Episode 1 of the East Asian Indigenous Studies series, hosted by Dr. Roslynn Ang with Cornell University Ph.D. candidate Liang Yu. 

In traditional textbooks, we rarely hear about the history, languages, and cultures of the many indigenous people and other ethnic minorities who live or have lived in East Asia. From the Ainu in Northern Japan to the Seediq in the highlands of Taiwan and the large Uyghur and Tibetan minorities in China and many others, ethnic minorities and indigenous people have striven to protect their rich heritages and linguistic characteristics against colonial powers, expanding nation-states, as well as the homogenizing forces of globalization. 

Building on our speaker series "Indigenous East Asia" in Fall 2021, EAC aims to amplify the voices of these peoples and recenter them on the map of East Asian civilizations, featuring scholars from various fields of linguistics, anthropology, history, and social science. 

Additional resources:

• Scott Simon and Jolan Hsieh (2023) Indigenous reconciliation in contemporary Taiwan: from stigma to hope. Routledge
• Liang Yu (2022) UNSETTLED TRANSITIONAL JUSTICES: INDIGENOUS SOVEREIGNTY AND THE LIMIT OF DEMOCRACY
• Liang Yu’s bio page on Cornell U