#taiwanstudies — Public Fediverse posts

Two books about Taiwan, written three decades apart, reveal shifts in academic and journalistic discourse

"Reading these two books side by side offers more than a comparison of two authors or two historical moments. It reveals a deeper transformation in how Taiwan itself has changed, and how it is understood, narrated, and situated within global knowledge."

https://taiwaninsight.org/2026/05/07/from-chinas-last-frontier-to-ghost-nation-rethinking-taiwan-across-three-decades-of-change/

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A review of Lev Nachman's book Contested Taiwan. The review focuses on the Sunflower Movement and the formation of the New Power Party. It calls the book's theoretical arguments about contested state theory "padding". I thought the theory was important and that Nachman added some very Taiwan specific context to it.

https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2026/04/23/2003856078

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Dafydd Fell writes about how how SOAS's Taiwan Studies program has held events parallel to its courses to help promote and increase interest in the subject

"I hope that by sharing our experiences of connecting teaching and events programmes we can provide some useful lessons for how to make international Taiwan Studies more sustainable."

https://taiwaninsight.org/2025/02/14/taiwan-studies-teaching-the-experience-of-connecting-teaching-and-event-programmes-at-soas-university-of-london/

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New blog post: Walking on "Tayal Country" in Taiwan

"It is a place where the Tayal people continue to find ways to practice their traditions while living within the nation-state of Taiwan and adapting to environmental change."

https://davidonformosa.wordpress.com/2025/02/05/jianshi-atayal-culture-trip/

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