Pasuya Poiconx

Pasuya Poiconx holds a Ph.D. in Chinese literature from Chinese Culture University and is a Professor in the Department of Indigenous Development and Social Work. Pasuya Poiconx served as the 6th Dean of the College of Indigenous Studies from February 2017 to July 2020. Research areas include folk literature, mythology and cultural studies, Taiwan Indigenous cultures and literature, and Indigenous law. Books include a two-volume literary history of Taiwan’s Indigenous peoples and The Forgotten Sacred Realm.

• Folk Literature
• Mythology and Cultural Studies
• Taiwan Indigenous Cultures and Literature
• Indigenous Law
• Chinese Literature

Selected positions

2019 ─ 2021

Member, Mandarin Dictionary Editorial Committee, National Academy for Educational Research

2019

Member, Researcher Review Committee, National Academy for Educational Research

2019

Member, Co-management Committee for Indigenous Areas in State Forest Land, Hualien Forest District Office, Forestry Bureau

2018 ─ 2020

Member, Advisory Group for the Planning of the National Museum of Indigenous Peoples

2017 ─ 2020

Dean, College of Indigenous Studies, National Dong Hwa University

2017 ─ 2020

Member, 6th and 7th Archaeological Site Review Committee, Ministry of Culture

2012 ─ 2019

Member, Research Ethics Committee for the Humanities and Social Sciences, National Taiwan University

2006 ─ 2019

Planning Committee Member and Reviewer, Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Council of Taiwan

Selected publications

1. 2019The Mythic Tree and Other Stories: Tales of Tsou Land and Culture. Hualien (in Chinese).Book
2. 2017Rekindling the Fire of the Kuba: Multiple Perspectives on the Disadvantaged and Indigenous Peoples of the Island. Taipei: Shanhai Cultural Magazine (in Chinese).Book
3. 2012Literary History of Taiwanese Indigenous Peoples (Volume I). Taipei: Li Ren Book.Book
4. 2009An Outline of the Literary History of Taiwan’s Indigenous Peoples (2 vols.). Taipei: Li Ren Book (in Chinese).Book
5. 2007The Forgotten Sacred Realm: Myths, History and Literature of Indigenous Peoples. Taipei: Wu-Nan (in Chinese).Book
6. 2002Thinking Indigenous. Taipei: Avanguard (in Chinese).Book
7. 2001With Wang Ming-hui and Wang Sung-shan (Eds.), History of Taiwan’s Indigenous Peoples: The Tsou. Nantou: Taiwan Historica (in Chinese).Book
8. 2000Expressions of Narrative Oral Literature: Tracing the History and Culture of the Tfuya Community. Taipei: Li Ren Book (in Chinese).Book
9. 1999Myths and Literature of Indigenous Peoples. Taipei: Taiyuan (in Chinese).Book
10. 1993Tsou Myths of Taiwan. Taipei: Taiyuan (in Chinese).Book

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