North American Taiwan Studies Association


The North American Taiwan Studies Association is an American 501 nonprofit academic organization established in 1994. It is operated by Taiwanese students, North American doctoral students, and recent graduates who are interested in Taiwan studies. The NATSA annual conferences are the largest academic events on Taiwan studies in North America. The conferences provide scholars and Taiwan studies students a regular forum to meet and exchange intellectual ideas, and they also allow for researchers focusing on East Asia and beyond to receive dynamic feedback and broaden their academic horizons.

Early history

When NATSA was founded, it was known as the North American Taiwan Studies Conference and was located on the web at www.natsc.org until August 2006 when it switched to its current address.

NATSA-initiated projects

NATSA Professional Development Webinar Series

The NATSA professional development webinars started in August, 2017. The objectives of the series are:
  • Enhance members’ professional skills
  • Strengthen professional networks of members in the academia and the industry
  • Promote NATSA to non-members
DateTopicGuest speaker
2017/8/12Life after PhD— Navigating Assistant ProfessorshipChia-chen Yang
I-chun Catherine Chang
2017/10/1Fieldnotes from Academic Job MarketsJohn Chung-en Liu
2017/11/4Connecting Science to Taiwan: Learning, Organization, and ActionTing-chun Kuo
Yen-yung Chang
2018/1/14Conferences: Participant Observation from an AnthropologistDerek Sheridan
2018/2/24Introduction of Instructional TechnologyElu Tu
2018/3/30Taiwanese Studies in Europe: Research, Academia, and Job MarketMing-yeh Rawnsley
Adina Zemanek
2018/4/8Job Application and Experience in Asia-Pacific AcademiaHarry Wu
2018/12/9Getting Familiar with Quantitative ResearchCheng-Tong Wang
Chengshi Shiu

NATSA Podcast

2019-2021
Season 1: Chats with Scholars
2021-2022
Season 2: 研究生轉運站

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