ワークショップのご案内（Workshop Announcement: January 15, 13:10-）

国立台湾大学のLev Nachman助教授をお迎えし、“Contested Taiwan Sovereignty, Social Movements, and Party Formation” と題してワークショップを開催します。 どなたでもご参加いただけます。事前登録は不要です。ぜひご参加下さい。 

We are very pleased to host Dr. Lev Nachman, an Assistant Professor at National Taiwan University, for a special talk with the title “ Contested Taiwan Sovereignty, Social Movements, and Party Formation“. 

Pre-registration is not required. We look forward to your participation. 

日時/Date and Time：2026年1月15日（木）13:10 – 14:50 / Thursday, January 15, 2026, 13:10 – 14:50

場所/Venue：早稲田大学3号館 606教室 /Room 606, Building 3, Waseda Campus, Waseda University

言語/Language：英語/English

要旨Abstract： Despite maintaining de facto sovereignty, states like Taiwan find themselves unrecognized in today’s international system because another power claims the state as part of their territory. This fraught status, in turn, significantly affects the domestic politics of these places. Contested Taiwan explores Taiwan’s political landscape after the 2014 Sunflower Movement and brings a fresh perspective to understanding social movement mobilization and political party formation in “contested states.” In these states, political cleavages are defined not by traditional left-right issues but by questions of identity, territory, and what to do about the country that claims them. Drawing from 150 interviews with Taiwanese activists and politicians, as well as a comparative analysis of Ukraine, I reveal that traditional political science theories fall short when explaining the formation of movement parties in such contexts. Instead, I argue that looming existential threats and strained relationships between activists and established pro-independence parties drive social movements into formal political arenas. 

Bio： Lev Nachman is an Assistant Professor in the Graduate Institute of National Development at National Taiwan University. He was previously the Hou Family Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Taiwan Studies at the Harvard Fairbank Center and holds his Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Irvine. His research focuses on political participation in Taiwan and Hong Kong, Cross-Strait relations, and U.S.-Taiwan relations. His work has been published in both regional and disciplinary journals including Political Science Research Quarterly and forthcoming work in the China Quarterly. Dr. Nachman is also frequently quoted in the New York Times, CNN, Bloomberg, the BBC, and the Guardian, and is a Nonresident Fellow at the Atlantic Council and the National Bureau of Asian Research. 

Recently published book： https://www.amazon.co.jp/Contested-Taiwan-Sovereignty-Movements-Formation/dp/0295753919 

Contact: 小林哲郎（早稲田大学） Tetsuro Kobayashi (Waseda University)