Pacific Syllabus Initiative (2007-2018)

We welcome you to explore the 83 syllabi (linked below) which were collected as part of the Pacific Syllabus Initiative (PSI) to provide examples of Pacific Studies teaching between 2007 and 2017. The PSI was a joint project of the University of Hawai`i Center for Pacific Islands Studies and the East-West Center's Pacific Islands Development Program (PIDP).

The purpose of the online collection is to make available instructional materials for teaching about the Pacific Islands region in a wide range of courses from elementary through graduate levels. College courses are the primary focus, but all levels are included. While the site includes material from specialized courses on the Pacific, it also aims to facilitate teaching about the Pacific in nonspecialized courses across the disciplines of the humanities and social sciences. The collection is envisioned as a cooperative venture among a network of participating scholars and institutions. By placing syllabi, reading lists and bibliographies online, the site also promotes dialogue on diverse approaches to teaching about the Pacific in a variety of contexts.

Melanesia

• Anthropology of Melanesia (Golub, 2010)

• Ethnography of Melanesia (McPherson, 2009)

• First Contact and its Aftermath in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea (Golub, 2007)

Micronesia

• Health and Human Adaptation in Micronesia (Rubinstein, 2009)

• History of Guam (Viernes, 2010)

• Marshallese Immigrants and the US Education System (Barker, 2007)

Polynesia

• Literature and Culture: The Hawaiian Experience—Mo`olelo Kū`ē (Ho`omanawanui, 2008)

• Polynesia before European Contact (Cordy, 2011)

Anthropology

• Anthropology of Melanesia (Golub, 2010)

• Anthropology of the Pacific Islands (Mawyer, 2010)

• Change in the Pacific (McCormack, 2008)

• Cultures of the Pacific Islands (Feinberg 2014)

• Ethnography of Melanesia (McPherson, 2009)

• First Contact and its Aftermath in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea (Golub, 2007)

• The Global Pacific (Keller, 2009)

• Indigenous Anthropology (Tengan, 2007)

• Indigenous Anthropology (Tengan, 2011)

• Marshallese Immigrants and the US Education System (Barker, 2007)

• Pacific Islands Cultures (White, 2009)

• Pacific Islands Cultures (White 2006)

• Pacific Island Cultures (Pigliasco, 2008)

• Pacific Island Cultures (Pigliasco, 2010)

• Pacific Island Cultures Online (Pigliasco, 2013)

• Pacific Island Societies (Biersack, 2009)

• Peoples and Cultures of Micronesia (Rubenstein 2013)

• Samoan History (Achica, 2010)

• Time Traveling & Island Hopping: Connecting the Stories (Hershinow and Higgins, 2007)

• Visual Anthropology (Pigliasco, 2011)

Art

• Art in the Pacific (Brunt, 2007)

Bibliographies

• Chinese in the Pacific (Autio, 2011)

• Island Lives: A Selected Bibliography of Biographies (Peacock, 2007)

• Pacific Islands Literature: A Selective Reading Guide (Peacock, 2007)

• Pacific Periodicals: A Selected List (Peacock, 2007)

• Pacific Resources: A Selected List (Peacock, 2007)

Contemporary Issues

• Change in the Pacific (McCormack, 2008)

• The Contemporary Pacific: Culture, Society, Politics and Development (K Teaiwa, 2008)

• The Contemporary Pacific (Wesley-Smith, 2009)

• Contemporary Issues in Oceania ( Wesley-Smith, 2011)

• Hawai'i and the Pacific (Tengan, 2011)

• Health and Human Adaptation in Micronesia (Rubinstein, 2009)

• Islands of Globalization (Kabutaulaka, 2009)

• Marshallese Immigrants and the US Education System (Barker, 2007)

• Oceania on the Move (Quan Bautista, 2009)

• Pacific Communities in Hawaii (Walsh, 2012)

• Pacific Encounters: An Introduction to History and Culture in Oceania (D'Arcy, 2008)

• Pacific Island Cultures (Pigliasco, 2008)

• Pacific Island Societies (Biersack, 2009

• Pacific Worlds: An Introduction to Pacific Islands Studies (Quan Bautista, 2008)

• Pacific Worlds: An Introduction to Pacific Islands Studies (Quan Bautista, 2009)

• Planning in Hawai'i and Pacific Islands (Minerbi 2008)

• Planning in Hawai'i and Pacific Islands (Minerbi 2013)

• Planning in Hawai'i and Pacific Islands (Minerbi 2014)

• The Global Pacific (Keller, 2009)

• Urbanization in the Pacific: Seminar in Planning Practice (Finin, 2011)

• Waves of Change: Climate Change in the Pacific Islands (Cooper, 2014)

Cultural Studies

• Colonialism and Law in Asia and the Pacific Islands (Camacho, 2009)

• Indigenous Anthropology (Tengan, 2011)

• Pacific Literary and Cultural Studies (Najita, 2011)

• Re/Presenting Oceania (Hereniko, 2008)

Economics

• Pacific Island Economies (Jayaraman, 2011)

Education

• There are currently no syllabi for this category

Film Studies

• Gender and Film in the Pacific (Camacho, 2011)

• Indigenous Film (Brislin 2010)

• Visual Anthropology (Pigliasco, 2011)

Gender Studies

• Gender and Film in the Pacific (Camacho, 2011)

Geography

• Geography of Oceania (Davis, 2011)

• Geography of the Pacific (Strauch, Sum 2010)

History

• Colonialism and Law in Asia and the Pacific Islands (Camacho, 2009)

• Histories of the Pacific (Matsuda, 2008)

• History of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (Camacho, 2008)

• History of Guam (Viernes, 2010)

• History of Pacific Islands (Chappell, 2013)

• Pacific Encounters: An Introduction to History and Culture in Oceania (D'Arcy, 2008)

• Polynesia before European Contact (Cordy, 2011)

• Samoan History (Achica, 2010)

• Time Traveling & Island Hopping: Connecting the Stories (Hershinow and Higgins, 2007)

Interdisciplinary Approaches

• Green Indigeneities (Najita, 2010)

• Hawaiian-Pacific Traditions (Cordy, 2011)

• Internship: BA Honors Pacific Studies (T. Teaiwa 2011)

• Islands of Globalization (Kabutaulaka, 2009)

• Learning Oceania (Wesley-Smith, 2009)

• Learning Oceania (Wesley-Smith, 2010)

• Oceania on the Move (Quan Bautista, 2009)

• Pacific Communities in Hawai'i (Walsh, 2013)

• Pacific Islands Information Resources (Peacockand Dawrs, 2007)

• Pacific Worlds: An Introduction to Pacific Islands Studies (Hereniko, 2008)

• Pacific Worlds: An Introduction to Pacific Islands Studies (Kabutaulaka, 2010)

• Pacific Worlds: An Introduction to Pacific Islands Studies (Quan Bautista, 2008)

• Pacific Worlds: An Introduction to Pacific Islands Studies (Quan Bautista, 2009)

• Polynesia before European Contact (Cordy, 2011)

• Polynesian & Micronesian Mythology (Cordy, 2011)

• Re/Presenting Oceania (Hereniko, 2008)

• Re/Presenting Oceania (Kabutaulaka, 2010)

• Researching Oceania (Quan Bautista 2012)

• Theory and Methods in Pacific Studies (T. Teaiwa 2011)

Language

• There are currently no syllabi for this category

Literature and Theater

• African (American) and Oceanian Literatures: Influences and Affinities (Lyons 2013)

• Green Indigeneities (Najita, 2010)

• Introduction to Pacific Island Literatures (DeLoughrey 2010)

• Literature and Culture: The Hawaiian Experience— Mo`olelo Kū`ē (hoʻomanawanui, 2008)

• Literature in the Pacific (Somerville, 2013)

• Literature of Oceania (Tupou, 2010)

• Pacific Literary and Cultural Studies (Najita, 2011)

• Pacific Literature (Somerville, 2010)

• Seminar in Cultural Studies (Asia/Pacific): Pacific Literary Criticism (Somerville, 2013)

• Time Traveling & Island Hopping: Connecting the Stories (Hershinow and Higgins, 2007)

• Unwriting Oceania: Studies in Literature and Culture of Oceania (Winduo, 2011)

Music and Dance

• There are currently no syllabi for this category

Natural Sciences

• There are currently no syllabi for this category

Political Science

• Introduction to Political Science (Rokolekutu, 2008)

Religion

• Classical Hawaiian Education: Hawaiian Religion (Charlot, 2007)

• Hawaiian Gods: Pele and Kamapua'a (Charlot, 2010)

• Origins of the Universe: Hawaiian Religion (Charlot, 2010)

• Polynesian Religions (Charlot, 2011)

• Religion and Politics: Hawaiian Religion (Charlot, 2009)

• Understanding Hawaiian Religion (Charlot, 2011)

The following syllabi were previously available but are lost to the internet archive, please let us know if you have a copy you would be willing to share:

• Questioning the Racial Labels: Asian & Pacific Islanders (Arenal, 2008)

• Cultures of Oceania (McCormack, 2009)

And a warm Pacific thank you to all who contributed their syllabi to this initiative!