Dear TSP students, faculty, staff, and community members,  We invite you to join us on November 14 and 15 for the Pioneering Taiwan Studies Workshop.  This conference will bring together early American academics of Taiwan to discuss their work.  The conference will take place in THO 317 and will be recorded for later viewing. Program Description In the postwar period, Taiwan underwent significant political and economic changes that attracted the attention of scholars.  Among these were American academics who conducted ethnographic fieldwork in Taiwan in the 1970s and 80s, produced pioneering research, and mentored generations of scholars that form the field of Taiwan Studies today.  This workshop brings together a generation of scholars of Taiwan to discuss and explore their experiences of living in and researching Taiwan. Program Schedule  The program agenda and schedule are available on the workshop website. Speakers will feature: Hill Gates (Stanford)  Robert Weller (Boston University) Stevan Harrell (University of Washington) Barbara B. Harrell (University of Washington) John Shepherd (University of Virginia)  David K. Jordan (University of California, San Diego) Jing Xu (University of Washington) Dominic Meng-hsuan Yang (Missouri) Book Talk “Unruly” Children with author, Jing Xu The Conference will also include a book talk on Thursday, November 14, from 3:30 to 5pm in HUB 337.  Author, Jing Xu, will discuss her latest monograph, “Unruly” Children: Historical Fieldnotes and Learning Morality in a Taiwan Village (Cambridge University Press, 2024).   Interested attendees may come to the conference, book talk, or both.  The book talk will be offered in a hybrid modality.  We encourage registration.  We look forward to you joining us to listen and engage!