2025 International Program on Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Policy Now Open for Applications

Tuesday, September 17, 2024

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY’s Institute for the Study of Human Rights and the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race are glad to inform you that we are now accepting applications for the 2025 International Program on Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Policy. This program is presented in partnership with the University of Auckland (New Zealand) and the University of British Columbia (Canada).

The deadline for submitting applications is November 10, 2024. We are accepting applications from professionals, researchers, practitioners and advanced students who wish to participate in an intensive program at Columbia University on Indigenous Peoples’ rights and policy. This program is an in-person two-week course from 27 May to 6 June, 2025.
With a central focus on human rights, this intensive immersion program provides an overview and analysis of the major questions in Indigenous affairs today, as they have emerged globally in the last decades. The program has an interdisciplinary approach and incorporates lectures and workshops on the most recent and innovative academic research and policy debates on Indigenous Peoples’ issues. It is complemented by visits to the United Nations and to a Native American Nation, discussions with United Nations officials, officials of a Native American Nation and other relevant parties.
For more information on the program, its methodology, and the application process - please download our flyer here.