IJTS Vol 9 Issue 2
We are pleased to announce the publication of International Journal of Taiwan Studies, Volume 9, Issue 2 (September 2026), now available online:
https://brill.com/view/journals/ijts/9/2/ijts.9.issue-2.xml
Research Articles
- Why Do We Need Taiwan Studies in the Twentieth-First Century? (Wen-chi Li) – 2023/24 IJTS Research Article Competition winner, Arts and Humanities category
- Going Weigen: Animal Advocacy and Sustainability Intersections under Taiwan’s New Vegan Movement (Gina Song Lopez) – 2023/24 IJTS Research Article Competition winner, Social Sciences category (Open Access)
- Save the Children: Youth Narratives and Historical Learning in Three Taiwanese Horror Video Games (Chia-rong Wu) (Open Access)
- Entanglement in an Endangered Situation: Paiwan Society and the Conservation of the Mountain Hawk-Eagle (Agathe Lemaitre)
- Contextualising Fragments Containing Fresh Perspectives about the Spanish Settlements in Taiwan (1636–1638) (Simon Green)
- Revelations from the Taiwanese Netflix Series Wave Makers: #MeToo, Sexual Violence, and the Lesbian Continuum (Xinling Li)
Book Reviews:
- Taiwan and China: Whither to Go? (兩岸恩怨如何了？), written by Hsiu-Lien Lu (Huey-Li Li)
- The Musha Incident: A Reader on the Indigenous Uprising in Colonial Taiwan, edited by Michael Berry (P. Kerim Friedman 2022)
- From Development to Democracy: The Transformations of Modern Asia, written by Dan Slater and Joseph Wong (Magdalena Rychetska)
- Yao Jui-chung, edited by Sophie McIntyre (Phyllis Yu-ting Huang)
- Sinophone Studies Across Disciplines: A Reader, written by Howard Chiang and Shu-mei Shih (Wen Liu)
IJTS Vol 9 Issue 1
We are pleased to announce the publication of International Journal of Taiwan Studies, Volume 9, Issue 1 (March 2026), now available online:
https://brill.com/view/journals/ijts/9/1/ijts.9.issue-1.xml
This issue features a topical section on Indigenous Language Policies in Taiwan and Beyond, alongside a range of research articles, a forum contribution, and book reviews.
Editorial
- Editorial — Ming-yeh T. Rawnsley (open access)
Topical Section: Indigenous Language Policies in Taiwan and Beyond
Introduction
- The Austronesian Languages of Taiwan: Linguistic Heritage and Language Policies — Elizabeth Zeitoun (open access)
Research Articles
- Political Representation, Policy Actors and Indigenous Language Policy in Taiwan — Cassandra Preece
- Language Revitalisation Using Historical Texts: The Case of Siraya — Christopher Joby (open access)
- A Problem-Solving Approach to Indigenous Language Teaching: An Example of Truku Seediq Instruction Employing the Silent Way — Apay Ai-yu Tang
- Reflections on Orthography in Formosan Languages — Amy Pei-jung Lee
Research Articles
- Taiwan’s Indigenous Language Nests: A Comparative Analysis with Te Kōhanga Reo in New Zealand — Bethany Waugh and Karen Huang (open access)
- Motivating Adjustments to Unofficial Diplomacy: U.S.-Taiwan Relations 1979–2021 — Brandon T. Chen
- The Mystery of Taiwan’s Same-Sex Marriage Equality: An Alternative Explanation — Shangpo Hsieh
Forum
- Editing the Encyclopedia of Taiwan Studies — Michael Hsiao et al.
Book Reviews
- Wai Kwok Benson Wong on Taiwan’s Economic and Diplomatic Challenges and Opportunities (2021)
- Austin Horng-En Wang on Resistance in the Era of Nationalisms: Performing Identities in Taiwan and Hong Kong (2023)