SOAS Taiwan Studies

The SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies is the world's leading institution for Taiwan Studies teaching, publications and academic events.

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Save the dates for the SOAS Taiwan Studies Summer School 2026: 26 June, and 29 June–3 July.

Registration: https://t.co/I6moWRFg2r

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Join Prof. Tsong-Min Wu and Prof. Elliott Fan on 6 Oct for two talks exploring Taiwan’s economic transformation, institutional change, and distinctive path of female empowerment.

📅 6 Oct 2026, 7–9pm
📍 DLT, SOAS Main Building

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Green Party Taiwan: The First Thirty Years

On 14 Oct, Prof. Dafydd Fell and Yan-Han Wang reflect on 30 years of Green Party Taiwan and what its history reveals about alternative politics, social movements and values-based politics.

Moderated by Prof. Cheng Ling-Fang.

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On 26 June, Dr Chia-Wei Chao opens this year’s SOAS Taiwan Studies Summer School with a talk on nuclear debate, semiconductor-driven electricity demand, and energy security in Taiwan.

Register: https://t.co/I6moWRFg2r
🗓 26 June
🕥 10.30am–12.00pm
📍 DLT, SOAS Main Building

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On 29 June, we bring together two connected events on women, labour, industrialisation, and memory in Taiwan.

1pm–3pm: screening of The Lost Youth: Women and Industrial Work in Taiwan
3.30pm–5pm: Professor Lee An-Ru on Haunted Modernities

Register: https://t.co/I6moWRFg2r

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Summer School screening | The Lost Youth: Women and Industrial Work in Taiwan

Screening + director Q&A with Wan-Ching Ke.

Register: https://t.co/I6moWRFg2r

🗓 29 June | 🕐 1.00pm–3.00pm | 📍 KLT, SOAS

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The @SOASTaiwan Taiwan Studies Summer School is back from 26 June!
Open to all with a wide range of activities, talks & screenings, it's a fantastic opportunity to get to the heart of some of the biggest topics in Taiwan studies today👇

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📢 The full schedule for the 2026 Taiwan Studies Summer School is now out!

Join us from 26 June to 3 July for lectures, roundtables, film screenings, book talks, and the Centre of Taiwan Studies Student Symposium.

🔗 More information and registration:
https://t.co/3LiXhbHCM9

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On 16 June, join us at SOAS for a screening of On The Train and a director Q&A with Chu-chen Hsiao.

A moving documentary on Taiwan’s South Link Line, railway labour, memory, and the fading world of the old trains.

5.00pm–8.30pm | BGLT, Brunei Gallery SOAS

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🎬70 years ago, the first hit Taiwanese-language feature film was released.
To celebrate, @SOASTaiwan will host a symposium on 12 June, and several Taiwanese-language films will tour Leicester, Cardiff, London & Sheffield from 11-14 June!
https://t.co/PU6EEJ20VD

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A week until "A Chip Odyssey" is screened at @SOASTaiwan!
The documentary traces the remarkable story of Taiwan's emergence as the global leader in semiconductors. There will be a director's Q&A after the showing.
Don't forget to register👇

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Register now: https://t.co/I6moWRFg2r

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On 2 July, our Summer School brings together two connected events on Syaman Rapongan: a talk on translating Mata nu Wawa and a screening of I Dream of the Ocean. Together they open up questions of Indigenous language, memory, translation, and cultural transmission.

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Continuing from Professor Lee An-Ru’s earlier Summer School talk on Haunted Modernities, we are also delighted to welcome her for another book talk: Why Taiwan? Anthropological Perspectives.

3 July 2026 | 1.00pm–2.30pm | SOAS Main Building, KLT
Register: https://t.co/I6moWRFg2r

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26 June | Death penalty roundtable + film screening

A major Summer School highlight: Roundtable on the death penalty in Taiwan; Screening of ‘Me and My Condemned Father’ and director Q&A with Lee Chia-hua.

Register: https://t.co/I6moWRFg2r

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The event is being held in partnership with the Taipei Representative Office in the United Kingdom.

We look forward to welcoming you all!

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Event Highlight | Documentary screening and director Q&A: 'A Chip Odyssey' | 15 June, 5:30pm - 9pm, in Room BGLT

👉 Event Details: https://t.co/19DSYqcr9M
👉 Registration Link: https://t.co/g3skinTrO4
👉 Related Events: https://t.co/TUXaUinJiu

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On 5 June, we are delighted to welcome Dr Chris Cristóbal Chan for a talk on the Beishan Broadcast Wall in Kinmen, exploring sound, spectrality, and the afterlives of Cold War infrastructure in the Taiwan Strait.

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Here is a look at our upcoming events in June, along with this year’s Summer School.

For more information, please visit:
https://t.co/BVqdj0LmzI

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We are very sorry that today’s event, Gym boss and the evolution of political communication in Taiwan, has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.

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On 18 May, we had the great honour of welcoming Yáng Shuāng-zǐ and Lin King to the Centre of Taiwan Studies for Taiwan Travelogue in Conversation. To have hosted them at SOAS at such a moment feels truly unforgettable!!