The North American Taiwan Studies Association (NATSA) is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit academic organization, which was established in 1994. It is operated by overseas Taiwanese students, North American doctoral students, and recent graduates who are interested in Taiwan studies. The main activity of NATSA is to organize an annual conference in North America in order to facilitate scholarly exchange and publication among researchers and students from different disciplines and area studies who are interested in intellectual dialogues pertaining to Taiwan.
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Activities
Since its establishment, NATSA has organized 22 annual conferences to support North America-based researchers who study Taiwan.
Early History
When NATSA was founded, it was known as the North American Taiwan Studies Conference and was located on the web at www.natsc.org until August 2006 when it switched to its current address.
Conference Locations
The annual conferences are held in different locations every year:
Presidents of NATSA
The Presidents of NATSA are elected annually by the membership. They have included: