A Related Group of the American Political Science Association

Mission

Founded in 1990, the Conference Group on Taiwan Studies (CGOTS), affiliated with the American Political Science Association, aims to promote Taiwan area studies in the mainstream political science community, to assist political scientists from Taiwan in their professional development, and to facilitate the development and growth of an integrated academic community among scholars based in the Republic of China (R.O.C.) on Taiwan and in the U.S. who have a substantial research interest in Taiwan.

Goals

CGOTS endeavors to promote studies on the theoretical implications of Taiwan's social, economic, and political transformation and the changes and continuities of its external relations; to promote Taiwan studies as an important research area in the international academic community, and specifically as an indispensable element in any respectable curriculum on East Asia; to facilitate interaction and collaboration between political scientists in the U.S. and the R.O.C.; and to assist young scholars and advanced graduate students in their career development.

These goals are to be achieved through the sponsorship of panels and roundtables under the broad umbrella of the APSA annual meeting each year; the support of publication projects; and through the encouragement of other professional activities.
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Leadership

Coordinator -- Yao-yuan Yeh, University of St. Thomas, Houston, TX
Deputy Coordinator, North America -- Dennis Lu-cheng Weng, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX
 ​Deputy Coordinator, Taiwan -- Shiau-chi Shen, Soochow University, Taipei

Events

The next American Political Science Association Annual Conference will be held in Washington, DC, August 29-Sept 1, 2019. The theme is "Populism and Privilege." The CGOTS call for papers is here. 

For recent conferences and conference papers, see below:
​2018
2017
2016
2015

The Conference Group on Taiwan Studies is a volunteer, non-profit professional association, and a Related Group of the American Political Science Association. Generous financial support for our conference activities and participants is provided by the Republic of China Ministry of Foreign Affairs.