Establishment of Dayak Studies at the Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas). (Sarawak News). From: Borneo Research Bulletin | Date: January 1, 2001 | COPYRIGHT 2001 Borneo Research Council, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

A Dayak Studies Program was inaugurated at the Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, in January 2001. Created within the Institute of East Asian Studies, and sustained by an endowment from the Dayak Cultural Foundation, the program was established for the purpose of promoting long-term research on issues relating to the Dayak communities of Sarawak and of the island of Borneo more generally.

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