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Ming-Yeh Rawnsley @mytrawnsley.bsky.social · 5d

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

Yi Yu Lai and his research article "Tracing Roots, Charting Routes" (2025)

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Ming-Yeh Rawnsley @mytrawnsley.bsky.social · 6d

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

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Ming-Yeh Rawnsley @mytrawnsley.bsky.social · Oct 10

Dr Jessica Yeung demonstrates taiyupian’s transnational connectivity by comparing female spy films made in Taiwan and Hong Kong in the 1960s：
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Dr Jessica Yeung's research on taiyupian #booktok #books

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Ming-Yeh Rawnsley @mytrawnsley.bsky.social · Oct 9

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!

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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Ming-Yeh Rawnsley @mytrawnsley.bsky.social · Oct 8

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

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Ming-Yeh Rawnsley @mytrawnsley.bsky.social · Oct 7

Thanks to Beth Tsai for a wonderful review on our anthology, Taiwanese-language Cinema: Rediscovered and Reconsidered (2024, EUP):
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Taiwan Lit and the Global Sinosphere

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Ming-Yeh Rawnsley @mytrawnsley.bsky.social · Oct 5

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):
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Dr Adina Zemanek and Taiwanese-language cinema

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Ming-Yeh Rawnsley @mytrawnsley.bsky.social · Oct 5

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

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Ming-Yeh Rawnsley @mytrawnsley.bsky.social · Sep 30

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Ming-Yeh Rawnsley @mytrawnsley.bsky.social · Sep 30

Professor Chris Berry talks about his interest in Taiwanese-language cinema: youtu.be/hoRlHMAfMtY

Chris Berry and Taiwanese-language Cinema

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Ming-Yeh Rawnsley @mytrawnsley.bsky.social · Sep 27

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Taiwanese-Language Cinema: Rediscovered and Reconsidered - Edited by Chris Berry, Wafa Ghermani, Corrado Neri and Ming-yeh T. Rawnsley. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2024. xxi + 260 pp. £90.0...

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Ming-Yeh Rawnsley @mytrawnsley.bsky.social · Sep 27

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Preview for Taiwanese-Language Cinema: Rediscovered and Reconsidered

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Ming-Yeh Rawnsley @mytrawnsley.bsky.social · Sep 27

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Chris Berry et al., "Taiwanese-Language Cinema: Rediscovered and Reconsidered" (Edinburgh UP, 2024) - New Books Network

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Ming-Yeh Rawnsley @mytrawnsley.bsky.social · Sep 27

For more details see edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-taiwane...

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Ming-Yeh Rawnsley @mytrawnsley.bsky.social · Sep 22

The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Media 2nd Edition is published. Has your library got a copy yet? www.routledge.com/Routledge-Ha...

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Ming-Yeh Rawnsley @mytrawnsley.bsky.social · Sep 7

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!

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Ming-Yeh Rawnsley @mytrawnsley.bsky.social · Aug 28

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.

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Ming-Yeh Rawnsley @mytrawnsley.bsky.social · Aug 22

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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Ming-Yeh Rawnsley @mytrawnsley.bsky.social · Aug 22

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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國立台灣文學館

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Ming-Yeh Rawnsley @mytrawnsley.bsky.social · Jul 21

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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Ming-Yeh Rawnsley @mytrawnsley.bsky.social · Jul 16

Meet the fantastic team of IJTS copyeditors. Thanks to John Wood, Jon Wilcox and Simon Green for ensuring the journal’s high quality.
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Ming-Yeh Rawnsley @mytrawnsley.bsky.social · Jul 16

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Ming-Yeh Rawnsley @mytrawnsley.bsky.social · Jul 11

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

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