Taiwan Expert Series

The Taiwan Studies Program’s Taiwan Expert Series brings together interdisciplinary scholars who study a variety of aspects pretraining to Taiwan. This series aims to shed light on the work of experts on Taiwan in order to foster better understanding and research.

Episode 1: Interview with Professor Thomas B. Gold (University of California)

On this episode of the Taiwan Studies Program’s Taiwan Expert Series, program Director Professor Ashley Esarey interviews Thomas B. Gold, Professor of Sociology at the University of California, to discuss his work applying modernization theory in the case of Taiwan’s economic development as well as areas of promising future direction of research on Taiwan.

Episode 2: Interview with Professor Ming-sho Ho (National Taiwan University)

On this episode of the Taiwan Studies Program’s Taiwan Expert Series, program Director Professor Ashley Esarey interviews Professor Ming-sho Ho, Professor of Sociology at National Taiwan University, to discuss his work on social movements and environmentalism in Taiwan, as well as areas of promising future direction of research on Taiwan.

Episode 3: Interview with Professor Dafydd Fell (SOAS – University of London)

On this episode of the Taiwan Studies Program’s Taiwan Expert Series, program Director Professor Ashley Esarey interviews Professor Dafydd Fell of SOAS – University of London, to discuss his new book, as well as areas of promising future direction of research on Taiwan.

Episode 4: Interview with Professor Shelley Rigger (Davidson College)

On this episode of the Taiwan Studies Program’s Taiwan Expert Series, program Director Professor Ashley Esarey interviews Professor Shelley Rigger, Davidson College, to discuss her work on the making of Taiwanese identity, and subsequent development of related research, as well as her thoughts on promising future direction of research on Taiwan.