On Sunday, April 6, 2025, the Taiwan Studies Initiative and the National Taiwan University Huayu BEST Program co-hosted IU’s annual Taiwan Day! The Taiwan Day event series originated in 2018, and aims to bring elements of Taiwanese culture to IU and the larger Bloomington community. This year, the day’s theme was “Coming of Age: Stories… Read more »
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Chop Fry Watch Learn with Dr. Michelle King
BLOOMINGTON, IN – Taking place on Friday, October 18, at the Global and International Studies Building, UNC-Chapel Hill professor Dr. Michelle King visited Indiana University, sponsored by the Taiwan Studies Initiative, to present a talk on her new book Chop Fry Watch Learn: Thinking Through Chinese Cookbooks and Cuisine with Fu Pei-Mei. The Taiwan Studies… Read more »
A successful Graduate Workshop!
On October 5, 2024, the IU Taiwan Studies Initiative hosted its first Midwest Taiwan Studies Graduate Workshop, a one-day, in-person event that invited graduate and undergraduate students from IU, the Midwest, and beyond to present their research on Taiwan. This year’s workshop was titled “Exploring Taiwan: From Historical Roots to Contemporary Issues,” and aimed to… Read more »
Taiwan Studies Initiative
On January 25, 2024 IU kicked off its new Taiwan Studies Initiative with an online roundtable addressing the results of Taiwan’s recent presidential and legislative elections. The roundtable featured