In March 2026, Dr. Yoshihisa Amae of National Taiwan Normal University delivered an intensive course on Taiwan and its Postcolonial Predicament. This investigated the contested legacies of colonialism and the unfinished project of decolonization in Taiwan. For over four decades after World War II, the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) maintained an authoritarian regime that suppressed open discussion of the Japanese colonial period and the Asia-Pacific War. With democratization in the 1990s, these silenced histories resurfaced, fueling debates about identity, memory, and Taiwan’s place in the world. Adopting a postcolonial lens, this course examined how colonial modernity, memory politics, and cultural heritage have shaped contemporary Taiwanese society. Topics covered in this course included the contemporary reinterpretation of Japanese colonial rule, the role of transitional justice in addressing martial law legacies, the politics of Indigenous rights, and the island’s shifting relationship with China, Japan, and the global community. Through critical engagement with historical texts, literature, film, and cultural practices, students explored how Taiwan’s colonial past continues to inform present struggles over identity, sovereignty, and subjectivity. The course encouraged students to think beyond nation-centered narratives and to situate Taiwan within broader discussions of empire, decolonization, and global modernity.