Institute of Social Research and Cultural Studies

Thesis Proposal Oral Examination Notification

Time: July 9, 2025(Wednesday), 3:30pm.

Location:  (via webcam meeting)

Student: KLIGUE Fo-Yawo Messan

Thesis Topic: French Colonialism and the Decolonial Deadlock: Analyzing the Persistent Challenges to Decolonization in Post-independence West Africa.

Advisor: Prof. Joyce Chi-Hui Liu

Oral Examination Committee Members:

Prof. Yuan-Horng Chu (Emeriti Professor At the Institute of Social Research and Culture Studies National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University),

Prof. Ya-Hsun Chan (Assistant Professor at the Institute of Social Research and Culture Studies National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University),

Dr. Ebede Ndi (Independent Scholar/Former Adjunct Associate Professor,National Taipei University of Technology),

Dr. Etienne Lock (Research fellow,member of ALTER Research group(Barcelona); former Scientific Director of the Canadian Interdisciplinary Research Center for Africa),

Derek Sheridan (Assistant Research Fellow at the Institute of Ethnology at Academia Sinica Taiwan)

Welcome the attendance of those who are interested.