Revolutionary Taiwan: Making Nationhood in a Changing World Order sheds light on how democratization in Taiwan constituted a revolution, changing not just the form of government but also how Taiwanese people conceptualized the island, coming to see it a complete nation unto itself. This book brings the Taiwan story to a general audience.
“Meticulously researched and compellingly argued, Tracey German’s book could not be more timely and relevant… Examining the roots of the Russian understanding of the changing character of war, and how and why Moscow uses its armed forces, it is essential reading…offering us tools to reflect on what to expect as we look ahead.” —Andrew Monaghan, RUSI
Winning Without Fighting: Irregular Warfare and Strategic Competition in the 21st Century by Rebecca Patterson, Susan Bryant, Ken Gleiman, and Mark Troutman examines the shifting role of irregular warfare in an era of global crises and competition. It defines irregular warfare as actions below the threshold of armed conflict, emphasizing…
“A masterful study of the Elegies of Chu (Chuci), particularly of the foregrounding that ancient collection of Chinese songs and shamanistic incantations gives to the function of the human ‘soul’ in life and the afterlife…” —Ronald Egan, Stanford University
Congratulations to Professor Christopher Lupke (University of Alberta) for winning the MLA Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for a Translation of a Scholarly Study of Literature for his translation of A History of Taiwan Literature by Ye Shitao (Yeh Shih-tao 葉石濤)! The following is an excerpt from the introduction: Ye Shitao…
On October 10, President Tsai Ing-wen noted in her National Day address the record performance of Taiwan’s athletes, noting “We had waited so long for that moment, for Taiwan’s achievements, Taiwan’s confidence, and Taiwan’s courage to be seen and appreciated by the world.” This is not just in the athletic arena…
#AAS2021 Watch this short video about the Cambria Literature in Taiwan Series (general editor: Dr. Nikky Lin, National Taiwan Normal University) & other noteworthy titles. There are 3 new books out this spring: A Son of Taiwan: Stories of Government Atrocity edited by Drs. Howard Goldblatt & Sylvia Li-chun Lin,…
The following are essential books for Taiwan Studies. The first three have just been published in the new Literature from Taiwan Series, in collaboration with the National Museum of Taiwan Literature and National Taiwan Normal University. A Taiwanese Literature Reader edited by Nikky Lin According to Taiwanese writer and historian…
Welcome to our AAS 2020 virtual book exhibit! Below are the new titles that would have been released at the AAS conference. These were also featured on the outside back cover of the AAS 2020 conference program. Save 30% on the print edition of all titles if you order directly…
Today on Taiwan’s National Day, we celebrate this important, vibrant island, which has given us—as Jonathan Stalling aptly puts it in Contemporary Taiwanese Women Writers—”some of the richest Sinophone literature in the world.” Stalling elaborates that “unfixed, vibrant, and deeply engaged with a sense of place, Taiwanese writers—from the experimental poetry…
