The Center for Taiwan Studies at University of California Santa Barbara

05/20/2026

Huge congratulations to Shuang-zi and Lin King! 🎉 We still vividly remember the joy of hosting your book talk here at UCSB! Seeing Taiwan Travelogue win the International Booker Prize fills us with immense pride!

05/14/2026

The Center for Taiwan Studies at UC Santa Barbara is honored to host over 20 distinguished speakers from across the U.S. and Asia for this landmark international conference. Join us as we explore the evolving landscape of Taiwan and Sinophone studies through various disciplines.

📍 Where: McCune Conference Room (HSSB 6020) & SSMS 4315 (May 22 afternoon session)
📅 When: May 22–23, 2026

Don't miss this vital platform for interdisciplinary research and global collaboration! Please visit the website for conference program: https://taiwancenter.eastasian.ucsb.edu/the-future-of-sinophone-taiwan-an-international-conference-%e8%8f%af%e8%aa%9e%e8%aa%9e%e7%b3%bb%e8%87%ba%e7%81%a3%e7%9a%84%e6%9c%aa%e4%be%86%e5%9c%8b%e9%9a%9b%e7%a0%94%e8%a8%8e%e6%9c%83/

04/30/2026

Upcoming talks by Lillian Ngan and Dr. Brian Bernards from University of Southern California! 🎓🎓🎓

04/22/2026

Join the Center for Taiwan Studies at UC Santa Barbara to explore the stories and culture beyond the musical "Don't Cry, Dancing Girls" (勸世三姊妹)
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*Date: April 29, 2026
*Location: McCune Conference Room (HSSB 6020)
*Session I: 2:00 - 3:15 PM
*Session II: 5:00 - 6:15 PM

04/15/2026

TASA at UCSB Night Market on April 24, 4-8 PM!

04/13/2026

Transnational Q***r Asia dual events on April 22 (Wednesday)!
⭐️Guest speakers⭐️
🎓 Ju Hui Judy Han (UCLA)
🎓 Richard Tran (UC Berkeley)
🎓 Ying-Chao Kao (Virginia Commonwealth University )
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Panel: Transnational Q***r Asia -New Directions in Korea, Vietnam, and Taiwan Studies
👉Time: 2:00 - 3:15 PM
👉Location: HSSB 6020 (McCune Conference Room)
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Roundtable: Research in Global Q***r Asias- A Roundtable
👉Time: 5:00 - 6:15 PM
👉Location: HSSB 4080

04/06/2026

Today! 7-9 pm at IV Theatre. We look forward to seeing you!

Free Documentary Screening of "Invisible Nation" – April 6th at IV Theater!
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＊Location: IV Theater 2
＊Date: April 6th
＊Time: 7 - 9 PM
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Co-sponsored by the Center for Taiwan Studies, UCSB.
👉RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeJH6-sapH5OhQFPAapd4qc1Lxk8qQdXO8ywX6GIeYbZPa7Vw/viewform

04/01/2026

Free Documentary Screening of "Invisible Nation" – April 6th at IV Theater!
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＊Location: IV Theater 2
＊Date: April 6th
＊Time: 7 - 9 PM
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Co-sponsored by the Center for Taiwan Studies, UCSB.
👉RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeJH6-sapH5OhQFPAapd4qc1Lxk8qQdXO8ywX6GIeYbZPa7Vw/viewform

03/09/2026

This coming Wednesday! Please see the poster attached for more details. We look forward to seeing you soon!

☁️The Clouds Are Two Thousand Meters Up: Translating Eco-Literature into Virtual Reality 🌊
Upcoming dialogue featuring renowned Taiwanese author, Wu Ming-Yi(吳明益). This special event is organized in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, ROC (Taiwan) 文化部 , and the Taiwan Academy @洛杉磯臺灣書院.
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👉Date & Time: March 11th, 2:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.
👉Location: McCune Conference Room (HSSB 6020), UC Santa Barbara
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Free admission. Please see the poster for more information.

02/27/2026

☁️The Clouds Are Two Thousand Meters Up: Translating Eco-Literature into Virtual Reality 🌊
Upcoming dialogue featuring renowned Taiwanese author, Wu Ming-Yi(吳明益). This special event is organized in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, ROC (Taiwan) 文化部 , and the Taiwan Academy @洛杉磯臺灣書院.
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👉Date & Time: March 11th, 2:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.
👉Location: McCune Conference Room (HSSB 6020), UC Santa Barbara
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Free admission. Please see the poster for more information.