Ian Rowen 伊恩

Prof at National Taiwan Normal University (ShiDa) 台師大教授。Geographer by training. Author: One China, Many Taiwans (@CornellPress, 2023)

[Ian Rowen 伊恩 @iirowen]

New book just dropped

[Columbia University Press @ColumbiaUP]

Now available! This anthology showcases cutting-edge works on ecological themes by essential and emerging Taiwanese authors, revealing the vitality of their engagements with environmental crises. https://t.co/Psg2nR6IKJ #EcoLit #EcoLiterature #Taiwan @iirowen

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A fantastic book with a fantastic introduction!

[James Lin @jamestwotree.bsky.social @jamestwotree]

Excited to see the translation of Kaori Lai 賴香吟's Portraits in White 白色畫像 published in English by Columbia UP! Translated by Sylvia Li-chun Lin and Howard Goldblatt, commissioned by @iirowen, and a historical introduction written by yours truly. https://t.co/pdhjljtHNB

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很期待明天11月4日之演講 Looking forward to speaking about Simulating Territory at @SOASTaiwan University of London tomorrow Monday 4 November 2025 at 11a

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JUNO x Hyper-Kamiokande x DUNE = "useless science" 真好玩哦 ！
https://t.co/PnCuxxeJHR

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Looking forward to giving this talk at @SOASTaiwan next Monday 4 November from 11am-1230pm, which will present two recent journal articles about the People's Republic of China's digital and bureaucratic simulations of Taiwan a part of China

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TIL Kazan, Russia is in the Global South

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"rational and pragmatic" ftw

[Brian Hioe 丘琦欣 @brianhioe]

This should really receive much more attention. While the international world was panicking about the possibility of Lai going "ZOMG! Independence" at National Day, instead he was making this move to create a new consensus to supersede the 1992 Consensus
https://t.co/X6KDIJw3qT

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[Kerry Allen 凯丽 @kerrya11en]

As China carries out a new round of military drills today around Taiwan, official media are circulating this image from the China Coast Guard - basically to send a message that such actions are carried out with "love" from the motherland.

[Ian Rowen 伊恩 @iirowen]

Thrilled to welcome @kuokuomich Michelle Kuo tomorrow morning 18 Oct 10:20am to my NTNU 台師大 undergrad class The Representation of Taiwan World Culture, with support from NTNU International Taiwan Studies Center. Do please give a heads up if you're going to come.

[Ian Rowen 伊恩 @iirowen]

Truth as synonym for liberty isn’t a collectible. It is the joyous discovery of the enlarged sense and state of being that is the change of heart induced by the presence, incomprehensible and usually unannounced, of the lady in the veil. - Lewis Lapham https://t.co/vtCIu9vLDS

[Ian Rowen 伊恩 @iirowen]

Inspiring
https://t.co/OgWrUoVF4J

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@catielila @mhar4 Hey don't worry it's not like i follow normal work schedules anyway. And reading your book is a way more chill way to pass this odd holiday than was throwing Taiwan's first Burning Man event through a typhoon/tsunami/feral pig extravaganza in Yilan's Honeymoon Bay on 10-10 2014

[Ian Rowen 伊恩 @iirowen]

Perfect National Day reading , this sparkling new book by @catielila and @mhar4

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The best Ma can do to justify flaking on ROC National Day is scrape the bottom of the international pundit barrel and coin a new term for a not-new policy stance. 天佑馬英九！Hope he had a nice brunch. I wouldn't have wanted to watch all that cartoony halftime show stuff either

[Brian Hioe 丘琦欣 @brianhioe]

Former president Ma Ying-jeou released this statement on Facebook stating that the reason why he decided not to attend the inauguration was because Lai's view of Taiwan's relation with China is a two-state relation and stating that Lai is a "troublemaker"

[Ian Rowen 伊恩 @iirowen]

Me, I'm drinking warm water with fresh Taiwanese basil, Indonesian clove, and German "China Oel" to settle my stomach through this annual ordeal. Godspeed y'all! 🙌 🇹🇼☘️🍠

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Taiwan Legislative Speaker and Taiwan Foundation for Democracy Chairman 韓國瑜 Han Kuo-yu looks more constipated than usual. A sad birthday for the ROC

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A few small howlers in this piece notwithstanding (eg "They [the KMT] later joined Taiwan’s evolution into a democracy"), the historical detail and accuracy of this @CNN article would have been completely unimaginable a few years ago https://t.co/0xMSl0TAAX

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🪷 Om Mani Padme Hum ⚡ The jewel is in the lotus 🪷
https://t.co/YXfglrcl24

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Global Reflections on "Taiwan" by UCSB Prof Sabine Fruhstuck, a talk this Fri Sep 27 15:30-17:30 @ NTNU about her efforts as past interim director of UCSB Taiwan Studies to institutionally and intellectually reconceptualize Taiwanese culture in regional and global terms. Welcome!