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  • The February 28th Incident: Imperial Legacies and War Aftermath in Taiwan, 1947

    CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Speaker: Victor Louzon, Postdoctoral Scholar at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University The February 28th Incident, as the 1947 Taiwanese rebellion against Guomindang rule and its bloody suppression are known, is perhaps the most notorious episode in modern Taiwanese history. This talk offers new insights on this event, exploring the dynamics of decolonization and demobilization

  • Stalemate Across the Taiwan Strait: A Trip Report

    Speakers:  Michael Szonyi, Director, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies Steven Goldstein, Sophia Smith Professor of Government, Emeritus, Smith College Robert Ross, Professor of Political Science, Boston College

  • Panel Discussion – The Taiwan Elections of 2018: Implications for the Future

    CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United States

    Listen again:  Panelists: Ming-sho Ho, National Taiwan University Chang-ling Huang, National Taiwan University Steven Goldstein, Sophia Smith Professor of Government, Emeritus, Smith College  

  • Douglas Paal – The Taiwan Relations Act at Forty

    CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Speaker: Douglas Paal, Distinguished Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Former Director, American Institute in Taiwan

  • Margaret K. Lewis – Why Law Matters in Taiwan

    CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United States

    Listen to an interview with Margaret Lewis on our "Harvard on China" podcast. Download and read the transcript of this podcast interview here. Speaker: Margaret K. Lewis, Seton Hall University School of Law Professor Margaret Lewis’s research focuses on law in mainland China and Taiwan with an emphasis on criminal justice. Professor Lewis has been

  • Shelley Rigger – Taiwan’s Tumultuous “normal election”

    CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United States

    Read event summary here Speaker: Shelley Rigger, Davidson College Shelley Rigger, is the Brown Professor of East Asian Politics at Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina. She has a PhD in Government from Harvard University and a BA in Public and International Affairs from Princeton University. She has been a visiting researcher at National Chengchi

  • Hsin-Hsin Pan – Foreign Visits and the Image of National Security Defender: An Analysis of Voter Attitudes in Taiwan

    Speaker: Hsin-Hsin Pan, Post-doctoral research fellow at the Center for Humanities and Social Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan Discussant: Chong Ja Ian, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, National University of Singapore This paper looks into the effect of foreign visits to major powers on an image of national security defenders for politicians of minor

  • Webinar – The Challenge of COVID-19: The Taiwan Experience

    Harvard Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies · The Challenge of COVID 19: The Taiwan Experience Read and download the transcript of this event here.   Speakers: Jen-Hsiang Chuang, Deputy Director-General at Centers for Disease Control, Taiwan Steve Kuo, President, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan Moderators: Winnie Yip, Professor of the Practice of Global Health Policy and

  • Special Event – The State of Taiwan Studies: A Roundtable Discussion on Methods and Directions

    https://youtu.be/IZH0o9q_Wdc https://soundcloud.com/fairbank-center/the-state-of-taiwan-studies-a-roundtable-discussion-on-methods-and-directions?in=fairbank-center/sets/public-lecture-series-fairbank Read the transcript of the event here. PanelistsJaw-Nian Huang, Assistant Professor, Graduate Institute of Development Studies, National Chengchi University, TaiwanLawrence Zi-Qiao Yang, Assistant Professor, Institute of Social Research and Cultural Studies, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, TaiwanKevin Wei Luo, Doctoral Fellow, Hou Family fellow in Taiwan Studies, Harvard UniversityLev Nachman, PhD in

  • 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