Curriculum Vitae

DR. GREGORY ANAK KIYAI @ KEAI

Senior Lecturer
  • Visual Arts Program
    Faculty of Creative Arts
  • gregory.kiyai
  • 0379673288

BIOGRAPHY

Growing up and residing in a longhouse nestled within Sarawak's interior profoundly influenced my research interests and dedication to disseminating knowledge from Borneo. Witnessing the impact of globalization on the socio-cultural landscape of our indigenous Borneo community has underscored the importance of preserving our cultural heritage, indigenous knowledge, and artistic expressions to safeguard our identity and ensure sustainability for future generations.

This deep-seated concern motivates my passionate commitment to understanding and exploring this topic, aiming to bridge the divide between academia and our rich cultural legacy. As an academician at the Visual Arts Department, Faculty of Creative Arts, University of Malaya, my research journey led me to investigate the conservation of cultural artifacts within the Iban community at the Sarawak Museum. My doctoral thesis, titled "Conservation of Cultural Artifacts of the Iban Community in the Sarawak Museum," involved ethnographic studies of the Iban community's utilization of cultural artifacts, along with the Sarawak Museum's efforts to preserve these items as cultural heritage.

Over the years, my scholarly contributions have included the publication of 24 peer-reviewed journals, one of which is indexed in SCOPUS Q2, and the others are recognized by Google Scholar. Additionally, I authored the book "PENGANAN," published by UNIMAS PUBLISHER. In 2022, I served as a paper review panelist for the Sarawak Museum Journal and took on the role of Academic Advisor for the Text Panel at the International Society for Academic Research on Shamanism (ISARS) Conference 2022 Temporary Exhibition, organized by the Sarawak Museum Department.

My involvement in various research initiatives has encompassed projects such as the Long Pasia Heritage Research (in collaboration with UMS and the National Heritage Department in 2015), the Iban Legacy project under the Dayak Chair Foundation at UNIMAS, and the Transformation Project of the old DUN Building into the Sarawak Performing Arts Center (a collaboration between UNIMAS, Sarawak Arts Council, and Sarawak Public Works Department in 2019).

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

  • DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY, (Pengurusan Seni)
    Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas)

ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES

  • Acting Coordinator
    01 Nov 2024 - 08 Nov 2024 (Visual Arts Program, Faculty of Creative Arts)
  • Committee Members
    23 Oct 2024 - 26 Oct 2024 (National)
  • Acting Coordinator
    26 Aug 2024 - 28 Aug 2024 (University Malaya)
  • Menjalankan Fungsi Sebagai Penyelaras Program
    02 Jan 2023 - 20 May 2024 (National)

AWARD AND STEWARDSHIP

  • The 12th International Innovation, Invention and Design Competition (INDES 2023)
    2023, UNIVERSITY TEKNOLOGI MARA (PERAK), International

PUBLICATIONS

Article in Journal
  1. Kiyai @ Keai, G. (2025). THE DISCOVERY OF THE GANESHA STATUE AT BUKIT MAS SITE, LIMBANG SARAWAK: A DISCUSSION: Penemuan Patung Ganesha di Tapak Bukit Mas, Limbang Sarawak: Satu Perbincangan. Jurnal Borneo Arkhailogia (Heritage, Archaeology and History), 9(1), 83–96. https://doi.org/10.51200/jba.v9i1.5647
  2. Kiyai, gregory. (2024). HISTORY OF DEVELOPMENT HAUTE COUTURE IN THE FASHION INDUSTRY. International Journal of Creative Future and Heritage (TENIAT), 12(1), 80–96. https://doi.org/10.47252/teniat.v12i1.1160
  3. Gregory Kiyai @ Keai and Noria Tugang. 2023. Artifak sakral dalam budaya Iban di Sarawak. Kajian Malaysia 41(1): 311–335. https://doi.org/10.21315/km2023.41.1.15
  4. Kiyai @ Keai, G., & Tugang, N. (2023). Perau Bangkong as an Iban Weapon of War: A Cultural Materials Analysis. Melayu: Jurnal Antarabangsa Dunia Melayu, 16(2), 185-208. doi:10.37052/jm.16(2)no2
  5. Kiyai, G. (2023). LUPONG MANANG: ANALISIS KOLEKSI MUZIUM SARAWAK DALAM AMALAN MANANG IBAN DI SARAWAK LUPONG MANANG: ANALYSIS OF SARAWAK MUSEUM COLLECTION IN THE SHAMANISM PRACTICES OF MANANG IBAN IN SARAWAK. Jurnal Arkeologi Malaysia, 36(1).
  6. Kiyai, G (2021).SEJARAH BUDAYA NGAYAU DALAM MASYARAKAT IBAN DI SARAWAK: Ngayau Culture in the Iban Community in Sarawak. Jurnal Borneo Arkhailogia (Heritage, Archaeology and History), 6(1), 121–137. https://doi.org/10.51200/jba.v6i1.3532
  7. Kiyai, G., & Tugang, N. (2021). Konservasi artifak budaya iban dalam Muzium Sarawak: Satu penelitian awal (Conservation of Iban Cultural Artifacts in The Sarawak Museum: an Early Research). Jurnal Arkeologi Malaysia, 34(1).
  8. KIYAI @ KEAI, G. ., & TUGANG, N. . (2020). ARTIFAK BUDAYA MASYARAKAT IBAN: WARISAN DAN PUSAKA: CULTURAL ARTEFACTS OF THE IBAN: HERITAGE AND HEIRLOOM. Jurnal Kinabalu, 26(1), 59. https://doi.org/10.51200/ejk.v26i.2261
  9. Kiyai @ keai, G., & Tugang, N. (2020). PENELITIAN KOLEKSI AKSESORI PERAK NGEPAN INDU “BIAH ANAK ANJI” DALAM KONTEKS BUDAYA BENDA MASYARAKAT IBAN. Asian People Journal (APJ), 3(2), 169-180. https://doi.org/10.37231/apj.2020.3.2.202
  10. Kiyai, G., & Tugang, N. (2020). Jabatan Muzium Sarawak: Perkembangan Sebelum dan Selepas Merdeka (Sarawak Museum: The Development Before and After Independence). Jurnal Arkeologi Malaysia, 33(1).
  11. Kiyai, G., & Tugang, N. (2019). The Iban journey of afterlife: artifak iringan tukang sabak. Journal of Borneo-Kalimantan, 5(1), 7-7.
Books
  1. Gregory Kiyai & Noria Tugang. (2025). Artifak Budaya Material Masyarakat Iban di Sarawak. Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
  2. Noria, Tugang and Gregory, Kiyai @ Keai (2022) PENGANAN. UNIMAS Publisher

RESEARCH INTEREST

  • material culture (artifacts, ancient object, pre historic history and arts)
  • museum management (curatorship)
  • indigenous arts (local knowledge, worldview and cosmology, spiritual and ritual, traditional beliefs,)
  • Intangible and Tangible culture (archeology art, megalithic structure, indigenous folk, collective memory)

RESEARCH PROJECT

National
  1. 2023 - 2023, Sarawak Museum Department
    Papan Turai Gawai Batu-Nominate Memory of the World (MoW) . UNESCO ( Co-Researcher)
  2. 2019 - 2019, Dayak Chair Foundation
    PENGANAN ( Co-Researcher)
University
  1. 2024 - 2026, Bantuan Khas Penyelidikan (BKP Special)
    Mapping tge Sungkit Waeving Patterns of the Iban Community in Batang Ai: Efforts to Inventory Intangible Cultural Heritage ( Principal Investigator(PI))

PAPER PRESENTED

PLENARY SPEAKER
  1. HOW INDIGENOUS MATERIAL CULTURE IN EAST MALAYSIA CAN ADAPT AND SURVIVE IN GLOBALIZATION, INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION ON WORLD CULTURES (ICWC) 19 21 November 2024, INTERCONTINENTAL EXHIBITION ON WORLD CULTURES(ICWC) (International) (21 Nov 2024 - 21 Nov 2024)
INVITED SPEAKER
  1. PAPAN TURAI: KEARIFAN TEMPATAN DAN MEMORI BUDAYA DALAM TRADISI LISAN IBAN, NARASUMBER KULIAH BERSIRI MALAYSIA-INDONESIA MAHZAB NUSANTAR, Universitas Negeri Makasar and Universiti Sains Malaysia (International) (17 Dec 2024 - 17 Dec 2024)
  2. Mali dalam Kepercayaan Mali sebagai warisan Tidak Ketara Masyarakat Iban di Sarawak, JEMPUTAN SEBAGAI PEMBICARA DI PROGRAM WACANA KEARIFAN TEMPATAN BERSEMPENA PESTA BUKU ANTARABANGSA SELANGOR 2024, Perbadanan Perpustakaan Awam Selangor (International) (03 Dec 2024 - 03 Dec 2024)
  3. Sejarah Rentap dan Linggir dalam Perang beting Marau, Penyelidikan Perang Beting Marau 1849, Jabatan Muzium Sarawak (National) (26 Nov 2024 - 26 Nov 2024)
  4. Alam Takambang Jadi Guru: Pengetahuan dan Amalan Budaya Masyarakat Iban di Sarawak, JEMPUTAN SEBAGAI PEMBENTANG DI PROGRAM WACANA FALSAFAH DAN KEHIDUPAN BERMASYARAKAT BERSEMPENA HARI FALSAFAH SEDUNIA 2024, Persatuan Pendidikan Falsafah dan Pemikiran Malaysia (PPFPM) Malaysian Association for the Education of Philosophy and Thinking (National) (21 Nov 2024 - 21 Nov 2024)
  5. STRATEGI UNTUK PEMERKASAAN SENI DALAM KOMUNITI, PERLANTIKAN SEBAGAI PENCERAMAH BAGI SLOT K.A.T.A SENI, Kementerian Pendidikan Tinggi Malaysia dan Majlis Kebudayaan Universiti-Universiti Malaysia (National) (23 Oct 2024 - 23 Oct 2024)
ORAL PRESENTER
  1. Sejarah Linggir dan Rentap dalam Perang Beting Marau, Penyelidikan Perang Beting Marau Jabatan Muzium Sarawak, Jabatan Muzium Sarawak (National) (26 Nov 2024 - 26 Nov 2024)

ACADEMIC/ PROF. SERVICES

Evaluation
  1. (2025) Reviewer of The Manuscript, "Budaya Masyarakat Prasejarah Lembah Lenggong, Perak: Adaptasi Terhadap Persekitaran ,", National, (Reviewer)
  2. (2024) Appointment as Internal Examiner for Examination of Masters Dissertation - Master of Arts (Visual Art) by Mixed-Mode-Li Pengcheng (S2020502/1), University, (Internal Examiner)
  3. (2024) Appointment as Internal Examiner for Examination of Masters Dissertation - Master of Arts (Visual Art) by Mixed-Mode-Yan Xinting (S2120724/1), University, (Internal Examiner)
  4. (2024) Pewasit Bagi Makalah Charting The Waters: Looking Back The Maritime History of The Southeast Asia Archipelago in The World Ocean Spectrum Untuk Terbitan Dalam Asian Journal of Environment, History and Heritage., National, (Reviewer)
  5. (2024) Appointment as Internal Examiner for Examination of Masters Dissertation - Youlin Yu (S2171629/1) Master of Arts (Visual Art) by Mixed-Mode, University, (Internal Examiner)
  6. (2024) Appointment as Internal Examiner for Examination of Masters Dissertation - Youlin Yu (S2171629/1) Master of Arts (Visual Art) by Mixed-Mode, University, (Internal Examiner)
  7. (2024) Invitation: Viva-Voce for Syakirin Bin Saulani,202005050021(Phdd)-City University Malaysia, National, (External Examiner)
  8. (2024) Review Request - a Prestigious and Sacred: The Tradition of Elephant Tusk Belis (Belis Ivory Tusks) Among The Ende-Lio Indigenous Community and Models for Its Sustainable Preservation, International, (Reviewer)
  9. (2024) Appointment as a Member of The 'Candidature Defence' Presentation Evaluation Panel-Stephan Kirubaline, University, (Internal Examiner)
  10. (2024) Reviewer of The Manuscript, "Types of Iranun Weavings in Sabah", National, (Reviewer)
  11. (2024) Reviewer of The Manuscript, "a a Study of Form of Rehal from National Museums Collection from 1957-2020," -Ijad, National, (Reviewer)
  12. (2024) Reviewer of The Manuscript, "a a Study of Form of Rehal from National Museums Collection from 1957-2020," -Ijad, National, (Reviewer)
  13. (2024) Appointment as a Member of The Presentation Evaluation Panel, University, (Reviewer)
  14. (2024) Appointment Offer as a Reviewer for The Sarawak Museum Journal, National, (Reviewer)
  15. (2024) Appointment as Internal Examiner for Master Dissertation-Jingyun Wang (S2006180/1), University, (Internal Examiner)
  16. (2024) Reviewer of The Manuscript, "Fungsi dan Signifikan Penciptaan Parang Ilang Dalam Budaya Masyarakat Iban Di Sarawak,, National, (Reviewer)
  17. (2024) Appointment of Dr. Gregory Kiai as External Examiner for Phd Design City University, University, (External Examiner)
  18. (2024) City Graduate School | Appointment as An External Assessor_dr Gregory Kiai-Zhao Wenjin (Ea9327344), National, (External Examiner)
  19. (2024) City Graduate School | Appointment as An External Assessor_dr Gregory Kiai, National, (External Examiner)
  20. (2024) Appointment as a Member of The ‘Proposal Defence' & ‘Candidature Defence' Presentation Evaluation Panel, University, (Reviewer)
  21. (2024) Appointment as a Member of The Presentation Evaluation Panel Visual Arts Program, University, (Internal Examiner)
  22. (2024) "Malay Cultural Heritage Preservation Through Seni Tekat Motif On Kerongsang Tok Design, National, (Reviewer)
  23. (2024) Malay Cultural Heritage Preservation Through Seni Tekat Motif On Kerongsang Tok Design, National, (Reviewer)
  24. (2024) Km-Oa-02-24-0024 Entitled "Idealogi Alam Dalam Wolrdview Iban Di Sarawak Ideology of Nature in The Worldview of Iban Sarawak", National, (Reviewer)
  25. (2023) Academic Advisor Position for The Permanent Exhibition's Text Panel for Brooke Dockyard Industrial Heritage Museum., National, (External Assessor)
  26. (2022) Academic Advisor for Text Panel : International Society for Academic Research On Shamanism (Isars) Conference 2022 Temporary Exhibition, National, (External Assessor)
Contribution to external organisation
  1. (2025) Jemputan Kolabrasi: Kajian Tapak dan Sejarah Perang Beting Marao, National, (Resource Person)
  2. (2024) Narasumber Kuliah Bersiri Malaysia-Indonesia Mahzab Nusantara-"Papan Turai: Kearifan Tempatan dan Memori Budaya Dalam Tradisi Lisan Iban", International, (Resource Person)
  3. (2024) Pembentangan Wira Iban Dalam Perang Beting Marau-Rentap dan Linggir, National, (Resource Person)
  4. (2024) Jemputan Sebagai Pembentang Hari Falsafah Sedunia-Alam Takambang Jadi Guru: Pengetahuann dan Amalan Budaya Masyarakat Peribumi Di Sarawak, National, (Resource Person)
Contribution to event
  1. (2024) Perlantikan Sebagai Penceramah Bagi Slot K.a.T.a Seni- Strategi Untuk Pemerkasaan Seni Dalam Komuniti, National, (Panelist/Moderator)
Media appearance
  1. (2024) Penglibatan Kerjasama Penyelidikan Perang Beting Marau-Facebook Offical Muzium Sarawak, National, (Panelist/Moderator)
  2. (2024) News Strait Times -Sarawak Museum to Conduct a Study of Perang Beting Marau Battel, National, (Panelist/Moderator)

SUPERVISION

Postgraduate Student
  1. (2024) INNOVATION OF THE ANIMAL PATTERNS OF THE BLACK MIAO IN SOUTHEAST GUIZHOU IN CONTEMPORARY CLOTHING DESIGN, TAO ZI
  2. (2024) A STUDY ON CULTURAL INTEGRATION AND REGIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF VISUAL ARTS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, LI SIYU
  3. (2024) PROTECTION, INHERITANCE, INNOVATION--RESEARCH ON DIGITAL CULTURAL HERITAGE PROTECTION OF CHINESE FOLK ART, XU XINZHI
  4. (2024) CULTURAL AND TOURISM INTEGRATION FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF VISUAL DESIGN: A STUDY ON THE INHERITANCE AND ACTIVATION OF SHANG DYNASTY CULTURE, ZHAO BINGQING
  5. (2024) FACTORS INFLUENCING THE INTEGRATION OF TRADITIONAL ART ELEMENTS IN DIGITAL MEDIA ART AMONG ARTISTS IN CHINA, TAN XIAOYU
  6. (2024) VISUALIZING IDENTITY: INCULTURATION AND THE HYBRID CATHOLIC IDENTITY IN SARAWAK'S INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES, ROWENNA SOIBIN
  7. (2024) Visual Art, KE REN
  8. (2024) Fine Arts, MIMI XU

TEACHING

Doctor Of Philosophy
  1. (2024) RVA8001 - Advanced Research Methodology
Master
  1. (2024) ROD7001 - Research Methodology in Visual Arts

COURSE ATTENDED

Internal/ External Course
INTERNAL COURSE- ORGANIZED BY PTJ
  1. ADVANCING SCHOLARS IN CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION (ASCEND) S2/2024, Universiti Malaya (09 Sep 2024 - 23 Sep 2024)
INTERNAL COURSE
  1. KURSUS ORIENTASI STAF BAHARU UNIVERSITI MALAYA 2024, Bilik Senat, Aras 4, Bangunan Canseleri (15 Aug 2024 - 16 Aug 2024)
RESEARCH
  1. PENYELIDIKAN PERANG BETING MARIAO, (26 Nov 2024 - 28 Nov 2024)