International Master's Program in Asia-Pacific Studies - IMAS

What an eventful weekend for IMAS!

On May 30, we celebrated the graduation of our IMAS students, marking an important milestone in their academic journey. The next day, on May 31, we continued the weekend with our Ocean Sustainability Field Trip, where students had the opportunity to learn beyond the classroom and engage with important conversations on sustainability, marine environments, and community connections.

Thank you to everyone who joined and made the weekend meaningful. More photos from both activities will be posted soon, so stay tuned! 🌊🎓✨

Congratulations, Team IMAS! 💪🔥

Here are more moments from Day 2 of our 2026 Sports Day. A big congratulations to all our athletes for giving their best, representing IMAS with pride, and bringing so much energy to the field.

Thank you to everyone who participated, supported, cheered, and helped make Sports Day a fun and memorable experience. We hope everyone had a great time and enjoyed celebrating with the IMAS community.

Go IMAS! 🏆

Part 2 of our 2026 Sports Day photo highlights!

Congratulations, Team IMAS! 💪🔥

Day 1 of Sports Day was full of energy, teamwork, and IMAS spirit. Everyone came ready, gave their best, and showed what it means to support one another both on and off the field.

Thank you to everyone who joined, cheered, took photos, and helped make the day even more memorable.

Let’s keep the energy going. Go IMAS!

Congratulations to our IMAS Tug-of-War teams for an incredible performance at the NCCU 99th Anniversary Sports Day preliminary rounds! Both IMAS Team A and Team B advanced to the final four, with Team A moving on to the championship match and Team B competing in the bronze medal match.

A huge thank you to all our IMAS students who joined, trained, cheered, and showed such strong team spirit. Let’s continue supporting our teams at the finals on May 20 at 10:20 AM at the track and field area!

Go IMAS! 💪🔥

Earlier today, IMAS had the pleasure of welcoming our alumnus Ronald Van Velzen for a talk on “Tracing Disease in 17th-Century Taiwan.”

His presentation offered a fascinating look into Taiwan’s early history through the lens of disease, archives, and historical research. We are grateful to Ronald for sharing his work and for returning to IMAS to engage with our students and community.

IMAS is delighted to welcome back our alumnus, Ronald van Velzen, for a special talk titled Invisible Frontiers: Tracing Disease in 17th-century Taiwan. We are very happy to have him back at IMAS and to hear about his work and academic journey since graduation.

Ronald van Velzen is an IMAS 2022 graduate, currently a PhD Candidate at KU Leuven and a Lecturer at Erasmus University Rotterdam (2023–2025). His talk will explore the movement of disease in 17th-century Taiwan and offer a fascinating historical perspective on mobility, contact, and disease in early Taiwan.

🗓 Date: May 6, 2026 (Wednesday)
⏰ Time: 11:00–12:30
📍 Venue: Room 270723, 7F, North Wing, General Building

Lunch will be provided. Registration deadline is May 4 at 4:00 PM.

We hope to see you there as we warmly welcome Ronald back to IMAS.

Last Saturday, IMAS students joined the cross-departmental sports event, where they had the chance to meet new friends and take part in the events alongside students from other programs.

📸 by Angel & Katie