Pacific Islands Studies: Continuity & Community 75 Years at Mānoa!

The conference will be 5-7 November 2025 at the Campus Center Ballroom at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa campus in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. Each day will begin at 8:30 am with coffee and check in with a program start promptly at 9 am each day. Due to traffic around campus, please plan to arrive early to minimize disruptions to speakers and the program.

The theme of this year's conference is Pacific Islands Studies Continuity & Community: 75 Years at Mānoa. Ouyr program includes presentations from scholars, students, community members, and alumni which engage questions relevant to the past, present, and future of Pacific Islands Studies with particular attention to continuity and community.

In exchanging ideas, we seek to explore how Pacific Islands Studies creates collaborative relationships with communities locally, regionally, and globally; provides innovative strategies for teaching and program development; facilitates job preparation and leads to meaningful careers for graduates; envisions a future for the field and university; and celebrates Pacific studies accomplishments over the last 75 years!

For more details on the program, please refer to the program tab.

Conferences Days 1 & 2 (5-6 November) are located at the Campus Center Ballroom at UH Mānoa as well as the Pacific Collection at Hamilton Library. Day 3 of the conference is at Susannah Wesley Community Center.

Parking at Mānoa

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa provides visitors with a variety of parking locations within walking distance to any campus destination. As part of our institutional commitment to environmental sustainability, we would also like to encourage you to consider alternatives to driving to UH Mānoa alone.

Daily visitor parking is available in UH Mānoa’s two parking structures and hourly in visitor lots throughout campus. We suggest parking in the Zone 20 (Lower Campus Parking Structure) or Zone 22 (Dole St Parking Structure) for a daily flat rate of $5. 

We also encourage attendees to partake in public transportation as there are several bus lines which drop off near campus, including the 4, 6, 13, and 18, plus express route A.

Parking at Susannah Wesley

Please plan to park in the area marked with a star on the graphic below in the Mauka Parking Lot.

Accessing the Pacific Collection at Hamilton Library

Since we will be visiting the fifth floor after hours, please wait in the Hamilton Library lobby and a student or staff member will escort groups up to the Pacific Collection. Similarly, to depart, please find a member of our team and we will escort you out of the library.

The 2025 CPIS Conference planning committee is comprised of Lola Quan Bautista, Michelle Harangody, Tarcisius Kabutaulaka, Alexander Mawyer, Jennifer Mercado, Foley Pfalzgraf, Candi Steiner, Tammy Tabe, Ron Vave, and Julie Walsh. 

We are grateful to our funders including the Student Activity & Program Fee Board and the CALL Deanʻs Office, as well as our cosponsors: the Department of History, Department of Indo-Pacific Languages and Literatures, Department of Geography, the Sea Grant program, with special thanks to the Pacific Collection at Hamilton Library and the East-West Center Arts Program.