Call for Papers
Taiwan History Workshop
February 28-March 1, 2025
Princeton University
See details, here: https://jsis.washington.edu/taiwan/2024/08/14/cfp-new-directions-in-taiwan-history-workshop/
New Directions in Taiwan History: Imperial, Colonial, and Postcolonial Histories This two-day workshop will bring together scholars working across the temporal range of Taiwan history, to share and discuss works-in-progress and findings from their research projects. Taiwan has been called “the land that colonialisms made.” In the past four centuries, the Dutch, Spanish, Zheng, Qing, Japanese, and the Republic of China ruled Taiwan and its peoples. We invite works that explore Taiwan’s positionality under multiple empires and settler colonialism.
We welcome contributions on, but not limited to, indigenous histories, migration, the maritime world, environment, historical memory, political economy, and labor.
Participants will be asked to pre-circulate a draft dissertation chapter, journal article, or book manuscript chapter. Senior scholars will comment on pre-circulated writing, and all participants will be expected to read and engage in the workshop discussions.
Local accommodation (up to three nights), economy airfare or ground transportation, and meals will be provided for all participants. We especially welcome proposals from Ph.D. candidates, postdoctoral fellows, and contingent scholars.
This is the first workshop of a three-part series, to take place at Princeton University (2025), the University of Washington, Seattle (2026), and UC Berkeley (2027).
For consideration, send a proposal of 400-500 words describing the overall project and the
excerpt to be presented at the workshop. Include a brief bio with contact information. Send
proposals to taiwanhistworkshop@gmail.com by October 10, 2024. Inquiries may be directed to Janet Chen, (jychen@princeton.edu), James Lin (jyslin@uw.edu), or Wen-hsin Yeh (sha@berkeley.edu). Please feel free to distribute and share the CFP website.