Risaw Walis
- Email: prrw@leeds.ac.uk
- Thesis title: Postcolonial Reading of the Empty Land in the Hebrew Bible: Critiquing from the Empty Land Experiences of Taiwan Indigenous Peoples
- Supervisors: Professor Johanna Stiebert, Professor Emma Tomalin
Profile
My name is Risaw Walis and I belong to the Sediq people, one of the communities of Taiwan Indigenous Peoples. I joined the Phd program in the School of Philosophy, Religion, and History of Science at the University of Leeds in 2021. Before coming to Leeds, I completed my BA (Political Science) at Tunghai University, Taiwan, Research MA (Theology and Religious Studies) at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium and MA (Theology) at Yu-shan Theological College and Seminary, Taiwan.
Research interests
- Indigenous theologies
- Indigenous land issues
- Indigenous land theologies
- Indigenous mother-tongue biblical interpretative strategies
- Postcolonial biblical criticism
Qualifications
- BA (Political Science) - Tunghai University
- BA (Theology and Religious Studies) - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
- ReMA (Theology and Religious Studies) - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
- MA (Theology) - Yu-shan Theological College and Seminary