Taiwan History 101: Reading Group Session #2

Name: Taiwan History 101: Reading Group Session #2
Start: 2026-02-09T19:00:00+08:00
Location: 台北市萬華區艋舺大道110號1樓, Taipei, Taiwan 108028

Schedule

Mon, 09 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm

UTC+08:00

Location

台北市萬華區艋舺大道110號1樓, Taipei, Taiwan 108028 | Taipei, TP

Join us for the second session of our five-part reading group on Taiwanese History 101! Taiwanese History 101 is a reading group for Taiwanese diaspora, students, people new to Taiwan, and others who want to learn about Taiwanese history to better understand Taiwanese politics and civil society today. Using Dr. Wan-yao Chou’s A New Illustrated History of Taiwan (2015) as our main text, we will be covering Taiwanese history in a series of five introductory sessions: Han settlement and Indigenous Taiwan, Taiwan during the Japanese colonial period, KMT and the authoritarian era, Taiwan democratization, and Taiwan’s contemporary era.
Whether you’re someone who’s been looking for others to learn and study with, or searching for time to engage in political education, or wanting to discuss the history of your homeland in English with others, this is the space for you! The reading group will be led by New Bloom founding editor Brian Hioe.
Our reading material will be Chou Wan-yao's A New Illustrated History of Taiwan, which can be purchased at Eslite (https://www.eslite.com/product/1002133192489319?srsltid=AfmBOooprnF1HEmQQJ8U_Wg3arAZ_nt5nisTQMzxxSyFx4GcueLSotCg)
Session II: Taiwan During the Japanese Colonial Period
Required Readings [pages: 37]
- Pp. 22-33 of Chou 2016,
- Chou 2015, "Chapter 9: Colonization and Modernization" pp. 190-216
Optional [pages: 54]
- Chou 2015, "Chapter 7: New Rule, New Era" pp. 148-162
- Pp. 172-188 of Chou 2015, "Chapter 8: Two Major Incidents from the Resistance"
- Chou 2015, "Chapter 10: Taiwan's Intelligentsia and the Anti-Colonial Movement" pp. 218-242
Speaker: Brian Hioe
Place: DAYBREAK (Bangka Boulevard, No. 110, 1F, Wanhua District, Taipei)
Time: 2/9, 7 PM
Dates: 2/2, 2/9, 3/9, 3/23, 4/6, all at 7 pm
Entry: 100 NT
Image: Paul Ibis, 1875 (Public Domain)