Julian Tash is a doctoral candidate in the department of History at the University of Pennsylvania. His dissertation, which will be titled Becoming Overseas Taiwanese: Taiwanese Identity and (Post)imperial Japan, investigates the development of Overseas Taiwanese migration to Japan, China, and Southeast Asia from the colonization of Taiwan in 1895 to the Japanese recognition of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 1972. This project investigates how transimperial networks, norms, and laws governed migration and shaped the post WWII trajectories of Overseas Taiwanese people. Julian will begin a one-year Japan Foundation fellowship at Waseda University in October 2025.
Prior to studying at Penn, Julian was a Fulbright Scholar in the Asia-Pacific M.A. program at National Chengchi University in Taiwan.
M.A. International Master's In Asia-Pacific Studies, National Chengchi University (2021)
B.A. History, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (2019)
B.A. Asian Studies, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (2019)
Japanese empire, transnational history, migration, colonialism, modernity