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Lecture: Heng-hao Chang, "Post-colonial Reflections on International Disability Rights: Adaptation and Localization in Taiwan"

Event Description & Bio(s): Third Person, Max 150 words combined , Taiwan is a unique site of innovation in disability rights. Despite being barred from becoming a States Party to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) according to the diplomatic exclusion faced by Taiwan, it has become a model for the localization of the CRPD through its use "domestic review mechanisms." Furthermore, Taiwan demonstrates the ways in which fundamental divides within human rights discourse, such as Western individualism and East Asian familialism, can be bridged using strategic adaptation that reimagine disability rights as a post-colonial hybrid. Heng-hao Chang is a Professor of Sociology and former Dean of the College of Social Sciences at National Taipei University. A dedicated advocate for disability studies and the disability rights movement, Dr. Chang is a co-founder and past Chairman of the Taiwan Society for Disability Studies and currently serves… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Communications Building (CMU). Campus room: 120. Accessibility Contact: Simpson Center for the Humanities, 206-543-3920, schadmin@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Event sponsors: Simpson Center for the Humanities, simpsoncenter.org, schadmin@uw.edu, 206-543-3920. Co-Sponsored by The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, the East Asia Center, Center for Human Rights, and the Harlan Hahn Endowment. Thursday, February 26, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM.