Taiwan Studies
Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Bonnie Glaser – How Great is the Risk of War Over Taiwan?
https://youtu.be/gvHLF-1zjc0 https://soundcloud.com/fairbank-center/how-great-is-the-risk-of-war-over-taiwan-with-bonnie-glaser There is an intense debate among experts over the likelihood of a near-term Chinese invasion of Taiwan. Senior US military officers have warned that a PRC military action could take place in the next six years. Such dire predictions are largely based on estimates of PLA capabilities. But even if China can […]
Taiwan Studies Workshop Featuring Lev Nachman – Why is Unification So Unpopular in Taiwan? It’s the PRC Political System, Not Just Culture
Presented via ZoomTopics: Speaker: Lev Nachman, Hou Family Fellow in Taiwan Studies, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard UniversityLev Nachman received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Irvine. His dissertation Movement Parties in Contested States: Taiwan’s Post- Sunflower Movement Parties focuses on contested states, examining why some flourish while others decline.Also Streaming on YouTube Transcript: Download […]
From Tangut to Taiwan: A Dialogue with Lo Yi-chin on Diaspora and Identity Politics in Fiction 從西夏到台灣：駱以軍談離散文學與認同政治
Presented via ZoomTopics: Speakers: Lo Yi-chin 駱以軍, Writer and winner of Dream of the Red Chamber Fiction PrizeMingwei Song 宋明煒, Wellesley CollegeModerator: David Der-wei Wang 王德威, Harvard UniversityThis roundtable will be in Mandarin. Venue
Taiwan Studies Workshop featuring Jaewoong Jeon – Sugar and Commodity Form: Manifestations in Colonial Taiwan and Korea
Presented via ZoomTopics: Speaker: Jaewoong Jeon, Postdoctoral Fellow in Global History, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs; Postdoctoral Fellow in Taiwan Studies, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University Moderator: Steven Goldstein, Sophia Smith Professor of Government, Emeritus, Smith College; Fairbank Center Associate This talk will not be recorded for future viewing. This talk is co-sponsored by the […]
Taiwan Studies Workshop – Taiwan Elections 2022: The Politicians’ Perspective
Presented via ZoomOn November 26, Taiwan will be holding elections for nine local jurisdictions ranging from mayors of special municipalities such as Taipei to county magistrates down to the village chiefs. As the 2024 Presidential election approaches, this so-called “Nine in One Election” will be carefully watched for clues to the relative strength of Taiwan’s parties. On […]
Taiwan Studies Workshop – Taiwan Elections 2022: The Analysts’ Perspective
Presented via ZoomOn November 26, Taiwan will be holding elections for nine local jurisdictions ranging from mayors of special municipalities such as Taipei to county magistrates down to the village chiefs. As the 2024 Presidential election approaches, this so-called “Nine in One Election” will be carefully watched for clues to the relative strength of Taiwan’s parties. On […]
Taiwan Studies Workshop – Taiwan Elections 2022: Examining the Results
Presented via ZoomPanelists:Lev Nachman, National Chengchi UniversitySara Newland, Smith CollegeChia-hung Tsai, National Chengchi University; 2022-2023 Visiting Scholar, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies Moderator: Steven M. Goldstein, Fairbank Center Associate The opposition Kuomintang party achieved what some consider to be a “blue wave” in the November 26 elections for local government offices by winning a total of thirteen […]
Visiting Scholars Present: Taiwan Studies
CGIS South Room S250 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesFairbank Center visiting scholars will share the work of Taiwan filmmaker Edward Yang, research on Qing Dynasty Taiwan war preparations, and new findings on U.S. views of U.S.-China AI competition. Please join us for this fascinating workshop! Presenters: Ruochen Bo, 2022-23 Hou Family Pre-doctoral Fellow in Taiwan Studies Bo will talk about the iconic Taiwan […]
Taiwan Studies Workshop Panel Discussion: Elections in Taiwan 2024
Presented via ZoomSpeakers:Richard C. Bush, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Center for East Asia Policy Studies (CEAP), Brookings InstitutionJIA Qingguo, Director and Professor, Institute for Global Cooperation and Understanding, Peking UniversityWei-Ting Yen, Assistant Professor of Government, Government Department, Franklin and Marshall College Moderator: Steven M. Goldstein, Sophia Smith Professor of Government, Emeritus, Smith College; Director, Fairbank Center Taiwan Studies […]
Election Results in Taiwan: Assessing Their Impact on Taiwan’s Political Development and Cross Strait Relations
Presented via ZoomSpeakers:Douglas H. Paal, Distinguished Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Former Director, American Institute in Taiwan (2002–2006)Sarah Liu, Senior Lecturer in Gender and Politics, University of EdinburghJi Ye, Graduate Institute for Taiwan Studies, Xiamen University Chair: Steven Goldstein, Taiwan Studies Workshop Director, Harvard University Fairbank Center Presented via Zoom. Register at: https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jsuQw_ArSrS330mlcOHzxw Venue
Rethinking Taiwan and the World: Presentations by the Fairbank Center’s 2023-24 Fellows in Taiwan Studies
CGIS South Room S250 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeakers:Shinyi Hsieh, Hou Family Postdoctoral Fellow in Taiwan Studies, Fairbank Center; PhD, History of Health Sciences Program, Dept of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of California-San Francisco - Navigating Geomedical Borders: A Critical Analysis of NAMRU-2’s Operations in Taiwan and Southeast Asia, 1955-1975. Anatol Klass, Hou Family Predoctoral Fellow in Taiwan Studies, Fairbank Center; PhD Candidate in History, […]
Visiting Scholar Lecture featuring Po-Chang (Paul) Huang – Sleepwalking into a China-Taiwan War? The Underreported Crisis over Kinmen and the Danger it Entails
CGIS South Room S354 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Po-Chang (Paul) Huang, Fairbank Center Visiting Scholar; Research Fellow, Taiwan Public Opinion Foundation Discussant: Steven Goldstein, Director, Taiwan Studies Workshop, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies On February 14, 2024, a tiny Chinese fishing raft collided with a Taiwan Coast boat near the waters of Kinmen, a Taiwan-controlled island just miles off China's Fujian coast. […]