Ming-Yeh Rawnsley
@mytrawnsley.bsky.social
I am interested in all things Taiwan, especially cinema, media and culture. Founding Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Taiwan Studies (https://brill.com/view/journals/ijts/ijts-overview.xml). I also enjoy reading and practising Tai Chi.
Congrats to Yi-Yu Lai, winner of the 2025 IJTS Research Article Competition! His work “Tracing Roots, Charting Routes” explores Indigenous encounters, island connections, and belonging across the seas. Watch now: youtu.be/ReCA_BX9kBA?...
#TaiwanStudies #ResearchImpact #IndigenousStudies
#TaiwanStudies #ResearchImpact #IndigenousStudies
Yi Yu Lai and his research article "Tracing Roots, Charting Routes" (2025)
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November 6, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Congrats to Yi-Yu Lai, winner of the 2025 IJTS Research Article Competition! His work “Tracing Roots, Charting Routes” explores Indigenous encounters, island connections, and belonging across the seas. Watch now: youtu.be/ReCA_BX9kBA?...
#TaiwanStudies #ResearchImpact #IndigenousStudies
#TaiwanStudies #ResearchImpact #IndigenousStudies
We are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2025 IJTS Research Article Competition!🎉
⭐️Chao-Hsuan Peng, “Revisiting the Taiwanese Debate on ‘Civil Society’”
⭐️Yi-Yu Lai, “Tracing Roots, Charting Routes”
Huge congratulations to both scholars and thanks to everyone who entered! #TaiwanStudies #IJTS
⭐️Chao-Hsuan Peng, “Revisiting the Taiwanese Debate on ‘Civil Society’”
⭐️Yi-Yu Lai, “Tracing Roots, Charting Routes”
Huge congratulations to both scholars and thanks to everyone who entered! #TaiwanStudies #IJTS
November 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
We are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2025 IJTS Research Article Competition!🎉
⭐️Chao-Hsuan Peng, “Revisiting the Taiwanese Debate on ‘Civil Society’”
⭐️Yi-Yu Lai, “Tracing Roots, Charting Routes”
Huge congratulations to both scholars and thanks to everyone who entered! #TaiwanStudies #IJTS
⭐️Chao-Hsuan Peng, “Revisiting the Taiwanese Debate on ‘Civil Society’”
⭐️Yi-Yu Lai, “Tracing Roots, Charting Routes”
Huge congratulations to both scholars and thanks to everyone who entered! #TaiwanStudies #IJTS
Dr Jessica Yeung demonstrates taiyupian’s transnational connectivity by comparing female spy films made in Taiwan and Hong Kong in the 1960s：
youtube.com/shorts/xCaEb...
youtube.com/shorts/xCaEb...
Dr Jessica Yeung's research on taiyupian #booktok #books
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October 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Dr Jessica Yeung demonstrates taiyupian’s transnational connectivity by comparing female spy films made in Taiwan and Hong Kong in the 1960s：
youtube.com/shorts/xCaEb...
youtube.com/shorts/xCaEb...
The latest Taiwan Insight-IJTS special issue began publication on 8 Oct: taiwaninsight.org/2025/10/08/i...
It coincides with the topical section on 'Transitions and Challenges in Taiwan’s Economy and Society' published in the IJTS 8.2 (July 2025): brill.com/view/journal...
Enjoy!
It coincides with the topical section on 'Transitions and Challenges in Taiwan’s Economy and Society' published in the IJTS 8.2 (July 2025): brill.com/view/journal...
Enjoy!
Introduction to The Topical Section on ‘Transitions and Challenges in Taiwan’s Economy and Society’
Written by Zong-Rong Lee and Thung-Hong Lin. This article introduces the Taiwan Insight–IJTS special issue on the Topical Section “Transitions and Challenges in Taiwan’s Economy and Society.” Initi…
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October 9, 2025 at 10:50 PM
The latest Taiwan Insight-IJTS special issue began publication on 8 Oct: taiwaninsight.org/2025/10/08/i...
It coincides with the topical section on 'Transitions and Challenges in Taiwan’s Economy and Society' published in the IJTS 8.2 (July 2025): brill.com/view/journal...
Enjoy!
It coincides with the topical section on 'Transitions and Challenges in Taiwan’s Economy and Society' published in the IJTS 8.2 (July 2025): brill.com/view/journal...
Enjoy!
Professor Fangmei Lin explains how taiyupian translates Gothic influences and represents family complex in her chapter, published in Taiwanese-language Cinema: Rediscovered and Reconsidered (2024, EUP): youtube.com/shorts/aNjd3...
Fang-Mei Lin and Taiyupian #books #booktok
YouTube video by Ming-Yeh Rawnsley
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October 8, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Professor Fangmei Lin explains how taiyupian translates Gothic influences and represents family complex in her chapter, published in Taiwanese-language Cinema: Rediscovered and Reconsidered (2024, EUP): youtube.com/shorts/aNjd3...
Thanks to Beth Tsai for a wonderful review on our anthology, Taiwanese-language Cinema: Rediscovered and Reconsidered (2024, EUP):
taiwanlit.org/commentaries...
taiwanlit.org/commentaries...
Taiwan Lit and the Global Sinosphere
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October 7, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Thanks to Beth Tsai for a wonderful review on our anthology, Taiwanese-language Cinema: Rediscovered and Reconsidered (2024, EUP):
taiwanlit.org/commentaries...
taiwanlit.org/commentaries...
Adina Zemanek introduces her research on 'Material Culture, Home Spaces and Taiwan as a Home', published in the book, Taiwanese-language Cinema: Rediscovered and Reconsidered (2024, @edinburghup.bsky.social):
youtu.be/7xgDq2eem_c?...
youtu.be/7xgDq2eem_c?...
Dr Adina Zemanek and Taiwanese-language cinema
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October 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Adina Zemanek introduces her research on 'Material Culture, Home Spaces and Taiwan as a Home', published in the book, Taiwanese-language Cinema: Rediscovered and Reconsidered (2024, @edinburghup.bsky.social):
youtu.be/7xgDq2eem_c?...
youtu.be/7xgDq2eem_c?...
Ming-yeh Rawnsley explains the origin of the book, Taiwanese-language Cinema: Rediscovered and Reconsidered (2024, @edinburghup.bsky.social), and some future plans in 2026: youtube.com/shorts/bLKHo...
Taiwanese-language Cinema: Rediscovered and Reconsidered
YouTube video by Ming-Yeh Rawnsley
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October 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Ming-yeh Rawnsley explains the origin of the book, Taiwanese-language Cinema: Rediscovered and Reconsidered (2024, @edinburghup.bsky.social), and some future plans in 2026: youtube.com/shorts/bLKHo...
Professor Chris Berry talks about his interest in Taiwanese-language cinema: youtu.be/hoRlHMAfMtY
Chris Berry and Taiwanese-language Cinema
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September 30, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Professor Chris Berry talks about his interest in Taiwanese-language cinema: youtu.be/hoRlHMAfMtY
For more details see edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-taiwane...
September 27, 2025 at 10:32 PM
For more details see edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-taiwane...
The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Media 2nd Edition is published. Has your library got a copy yet? www.routledge.com/Routledge-Ha...
September 22, 2025 at 8:03 AM
The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Media 2nd Edition is published. Has your library got a copy yet? www.routledge.com/Routledge-Ha...
So pleased to have a wonderful book review on our anthology, Taiwanese-Language Cinema: Rediscovered and Reconsidered (Edinburgh University Press, 2024), published in The China Quarterly: doi.org/10.1017/S030...
Hope more scholars and students will find the value of taiyupian research!
Hope more scholars and students will find the value of taiyupian research!
September 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
So pleased to have a wonderful book review on our anthology, Taiwanese-Language Cinema: Rediscovered and Reconsidered (Edinburgh University Press, 2024), published in The China Quarterly: doi.org/10.1017/S030...
Hope more scholars and students will find the value of taiyupian research!
Hope more scholars and students will find the value of taiyupian research!
After several years of hard work, the Routledge Handbook of Chinese Media 2nd Edition is finally out: www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
Look forward to organising book launch events to celebrate it with all our contributors and editors! Watch this space.
Look forward to organising book launch events to celebrate it with all our contributors and editors! Watch this space.
August 28, 2025 at 8:20 AM
After several years of hard work, the Routledge Handbook of Chinese Media 2nd Edition is finally out: www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
Look forward to organising book launch events to celebrate it with all our contributors and editors! Watch this space.
Look forward to organising book launch events to celebrate it with all our contributors and editors! Watch this space.
Exciting to see several great Taiwanese films will be available in London soon: www.thegardencinema.co.uk/season/taiwa...
Taiwanese Cinema: Now and Then 2025 / The Garden Cinema
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August 22, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Exciting to see several great Taiwanese films will be available in London soon: www.thegardencinema.co.uk/season/taiwa...
The National Museum of Taiwan Literature is looking for translators to bring Taiwan literature to the world. Applications are now open — and spaces are limited. C𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺.
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event.culture.tw/mocweb/reg/N...
國立台灣文學館
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August 22, 2025 at 10:16 AM
The National Museum of Taiwan Literature is looking for translators to bring Taiwan literature to the world. Applications are now open — and spaces are limited. C𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺.
event.culture.tw/mocweb/reg/N...
event.culture.tw/mocweb/reg/N...
There are currently 44 articles published in the International Journal of Taiwan Studies which are open access and free to download. For a full list of these open access articles, please click this link: drive.google.com/file/d/1fVp8...
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July 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
There are currently 44 articles published in the International Journal of Taiwan Studies which are open access and free to download. For a full list of these open access articles, please click this link: drive.google.com/file/d/1fVp8...
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Meet the fantastic team of IJTS copyeditors. Thanks to John Wood, Jon Wilcox and Simon Green for ensuring the journal’s high quality.
16/7/2025
16/7/2025
July 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Meet the fantastic team of IJTS copyeditors. Thanks to John Wood, Jon Wilcox and Simon Green for ensuring the journal’s high quality.
16/7/2025
16/7/2025
International Journal of Taiwan Studies 8(2) is published: brill.com/view/journal...
This issue contains a topical section "Transitions and Challenges in Taiwan’s Economy and Society". There are also two open access articles and two book reviews. Happy reading in summer! @iuliaivana.bsky.social
This issue contains a topical section "Transitions and Challenges in Taiwan’s Economy and Society". There are also two open access articles and two book reviews. Happy reading in summer! @iuliaivana.bsky.social
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July 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
International Journal of Taiwan Studies 8(2) is published: brill.com/view/journal...
This issue contains a topical section "Transitions and Challenges in Taiwan’s Economy and Society". There are also two open access articles and two book reviews. Happy reading in summer! @iuliaivana.bsky.social
This issue contains a topical section "Transitions and Challenges in Taiwan’s Economy and Society". There are also two open access articles and two book reviews. Happy reading in summer! @iuliaivana.bsky.social
Sense of Place and Transculturality International Conference will take place 18-19 May 2025 in Taipei: sites.google.com/view/senseof...
To register: docs.google.com/forms/d/1746...
To register: docs.google.com/forms/d/1746...
April 21, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Sense of Place and Transculturality International Conference will take place 18-19 May 2025 in Taipei: sites.google.com/view/senseof...
To register: docs.google.com/forms/d/1746...
To register: docs.google.com/forms/d/1746...
We'd like to announce the publication of the 100th research article in the International Journal of Taiwan Studies. Christopher Joby (April 2025), 'Language Revitalisation Using Historical Texts: the Case of Siraya', advance published online ahead of print. It is open access: doi.org/10.1163/2468...
Language Revitalisation Using Historical Texts: the Case of Siraya
Abstract To achieve national recognition, Plains Indigenous people (aka Pingpu) in Taiwan need an ethnolect. The language of one Plains Indigenous group, the Siraya, was extinct for most of the twenti...
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April 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM
We'd like to announce the publication of the 100th research article in the International Journal of Taiwan Studies. Christopher Joby (April 2025), 'Language Revitalisation Using Historical Texts: the Case of Siraya', advance published online ahead of print. It is open access: doi.org/10.1163/2468...
The final instalment of the Taiwan Insight-IJTS Special Issue on "IJTS Open Access Awards" (March-April 2025) is Dr Carla Figueira's work on 'INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AS NON-STATE DIPLOMATIC ACTORS IN THE PUBLIC/CULTURAL DIPLOMACY OF TAIWAN'. Enjoy: taiwaninsight.org/2025/04/11/r...
Revisiting Research: Indigenous Peoples as Non-State Diplomatic Actors in the Public/Cultural Diplomacy of Taiwan
Written by Dr Carla Figueira. This article reflects on the 2024 IJTS Open Access Award-winning paper, “Indigenous Peoples as Non-State Diplomatic Actors in the Public/Cultural Diplomacy of Taiwan: …
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April 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The final instalment of the Taiwan Insight-IJTS Special Issue on "IJTS Open Access Awards" (March-April 2025) is Dr Carla Figueira's work on 'INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AS NON-STATE DIPLOMATIC ACTORS IN THE PUBLIC/CULTURAL DIPLOMACY OF TAIWAN'. Enjoy: taiwaninsight.org/2025/04/11/r...
Taiwan Research Hub (TRH) of the University of Nottingham is organising an Early Career Researchers workshop on Taiwan Studies on 4 June 2025. It is suitable for master's students, doctoral researchers, and post-docs. To attend, see: www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/gro...
A Workshop for Early Career Scholars on Taiwan Studies - The University of Nottingham
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April 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Taiwan Research Hub (TRH) of the University of Nottingham is organising an Early Career Researchers workshop on Taiwan Studies on 4 June 2025. It is suitable for master's students, doctoral researchers, and post-docs. To attend, see: www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/gro...
In the midst of a new global trade war, for people who study Taiwan it is particularly important to learn about Taiwan economy's strengths and weaknesses. Read Thung-Hong Lin's longitudinal research about the changing roles of Taiwanese firms in the global economy: taiwaninsight.org/2025/04/09/t...
The Expansion of Taiwanese Firms and the US-China Trade War: The Subcontractors’ Dilemma in Global Supply Chain Competition
Written by Lin, Thung-Hong. This article introduces the 2023 IJTS Open Access Award-winning paper, “Subcontractors’ Dilemma: The Expansion of Taiwanese Firms 2002–2015”, and discusses a follow-up s…
taiwaninsight.org
April 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
In the midst of a new global trade war, for people who study Taiwan it is particularly important to learn about Taiwan economy's strengths and weaknesses. Read Thung-Hong Lin's longitudinal research about the changing roles of Taiwanese firms in the global economy: taiwaninsight.org/2025/04/09/t...
This is a fascinating reflection by Professor Andrew Morris about Taiwan, Cold War and Anti-Communist Defectors: taiwaninsight.org/2025/04/07/f...
‘Free China’ in History: A Look Back at Cold War Taiwan’s Anti-Communist Defectors
Written by Andrew Morris. Reflecting on the 2023 IJTS Open Access Award-winning paper, the author revisits his path toward researching the Cold War-era defections from the PRC to Taiwan—stories onc…
taiwaninsight.org
April 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
This is a fascinating reflection by Professor Andrew Morris about Taiwan, Cold War and Anti-Communist Defectors: taiwaninsight.org/2025/04/07/f...
What is Taiwanese-centric history and historiography like? Take a look at Dr Evan Dawley’s essay in Taiwan Insight: taiwaninsight.org/2025/04/04/r...
Reflections on “Finding Meaning in Time and Space: Periodisation and Taiwanese-centric History”
Written by Evan N. Dawley. The 2022 IJTS Open Access Award-winning paper, “Finding Meaning in Time and Space: Periodisation and Taiwanese-centric History,” challenges the conventional state-centric…
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April 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
What is Taiwanese-centric history and historiography like? Take a look at Dr Evan Dawley’s essay in Taiwan Insight: taiwaninsight.org/2025/04/04/r...