Dear Members and Friends of EATS,
Please see below the latest news in Taiwan Studies.
1) It is our pleasure to keep you informed that the open access articles of the IJTS are now included in the “Taiwan Academic Classics” database: https://p.udpweb.com/ijt. We hope this will increase the accessibility of Taiwan studies scholarship.
2) We are pleased to announce that our Taiwan On-Air 空中直播台灣 is now back in business after some dormant period. The new series features “Taiwan x HOME”, If possible, may we kindly ask you to share this exciting news in your Taiwan studies networks?
[TOA HOME Series] Book Chat – Home, Folk Religion and Indigeneity in “Zebra Finch Rain 斑雀雨”and New Gods 新神, with Charng-ting Chiou
In this episode, our host, Ti-han, invited Taiwanese author, Chiou Charng-ting, to talk about her novel writing, which blends in elements of religious folklore and indigenous mythologies. In our conversation, Charng-ting told us how her hometown, Taitung, inspired her with its amazing sceneries and cultural landscapes. She further shared with us how folk and mythological tales can be powerful means in shaping an author’s creativity.
Listen the podcast on New Books Network: https://newbooksnetwork.com/book-chat-home-folk-religion-and-indigeneity-in-zebra-finch-rain-%E6%96%91%E9%9B%80%E9%9B%A8and-new-gods-%E6%96%B0%E7%A5%9E-%E5%96%AE%E8%BB%8A%E5%A4%B1%E7%AB%8A%E8%A8%98-with-charng-ting-chiou
Listen the podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4TVbpjn8GIMhoRYzi9Uj6S?si=6716dc7849834bc9
3) HRC PHD STUDENTSHIP
Economic Botany and the Chinese Maritime Customs Service Networks of knowledge exchange and material legacies in the collections of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Royal Holloway, University of London (RHUL) and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew) are delighted to invite applicants for a collaborative AHRC PhD studentship commencing October 2025, approved under the Collaborative Doctoral Award scheme funded by Techne.
The studentship will focus on archive, specimen, illustration, and artefact collections at RBG Kew and publications and archival materials of Chinese Maritime Custom Service, as well as material from archives elsewhere in the UK and China. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to work across academic, heritage, and archival contexts.
The project will be supervised by Dr Weipin Tsai & Professor Jane Hamlett (Department of History, Royal Holloway, University of London); and Dr Caroline Cornish and Professor Mark Nesbitt (Interdisciplinary Research, RBG Kew). The student will spend time at RHUL and at Kew, as well as becoming part of the wider cohort of Techne-funded students and the Plant Humanities PhD cohort at Kew. They will also have the opportunity to undertake placements at Kew or elsewhere. The studentship can be undertaken on either a full- or part-time basis.
We encourage the widest range of applicants for this studentship and are committed to welcoming those from different backgrounds and non-standard pathways. Applicants should have a master’s degree in a relevant subject or equivalent experience in a professional setting. If you have knowledge of reading Chinese script, we would also be interested to hear about it.
Further details at: ; https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/media/jjsltllq/cmcs-kew-advertisement.docx
Best wishes,
EATS Board