{"id":3704,"date":"2023-12-12T19:51:34","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T19:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/taiwan\/?p=3704"},"modified":"2024-03-27T22:57:12","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T22:57:12","slug":"book-talk-taiwan-lives-with-niki-alsford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/taiwan\/2023\/12\/12\/book-talk-taiwan-lives-with-niki-alsford\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Talk: Taiwan Lives with Niki Alsford"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On Wednesday, March 6 from 3:30 to 5pm in THO 317 and online<\/strong>, the UW Taiwan Studies Program welcomed Professor Niki Alsford to discuss his newest book entitled <em>Taiwan Lives: A Social and Political History<\/em>. Published by the University of Washington Press as the first book in the\u00a0<em>Taiwan and the World<\/em>\u00a0book series supported by UW-TSP,\u00a0<em>Taiwan Lives<\/em>\u00a0traces Taiwan\u2019s complex history through the lens of colonial influences from Austronesian expansion to the economic and democratic polity it is today.<\/p>\n<p>Alsford explores this arc of history by recounting the life stories of its inhabitants. <em>Taiwan Lives<\/em> delves into the lives of twenty-four individuals, including a merchant, exile, activist, pop star, doctor, and a president. These stories span different time periods, social classes, ethnic backgrounds, and political affiliations, yet all offer glimpses into the varied historical epochs and highlight the interconnectedness of colonialism.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Taiwan Lives: A Social and Political History with Niki Alsford\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6akeLiipRfM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3706 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/taiwan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/12\/Alsford-Headshot-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/taiwan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/12\/Alsford-Headshot-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/taiwan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/12\/Alsford-Headshot-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/taiwan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/12\/Alsford-Headshot-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Niki J.P. Alsford<\/strong>\u00a0is Professor in Asia Pacific Studies and Director of Asia Pacific Institutes at the University of Central Lancashire. In addition, he is a Research Associate at the Centre of Taiwan Studies at SOAS, the University of London, and an Associate Member of the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Oxford. Alsford is the author of\u00a0<em>Transitions to Modernity in Taiwan: The Spirit of 1895 and the Cession of Formosa to Japan<\/em>, published by Routledge in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>This event was made possible by the generous support of the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, March 6 from 3:30 to 5pm in THO 317 and online, the UW Taiwan Studies Program welcomed Professor Niki Alsford to discuss his newest book entitled Taiwan Lives: A Social and Political History. 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