Call for Papers: The 4th World Congress of Taiwan Studies

Taiwan Studies Program, University of Washington

Academia Sinica, Taiwan

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


Abstract submission deadline: October 20, 2021
CFP: https://wcts.sinica.edu.tw/wctsIV/zCall4papers.html

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.

For more information, please visit https://wcts.sinica.edu.tw/wctsIV/index.html.