Annual Oxford Taiwan Studies Conference 2026

oxford taiwan studies conference

The Oxford Taiwan Studies Programme is hosting its flagship Annual Oxford Taiwan Studies Conference on Thursday, 14 May, at the Nissan Lecture Theatre, St Antony’s College. The theme for this year's event is Taiwan and Its Neighbours: Indo-Pacific States in a Changing World Order. The full conference programme is detailed below. 

The conference is in person only, to RSVP visit the event page 

Event details

Date: Thursday, 14 May 2026

Time: 10:00–17:30 BST

Venue: Nissan Lecture Theatre, St Antony’s College University of Oxford

 

Programme

10:00–10:30 Registration and Coffee 

10:30–10:40 Welcome Remarks

  • Diego Sánchez-Ancochea (Head, Oxford School of Global and Area Studies [OSGA] and Professor of the Political Economy of Development, University of Oxford)
  • Cheu-an Andy Bi (Director, Education Division, Taipei Representative Office in the UK) 

10:40–12:10 US–China Competition and Taiwan in the Indo-Pacific 

  • Chair: Rosemary Foot (Emeritus Professor and Senior Research Fellow, Department of Politics and International Relations [DPIR], University of Oxford) Panellists:
  • Michael Cox (Emeritus Professor, Department of International Relations, The London School of Economics and Political Science [LSE])
  • Chung-min Tsai (Professor, Department of Political Science, National Chengchi University; President, Taiwanese Political Science Association)
  • Chun-yi Lee (Associate Professor, School of Politics and International Relations; Director, Taiwan Research Hub, University of Nottingham) 

12:10–13:50 Lunch Break

13:50–15:20 Northeast Asia Theatre: Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea

  • Chair: Todd Hall (Director, University of Oxford China Centre and Professor of International Relations, DPIR, University of Oxford) Panellists:
  • Wrenn Yennie Lindgren (Senior Research Fellow and Head, Center for Asian Research, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs [NUPI])
  • Yeh-chung Lu (Dean, College of International Affairs and Professor, Department of Diplomacy, National Chengchi University; Vice President, Taiwan Foundation for Democracy)
  •  Sohyun Zoe Lee (Lecturer, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics, Queen’s University Belfast)

15:20–15:50 Coffee Break

15:50–17:20 Other Indo-Pacific States: India, Vietnam, and New Zealand

  • Chair: Bo-jiun Jing (Senior Research Fellow and Programme Manager, Oxford Taiwan Studies Programme, OSGA, University of Oxford) Panellists:
  • Jagannath Panda (Head, Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs and Executive Editor, Institute for Security and Development Policy [ISDP])
  •  Robyn Klingler-Vidra (Vice Dean of Global Engagement and Reader in Political Economy and Entrepreneurship, King’s Business School, King’s College London)
  • Alex Tan (Associate Dean for Research, Faculty of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences and Professor of Political Science, University of Canterbury)

17:20–17:30 Closing Remarks

Rachel Murphy (Professor of Chinese Development and Society, OSGA, University of Oxford)

 

7 May 2026