Taiwan Studies
About Taiwan Studies
As a world-leading institution with a strong focus on Asia, the ANU has long valued Taiwan Studies. The Taiwan Studies Program has been a significant collaboration between the ANU and the Ministry of Education of the Republic of China (Taiwan) since 2013.
Being one of Australia’s important neighbours, Taiwan is a dynamic society where complicated colonial pasts echo in the thriving multicultural democracy of today. The aim of the Program is to enhance and make accessible the knowledge of Taiwanese language, politics, society, culture and history.
In addition to the Taiwan focused intensive courses, the 2018-20 arrangement provides further opportunities to carry out international conferences and high profile lectures on Taiwan Studies, facilitating international scholarly exchange and inviting public engagement.
1. Taiwan Focused Courses
CHIN2013/CHIN6016 Taiwanese (Southern Min)
ASIA2222 Taiwanese Society and Politics
2. Conference on Taiwan Studies
Culture and Political Change in Contemporary Taiwan, 19-20 May 2018
3. Taiwan Studies Lecture
Metal Politics: From Stage to Congress, Mr Freddy Tshiong-tso Lim, 19 May 2018
4. Other Activities
Living Water: Journeying in inks Exhibition, Dr Ella Whateley, 2 November 2018 – 10 January 2019
ANU has a number of exchange partners in Taiwan, including:
More information is available from ANU Global Programs.
Other useful links:
- The Australian Taiwan Research and Language Association 澳洲臺灣研究與語言學會 has many links about connections between the two countries and study opportunities
- Asia Options has a growing number of resources about studying in Taiwan
- A portal full of information about studying in Taiwan
Depending on your status, there are a range of possible sources of funding for Taiwan studies:
- Taiwan Australian National University Scholarship (For Taiwanese students)
- Taiwan Scholarship and Huayu Enrichment Scholarship Program (For non-Taiwanese students)
- The New Colombo Plan. This initiative of the Australian Government provides support to Australian students studying overseas, including to Taiwan.
- Center for Chinese Studies Research Grant (for non-Taiwanese scholars)
- The Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange
- Ministry of Education Short Term Research Award (for non-Taiwanese scholars)
- Taiwan Fellowship (for non-Taiwanese scholars)
- The APEC Education Portal provides information on scholarship and internship opportunities
- Internships in Taiwan
The ANU holds a fantastic collection of resources on Taiwan, many of which are online:
- All electronic resources on ‘Taiwan'
- Voices of Orchid Island [documentary]
- Stone Dream [documentary]
- Sounds of Love and Sorrow [documentary]
- After Passing [documentary]
- Songs of Pasta’ay [documentary]
- The Return of Gods and Ancestors [documentary]
Here are some of our favourite videos relevant to the study of Taiwan:
- ‘Taiwan: The View from the South’ was an international conference held at ANU in January 2015
- The Ricci Institute in Taipei has a massive archive of short movies and interviews, most related to Taiwan
- Footage of old Taiwan
- US military videos from the 1950s
- Campus folk songs (an important music movement that began in the early 1970s)
- A collection of songs from throughout Taiwan’s history
- Taiwan POP 台灣流行音樂 T-POP music (chart hits from the biggest stars of today)
These are some of the best places to find online material about Taiwan:
- Journal - Taiwan in Comparative Perspective
- Based in Hong Kong and one of the best journals on contemporary China, China Perspectives includes important research on Taiwan
- Based at ANU’s Australian Centre on China in the World, The China Story includes much research on Taiwan
- The China Policy Institute Blog at the University of Nottingham has a strong emphasis on Taiwan
- The Diplomat has regular articles about Taiwan’s military and strategic situation
- New Bloom Magazine offers bi-lingual news on politics and culture in Taiwan
- A good range of current issues are covered at Thinking Taiwan [note: it is funded by Tsai Ying-wen’s foundation]
- This collection of e-books includes some important works about Taiwan
- The Taiwan Documents Project (TDP) contains the largest collection of documents on the Internet relating to the legal status and international relations of Taiwan
- Frozen Garlic is an important blog about Taiwan’s elections and political culture
- solidarity.tw has English translations of recent news reports
- European Association of Taiwan Studies
- North American Taiwan Studies Association
