Aotearoa New Zealand’s Waitangi Day CIIA’s congratulations to the Fu-mei Wu Memorial Scholarship Award winners The Center for International Indigenous Affairs（CIIA）of the College of Indigenous Studies at the National Dong Hwa University recently announced the award winners of the “Fu-mei Wu Memorial Scholarship’. The scholarship commemorates Mrs. Fu-Mei Wu’s long-term support and care for the…
WEBINAR 2020 – ACCESSING DEEP INDIGENOUS KNOWING AMIDST COVID-19: Join Dr Tuhiwai Smith’s ‘Not Our Apocalypse’ webinar online tomorrow. Dr Smith is part of a network of indigenous knowledge experts who are putting together a series of free webinars as a way to share tools and mātauranga (Māori knowledge and ways of knowing) to strengthen…
Taiwan Foundation for Democracy FellowshipsEvery year, the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy grants a limited number of fellowships to scholars and practitioners from outside Taiwan who wish to pursue research related to Taiwan’s democracy and human rights. The TFD divides its fellowships into four categories: Dissertation Fellowships, for PhD candidates writing their thesis; Postdoctoral Fellowships, for…
The sharing and exchange forum in Sakuban Community （first row from the left: Susan Moore, Deputy Director from Australia Office in Taiwan; Joyce Bonner, the member of Yamani Project; Akawyan Pakawyan, the Puyuma teacher; and Leonora Adidi , the member of Yamani Project） Indigenous Language Revitalization Experience Exchange between Taiwan and Australia Center of International…
Sabah Legal Delegation and representatives from the HJTJ and the Council of Indigenous Peoples Sabah Law Society Members Paying Visit to Discuss Indigenous Rights Center of International Indigenous Affairs （CIIA） has been dedicated to supporting National Dong Hwa University’s （NDHU） internalization since its foundation in the year of 2014. In conformance with the academic goal…
After the speech in Åbo Akademi University, a group picture of all the scholars from the Faculty of Social Science, Business, and Economics was taken （From left to right: Prof. Pamela Slotte, Dean Marko Joas, Prof. Jolan Hsieh, Prof. Magdalena Kmak, and Dr. Inga Saikkonen） Intercollegiate Cooperation Setting foot in Finland to Have an…
The WINHEC co-chair Dr. Elmer Guy （left） gave the circle-of-honor award of Chiefs of Indigenous Leadership to Dr. Hohaia Collier from New Zealand. Dr. Collier just finished his term of WINHEC co-chair and became the president of WINU this year The Annual General Meeting of World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium was successfully ended on…
WINHEC was hosted by Taiwan from 28th July to 2nd August, 2019 World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium Had Been Held Successfully in Taiwan World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium （WINHEC）, which consists of eight nations, was presided by Dr. Bavaragh Dagalomai （Jolan Hsieh, 謝若蘭）, the director of Center of International Indigenous Affairs, College of…
The chairman of Hualien Indigenous Community College, Sifo Lakaw who has been deeply influenced by Maori culture’s revitalization and also conductsed immersion education at home, said he was also proud of being one of Pangcah people Namoh Rata who has been dedicated in Amis/ Pangcah language and culture revitalization received Honorary Doctorate from WINU…
Center for Internaitonal Indigenous Affairs （hereinafter referred to as CIIA） hosted Dr. Linda Waimarie Nikora and her accompanies for visiting local communities and engaging in exchanges of local issues. Being their first time visiting Taiwan, the visit consisting of abundant experiences and fruitful conversations resulted in further willingness of cooperation on both parties. Dr. Nikora…