Welcome

We are very pleased to announce that the 4th World Congress of Taiwan Studies will take place in Seattle between June 27 – 29, 2022. This event will be hosted jointly by Academia Sinica and University of Washington, Seattle. The local host is the UW Taiwan Studies Program (TSP). The general theme of this coming Congress is Taiwan in the Making. Examples of key themes include:

“Worlding” Taiwan: Taiwan in Global Context
Contested Sovereignty: Taiwan in Comparison
New Directions in Taiwan Studies
Consolidating Taiwan’s Democracy
Gender and Society in a Changing Taiwan
Environment, Ecology, and the Future of Taiwan
Ethnic Identity and Diversity in Taiwan
Taiwan History through Primary Sources

This will be the first World Congress of Taiwan Studies held in North America, and would bring together the world’s leading as well as rising scholars from Taiwan, Japan, Asia, North America, Europe, and Australia.

We welcome and look forward to your participation.

Chin-shing HUANG
Chin-shing HUANG
Vice President,
Academia Sinica, TAIWAN
H. H. Michael Hsiao
H. H. Michael Hsiao
Secretary General
The Secretariat of the World Congress of Taiwan Studies