On Tuesday, July 22, 2025, Prof. Dr. Rini Rachmawati, S.Si., M.T., Director of Center for Southeast Asian Social Studies (CESASS) at Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), attended a meeting upon the invitation of Prof. Dr. Wening Udasmoro, S.S., M.Hum., DEA., Vice Rector for Education and Learning at UGM. The meeting was held with delegates from the Department of Southeast Asian Languages and Cultures (SEALC) at National Chengchi University (NCCU), Taiwan.
The NCCU delegation consisted of Prof. Dr. Chao Chin-Chi (Acting Dean of the College of Foreign Languages and Literature & Chair of the SEALC), Prof. Dr. Jiang Cuifen (Director of the Chinese Language Teaching Centre), Dr. Silvia Rehulina Ginting (Assistant Professor of the SEALC & Head of Indonesian Language and Cultures Study Program), and Mr. Yuan Ting Lim (Operations Manager of the Center for Southeast Asian Socio-Cultural Studies in the Department of Southeast Asian Languages and Cultures). The meeting was also attended by Dr. Tyas Ikhsan Hikmawan, M.S., Ph.D., Head of the Subdirectorate of International Collaboration.
This meeting served as a platform to explore opportunities for academic collaboration between UGM and NCCU, including student exchange programs, internships, summer courses, and double degree initiatives. In addition, the discussion revisited the potential collaboration in organizing the International Conference on Southeast Asian Studies (ICSAS) 2026, which had previously been discussed with CESASS UGM.
Reporter: Mellyana Nungki Pramitha