CSS Staff and Students tour HMAS CHOULES
Monday, 26 August 2019
Staff and students of the Centre for Samoan Studies were invited to tour the HMAS CHOULES navy ship which visited Samoa from the 20th-26th August 2019. The CSS staff members and students were met by crew members and the captain and were taken on a tour of the ship and they also learnt about the
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Solamalemalo Hai-Yuean Tualima presents on topic ‘Protection of Traditional Knowledge in the Pacific’
Tuesday, 20 August 2019
Solamalemalo Hai-Yuean Tualima had a presentation on the topic ‘Protection of traditional knowledge in the Pacific’, on the 15 August 2019, at the National University of Samoa as part of the CSS seminar and film series. According to Solamalemalo “Traditional knowledge in the Pacific from an integral part of identity, linking the past, present and
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Mathew Durling presents on topic ‘Archaeology brought me here’
Tuesday, 20 August 2019
Mathew Durling gave a seminar on Thursday, 8 August 2019 at the National University of Samoa as part of the Centre for Samoan Studies Seminar and Film series. Mathew’s presentation defined what GIS is and how this system supports the Arachaeology and Cultural Heritage division at the Centre for Samoan Studies. Mathew’s career in Geographic
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CSS Director attends the Pacific Connections Workshop in Fiji (22-24 July 2019)
Thursday, 01 August 2019
The CSS Director, Togialelei Safua Akeli Amaama attended the Pacific Connections Workshop on Community Film-making & Gender Inequality in the Pacific at the University of the South Pacific. The workshop brought together academics, film-makers and policy makers to discuss and showcase the ongoing development of regional networks in order to showcase community film-making as a
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Dr Richard Gill presents on ‘Ecosystem services of Samoan reefs and protected areas’
Monday, 29 July 2019
Dr Richard Gill who is a full professor and serves as the Chair of the Department of Biology at Brigham Young University, had a presentation at the National University of Samoa as part of the Centre for Samoan Studies Seminar and film series on Friday 26 July 2019. Dr Gills presentation was on the topic,
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Dr Norma Rosales-Anderson presents on her research journey within Indigenous Tertiary Education Organisations
Monday, 29 July 2019
As part of the Centre for Samoan Studies Seminar and film series 2019, Dr Norma Rosales-Anderson presented her seminar at the National University of Samoa on Thursday, 25 July 2019. According to Dr Rosales-Anderson, her presentation, “portrays my research journey while being an educator at Te Wananga o Aotearoa, an Indigenous/Maori tertiary education organisation. My
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Tony Brunt presents on ‘Unseen Samoa 1908-1915: The Karl Hanssen Photo Album
Monday, 29 July 2019
Tony Brunt as part of the Centre for Samoan Studies Seminar and film series had a presentation examining the pictorial content of the ‘Unseen Samoa 1908-1915: The Karl Hanssen Photo Album”, at the National University of Samoa on Wednesday, 24 July 2019. “The album features several hundred photographs taken on Upolu and Savai’i by company
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2nd Pacific Health Governance Research Network workshop in Fiji 2019
Friday, 22 March 2019
In February, CSS Director Associate Professor Togialelei Safua Akeli Amaama attended the 2nd workshop for the Pacific Health Governance Research Network (PHGRN) in Fiji hosted by the University of Queensland, the Pacific Community and Fiji National University. The PHGRN is building a network to create spaces for research partnerships between Pacific researchers and stakeholders, and
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Patricia O’Brien speaks on future aspirations from the life of Ta’isi O.F. Nelson
Friday, 01 March 2019
Patricia O’Brien presented on the topic ‘After Tautai: Future Inspirations from the Life of Ta’isi O.F. Nelson’ as part of the Centre for Samoan Studies Seminar and Film Series on the 28th February 2019 at the National University of Samoa. She discussed directions for Samoan history inspired by her research for Tautai – her published
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Dr Cochrane speaks on the origins of Samoan Chiefly Society
Friday, 01 March 2019
Dr Ethan Cochrane opened up the first seminar for the Centre for Samoan Studies Seminar and Film series 2019 on the 21st February at the National University of Samoa. Dr Cochrane “summarised the archaeological knowledge of Samoan land use and agricultural intensification” in his discussion of his presentation titles “What are the origins of
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