Dear Members and Friends of EATS,

The European Association of Taiwan Studies (EATS) is delighted to announce the call for papers for the 23rd Annual Conference held at the University of Portsmouth on 1-3 April 2026. 

The conference theme is Echoes of Authority: Forty Years on from the Eve of the Lifting of Martial Law. Seeing the year of 1986 as a ‘Janus moment’ that links the past with the future,  this multidisciplinary conference aims to examine both the illumination and the shadows that martial law has cast on contemporary Taiwan. We invite researchers to join us in reassessing the period surrounding the end of martial law. Please see a detailed description of our call in the updated attachments.

The deadline of submission is 30 Sept 2025. 

EATS also invites postgraduate, doctoral and post-doctoral researchers to participate in the Young Scholar Award, the final presentation of which will take place at the conference. Please consult the call for papers for detail. 

We look forward to receiving your submission!