College campus from May 11 to May 19. In

On Thursday, May 16 from 3:30 to 5pm in THO 317 and online via Zoom, the UW Taiwan Studies Program will welcome Professor Meredith Schweig to discuss her newest book Renegade Rhymes: Rap Music, Narrative, and Knowledge in Taiwan (University of Chicago Press, 2022). Renegade Rhymes invites readers into Taiwan’s vibrant underground hip-hop scene to