🚢  Keelung: Setting Sail for Peace – 2025 Peace for the Sea Inter-island Peace Camp in Taiwan

In the summer of 2014, the Peace Camp was first held on Jeju Island. Since then, we have gathered in Okinawa, Taiwan, Ishigaki, Kinmen, Miyako, and other locations, striving to connect islands and transform our shared maritime space into a Sea of Peace. This year, in September, the Peace Camp will take place in Keelung, Taiwan.

“Jilong stood at the forefront of Taiwan’s modern transformations. As part of a physical and imagined frontier that changed sovereign territorial designations from the Great Qing to the Empire of Japan to the Republic of China, it occupied a crucial space in the borderland between Chinese and Japanese cultural spheres, empires, and nation-states. ”
— Becoming Taiwanese: Ethnogenesis in a Colonial City, Keelung (1880s–1950s)

Taiwan has undergone multiple regime changes throughout history, continuously caught in geopolitical tensions and deeply influenced by various forms of colonialism. As the most significant port in northern Taiwan, Keelung has uniquely preserved the historical imprints of each transition.

In Keelung, we witness the impacts of wars brought by colonial expansions of the Dutch, Spanish, Japanese, and even the French. We see how people from Korea, the Ryukyu Islands, and mainland China migrated and were displaced due to World War II and the Chinese Civil War. We observe how foreign regimes consolidated their rule through governance tactics and violent suppression, and how military infrastructures were repurposed or reconstructed by successive administrations.

Through the historical layers embedded in Keelung, we see how war and militarization transcend regimes, shaping the lives of people across national, ethnic, and regional boundaries.

Throughout Taiwanese history, Keelung has been both a recipient of military force and a launching point for outward military projection. Today, grounded in this historical awareness and critical reflection on war, we hope to turn this space into a starting point for solidarity among islanders and a launchpad for inter-island peace.

📅 Event Details

• Dates: September 26 (Fri) – September 29 (Mon), 2025

• Participants: 40 people

• Participation Fee: NTD 6,000
  Includes accommodation, transportation, guided tours, insurance , and meals (some meals at own expense)
  Participants must arrive at Keelung Train Station on their own

• Registration Deadline: Until May 20, 2025 (Limited slots available – early registration is encouraged)
  First round of acceptance notifications will be sent in early May, 2025

Contact: 2025 Peace Camp Team

📧 Email: 2016peaceforthesea@gmail.com

✨Application Form：https://forms.gle/mhHyKn67d2BWRTp36