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,
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
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
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
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
  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
Dr Masami Tsujita Levi was invited to give a lecture in the International Communication class at Kansai University in Osaka on 18 Dec 2018. The lecture titled Beyond the Paradise, introduced Samoa and explained its relationship with Japan in the context of foreign development aid. The lecture was well attended with about 100 students and
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