January 31, 2022 (5:00 PM HST): "Toe Fo'i: The Return" Story Circle with JP (registration here, more information here)
February 3, 2022: "The Water Crisis at Kapūkakī: Law, Culture and Environmental Justice" with Ernest Lau and Camille Kalama (registration here)
February 3, 2022: "Brown Bag Biography: The Making of Reel Wāhine of Hawai'i"
February 4-6, 2022 (in-person): Eddie Wen' Go: The Story of the Upside-Down Canoe (paid event)
February 8, 2022: "Kuapola/Kaʻapola: Reviving a Makahiki Ceremony" with Kalei Nuʻuhiwa, Lecture Series on Hawaiian Religion Today
February 9, 2022: Mele, Advocacy, and Social Justice with Dean Jon Osorio, Ke Aʻo Mau, Learning Preserved community lecture series
February 10, 2022 (7:00-9:00 AM HST): "The Next 500 Years: Navigating the United Nations in Determining our Future," Fanohge Coalition
February 11, 2022 (2:00-4:30 PM HST): "ʻIs Your Family OK?': A Creative Writing Talanoa: Tongans Living in America, Occupied Indigenous Territories, Share What Recent Events in Tonga Mean to Us," Empowering Pacific Islander Communities
February 11, 2022 (4:00-6:00 PM HST): Black Pacific Alliance (open to Black Pasifika)
February 15, 2022: "How Kānaka Saved ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi" with Noenoe Silva, Pili I Ke Kanaka: Indigenous Social Sciences Speaker Series
February 16, 2022: "Native Books in Native & Indigenous Studies" with Julian Aguon, Maile Arvin, and Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio
February 16, 2022: "Returning to the Source," Kuamoʻolelo Web Walaʻau Series
February 17, 2022: "Hawai'iloa and the End of the Kanaka Diaspora" with Michael David Kaulana Ing, Brown Bag Biography Series
February 17-20, 2022: East-West Center International Graduate Student Conference
February 17, 2022: "(En)Gendering Pacific Stories: Men of the Land," Pacific Islands Development Program, East-West Center
February 24, 2022: "Memorializing Dr. Haunani-Kay Trask" with M. Healani Sonoda-Pale, Brown Bag Biography
March 2, 2022: "Ke Aloha Mau: Perpetuating the Benefits of Culturally Responsive Care" with Dr. Kealoha Fox
March 4, 2022: Pili ka Mo'o: Celebrating Chuck Lawrence's Legacy on Struggles for Justice
March 8, 2022: "The Pacific Islands Matter for America / America Matters for the Pacific Islands" Launch, East-West Center
March 10, 2022: "Understanding the potential for restoration through agroforestry in Hawai'i with Dr. Zoe Hastings," UHM Geography and Environment Spring Lecture Series (hybrid; Zoom link here; passcode: Lecture)
March 10, 2022: "Protecting Kapūkaki: Coalition Building to Shut Down Red Hill," Advocacy for Social Justice Talk Story Series
March 17, 2022: "Women Leaders of the Region with Governor Lourdes Aflague Leon Guerrero," CROP Women of the Wave and Pacific Islands Development Program
March 19, 2022 (10am-2pm): Ka Papa Lo'i o Kānewai Volunteer Day, Pan Pacific Association (in-person) (contact panpacificassociation@gmail.com or @panpacificassociation on Instagram for more information)
March 21, 2022: "Netherlands New Guinea, 1949-1962: A Civilizing Mission in the Era of Decolonization" with Dr. Grace Cheng
March 23, 2022: "Ho'okaiāulu: Public Humanities in the Pacific" with Dr. Kelsey Amos (online)
March 24, 2022 (3:00 PM HST): "Whose Lane? Agency and Military Occupation in the Black Pacific" with Dr. Nitasha Tamar Sharma, UHM Anthropology Colloquium Series (hybrid: Crawford Hall 115 or Zoom link here; password: Kuleana)
March 31, 2022 (12:00 PM HST): "Ungrounded Sovereignty: The Nexus between Indigenous Sovereignty and Settler State Violence in Aotearoa New Zealand" with Dr. Pounamu Jade Aikman, UHM Department of Geography and Environment Spring Lecture Series (hybrid: Saunders 442 or Zoom link here; password: Lecture)
March 31 - April 2, 2022: Lāhui Hawai'i Research Center: Mapping Aloha Aina Conference (hybird: register here)
April 4, 2022: Hula Ka Mauliola: Hula the Power of Healing (online)
April 5, 2022 (11:00 AM HST): Peter Tali Coleman Lecture on Pacific Public Policy with Prime Minister Afioga Fiamē Naomi Mata'afa (online: register here)
April 7, 2022: "Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Knowledge Stewardship," Sciences and the Sacred Seminar (online)
April 7, 2022: "The Economic Impacts of the End of Compact Grant Assistance" (hybrid: register here)
April 7, 2022: "Navigating Strategic Uncertainty in a Complex Region," Pacific Islands Webinar Series, Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (online: register here)
April 11, 2022: "Pacific Studies: A Transformational Movement," 10th Annual Center for Pacific Islands Studies Student Conference (hybrid)
April 13, 2022: "Use What Get: Lessons from an Anarchist Māhū Anthropologist with Dr. Tatiana Kalani'ōpua Young (online, register here)
April 13, 2022: "Hawaiian Systems of Governance" by Kumu Kalei Laimana, "Ali'i Accomplishments" Webinar Series by Leeward Community College (online)
April 15-16, 22-24, 2022: Ho'oilina, theatre show by Ākea Kahikina (MFA Candidate) (in-person, $5-8 for UHM students)
April 20, 2022: "China-Solomons Security Agreement and Blue Pacific (In)Securities," Blue Pacific Futures Series (online)
April 20 & 27, 2022: Ori Tahiti Workshop, Tahiti Mana for Moananuiākea Artists-In-Residence (hybrid, free)
April 21, 2022: "Guiding Our Youth: The Next Generation of Leaders," (En)Gendering Pacific Stories, Pacific Islands Development Program, East-West Center (online)
April 21, 2022 (12:00-1:15 PM HST): "Talking Story: A Panel on the Bamboo Ridge Oral History Project," Center for Biographical Research, UHM (online, meeting link here)
April 22, 2022: Kava & Open Mic Night: A Fundraiser for the Pacific Graduation, Pan Pacific Association, UHM (in-person, $15 per ticket)
April 26, 2022: "Lyz Soto, Communications Officer of the Hawaiʻi Council for the Humanities," Public Humanities in the Pacific: Speaker Series (online)
April 27, 2022: "Mauliola: Personal Health Information," Sciences and the Sacred: Indigenous Data Sovereignty & Knowledge Stewardship (online)
New Resource: Pacific Studies: A Transformational Movement, 7th volume of Teaching Oceania series now available on ScholarSpace
Call for Submissions: Pacific Islander writers in genres of fiction and non-fiction, Stella Magazine (due January 31, 2022)
Call for Submissions: James Welch Prize for Indigenous Poets (due January 31, 2022)
Call for Applicants: Postdoctoral Research Scholar/Scientist, Columbia University (deadline rolling but applications begin review January 31, 2022)
Call for Applicants: Foreign Language and Area Studies Scholarship (due February 1, 2022) (click link to STAR and keyword search "FLAS")
Call for Submissions: "Retrospective(s): A Look at Origins and How They Take Us Into the Future," CLASS Annual Research Conference, University of Guam (due February 6, 2022 CHST)
Call for Submissions: Indigeneity and Disability Justice Zine (due February 15, 2022)
Call for Applicants: Pacific Islands Leadership Program, East-West Center (DEADLINE EXTENDED to February 28, 2022)
Call for Applications: INS[PI]RED Artist Residency (due February 28, 2022)
Call for Applications: Maoli Arts Movement (MAMo) 2022 (due March 1, 2022)
Call for Submissions: "Mapping Aloha Aina," Lāhui Hawai'i Research Center Student Conference (DEADLINE EXTENDED to March 11, 2022)
Call for Submissions: "Pacific Studies: A Transformational Movement," 10th Annual Center for Pacific Islands Studies Student Conference (DEADLINE EXTENDED to March 22, 2022)
Call for Applicants: Pasifika Journalism Fellowship, Nia Tero (due April 3, 2022)
Call for Submissions: Hank Nelson Prize for a PhD Thesis on a Papua New Guinea Topic (due April 30, 2022)
August 31, 2021 (HST): The Art of Storytelling with Kathy Jetnil-Kijner, Fenton Lutanatabua, and Brianna Fruean, Instagram Live Talanoa via @briannafruean
September 1, 2021 (HST): COVID-19 Vaccine Information Session with Dr. Caleb Vangana and Dr. Narko Tutuo
September 2-October 1, 2021: Virtual events celebrating Hawaiian History Month
September 4, 11, and 18, 2021: "Languages of the Ancestors" with LAING Hawai'i and Keawe Manalo-Camp, Podcast Streaming via Facebook Live
September 6-12, 2021: Virtual Island Summit 2021 (free registration)
September 8, 2021: "We Are Art," Try Think: Hulihia with the Hawaiʻi Council for the Humanities
September 14, 2021: "Counting the Uncounted: Interdisciplinary Social Science Research and Insights for Indigenous Peoples," Pili I Ke Kanaka: Indigenous Social Sciences Speaker Series @ UH Mānoa
September 14, 2021: "Doctoral Study and Scholarship at the National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies in Aotearoa New Zealand with Kalika Kastein and David Whippy," Careers in Peacebuilding Talk Story Series
September 16, 2021 (3:00-4:00pm HST): "Rising Like a Mighty Wave: Mauna Kea and the Movement beyond the Human," Lecture by Dr. Cynthia Franklin, Department of English Colloquium @ UH Mānoa (Zoom link here, Passcode: 082861)
September 19, 2021: Inentnon Lepblo Put Famalaoʻan & Non-Binary CHamoru, Poetry by Lehua Tiatano, Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner, Brandy Nālani McDougall, Nichole Quintanilla
September 22, 2021: "Bougainville Independence: A New Nation Rising in the Pacific," Blue Pacific Future Series
September 22-23, 2021 (HST): Youth4Pacific Pre-COP Gathering, Pacific Climate Warriors (note: timezone on the website is GMT+12; since Hawai'i is GMT-10, we are a day behind)
September 29, 2021: Imperialism & Anti-Militarism in the Mariånas (Zoom link here)
October 1, 2021: Book Launch of Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio's Remembering Our Intimacies (livestream on Native Books Hawai'i's Facebook)
October 5, 2021: "Digital Inclusion: Equity Starts Local," East-West Center's Pacific Islands Development Program
October 6, 2021: International Cultural Studies Speaker Series with Lisa Reihana by East-West Center and UH Mānoa
October 7, 2021 (12:00-1:15pm HST): Brown Bag Biography Talk with Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio
October 7, 2021 (3:00pm HST): "Searching for Kuleana: Responsibility and Transformation within the University," Anthropology Colloquium Series, Anthropology Department, UH Mānoa (email kerton@hawaii.edu for Zoom invitation)
October 7, 2021 (4:00pm HST): Forum with Dr. Joseph Foukona on British Science and Colonialism in the Western Pacific, History Department, UH Mānoa (Zoom link here)
October 8, 2021: "Nurturing Collaborative Work," Talk Story with Robert Chang, Hawai'i Council for Humanities
October 8-11, 2021: Cultural Animation Film Festival
October 8, 2021 (and second Friday of every month): Black Pacific Alliance, Empowering Pacific Islander Communities (open to Black Pasifika)
October 12, 2021: "CHamoru Warrior Culture in a Matrilineal Framework" with Fernando Esteves (note link is in Guåhan time)
October 14, 2021 (3:00-4:30 PM HST): "Ua mau ke ea -- Remembering Dr. Haunani Kay Trask," Department of English Colloquium, UH Mānoa (Meeting ID: 983 5567 2576; passcode: 082861)
October 15, 2021: "Creative Conversation with writer Pep Borja," University of Guam Press (note link is in Guåhan time)
October 19, 2021 (12:00 PM HST): "Evelyn Flores: The Death of My Father--and Language," Creative Writing Programʻs Words @ Mānoa Series (Zoom Meeting ID: 993 9128 0146; passcode: 458442)
October 19, 2021 (in-person): Lā 2400 Mauna Kea Procession
October 20, 2021: "SCEP Live Online: Storyteller Nyla Fujii-Babb," UH Mānoa
October 21, 2021: "Expressing Pacific Pride: Conversations with Queer Artists," En(Gendering) Pacific Studies, Pacific Islands Development Program
October 21, 2021: "How to Start a Movement: Queer Community Organizing," Hawaiʻi LGBT Legacy Foundation
October 24, 2021: "Felled by Beauty: Guam and the End of American Empire" with Julian Aguon
October 25, 2021: "PI Leaders Speak: Culture - Inspiration - Community," Empowering Pacific Islander Communities
October 26, 2021: "Hawaiʻi is my Haven: Race and Indigeneity in the black Pacific," with Dr. Nitasha Sharma, Department of Sociology Colloquium Series, UH Mānoa
October 26, 2021: "Indigenous Peoples and Oral History: Politics and Ethics" with Dr. Nēpia Mahukia, Pili I Ke Kanaka: Indigenous Social Sciences Speaker Series, UH Mānoa
October 27, 2021: "Jined ilo Kōbo [Our Mothers Forever]: Re-Centering Women in Marshall Islands Histories and Pacific Historiography," Lecture by Dr. Monica LaBriola
October 28, 2021: "A Story in Stone: An archaeological study of West Futuna, Vanuatu," Seminar with Robert Williams
October 29, 2021: "Supernatural Stories with Lopaka Kapanui," Office of Hawaiian Affairs
September 30-November 4, 2021: Hawai'i Book and Music Festival
November 2, 2021: Zoom Talk with Kanaka Maoli Artist Tiare Ribeaux
November 2, 2021: "Using fire and landscape ecology to understand social-ecological resilience on Pacific Islands," Pacific Islands Climate Adaptation Science Center, UH Mānoa
November 9, 2021: Pilina Panel: Navigating Networks for Graduate School and Beyond, HONUA Scholars STEMinars
November 13, 2021: "Inner Voice: Positive Self-Talk," Nā Wahine ʻo Lapaʻau
November 15, 2021: "Transformative Care: Creating Intertwined Futures Beyond the Pandemic" with Dr. Manulani Meyer and Carol Ann Carl, East-West Center Exchange
November 16, 23, 30, 2021: College, Career, and Community Readiness Training for Micronesian Youth, We Are Oceania (in-p
erson, for Micronesian youth)
November 19, 2021: Aloha ʻĀina Fridays: Moʻolelo Aku, Moʻolelo Mai Dialogue Circles
November 23, 2021: "Women Leaders of the Region" with Dame Meg Taylor, (En)Gendering Pacific Stories, Pacific Islands Development Program, East-West Center
November 1-30, 2021: Events for Mahina Kūʻokoʻa, Native Hawaiian Student Services, UH Mānoa
November 16, 23, 30, 2021: College, Career, and Community Readiness Training for Micronesian Youth, We Are Oceania (in-person, for Micronesian youth)
December 3, 2021: Book Launch of Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio's Remembering Our Intimacies with Terisa Siagatonu and Noenoe Silva
December 3, 2021: Aloha ʻĀina Fridays: Huli ka lima i lalo, Mālama ʻĀina afternoons (in-person)
December 4, 2021: "Honoring the Life of Kumu Haunani-Kay Trask" Panel
December 5, 2021: Student-Led Talanoa with Pasifika Associations in Australia
December 6-8, 2021: 20th Annual Native Hawaiian Convention, Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement (must pay to register)
December 6, 2021: Launching of Social Movements in Hawaiʻi: Ethnic Studies Resource in ScholarSpace
December 7, 2021: "Refusing Possession Through Whiteness: Against Social Scientific Logics of Race and Transinstitutionalization in Hawaiʻi" with Dr. Maile Arvin
December 8, 2021: Under a Jarvis Moon Film Screening and Discussion
December 8, 2021: "Leadership in Kanaka Research," Aliʻi Accomplishments presented by UH Maui College
December 9, 2021: "Decolonizing the Role of Religion," Empowering Pacific Islander Communities (note time is in PST)
December 13, 2021: Sweat and Salt Water: Selected Works by Dr. Teresia Kieua Teaiwa Virtual Book Launch
December 16, 2021: "(En)Gendering Pacific Stories: Weaving the Corporate Ladder," Pacific Islands Development Program, East-West Center
January 12, 2022: "Ka Mōʻī Kaumualiʻi: Last Independent King of Kauaʻi," He Ukana Kā Kīlauea webinar series, UH Kauaʻi Community College
January 19, 2022: "Nuclear Weapons and the Unsettling of Sovereignty in the Marshall Islands, 1944-1963" by Dr. M X Mitchell (University of Toronto)
January 19, 2022: "Maritime Boundary Disputes in the South Pacific" with Dr. Lili Song, EWC Insights
January 19, 2022: "Remembering the Future: Relational Not Transactional Thinking" with Kumu Ramsay and Dr. Maya Soetero, Cultural Talk Story Series, UHM College of Social Sciences
January 9-25, 2022: "Vie Du Pacifique III/Pacific Perimeter Exchange Print Folio 2020-21" Exhibition (in-person)
January 25, 2022 (8:00-9:00 AM HST): "Irresponsible Development: Opposition to the Vista Del Mar Project" with Lasia Casil
GRA Position: On Kahoʻolawe Aloha ʻĀina Movement, Center for Oral History, Ethnic Studies @ UH Mānoa (due September 7, 2021)
Call for Applicants: Weaving a Net(work) of Care: A Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Museum Institute (due September 10, 2021)
Apply for Student Aid: Up to $2000 with UH Mānoa CARES Program (due September 14, 2021)
Call for Submissions: Portraits of Gender Diversity in the Pacific, QWaves (due September 15, 2021)
Call for Applicants: Weaving a Net(work) of Care: A Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Museum Institute (DEADLINE EXTENDED to September 24, 2021)
Call for Abstracts: 21st East-West Center International Graduate Student Conference, "Reimagining Our Shared Future" (due September 30, 2021)
Call for Submissions: Story Submissions, @oceanianstories (due every Sunday)
Call for Submissions: "Spooky," Itʻs Lit with PhDJ Podcast (due October 28, 2021)
Call for Papers: Ocean Feminisms, Amerasia Journal (DEADLINE EXTENDED to November 1, 2021)
Call for Applicants: Prutehi Litekyan: Save Ritidian Young Protectors Scholarship (due December 6, 2021)
Call for Applicants: Pacific Islands Ocean Acidification Master's Student Fellowship (letter of intent due December 14, 2021)
Call for Submissions: "The Language of Our Love: An Indigenous Love and Sex Anthology," Abalone Mountain Press (due January 1, 2022)
Position Opening: Project Specialist, Pacific Drought Knowledge Exchange, East-West Center (accepting applications until position filled)
Call for Proposals: "Diasporic Solidarities: Islands, Intimacies, and Imagining Otherwise," John Douglas Taylor Conference, McMaster University (due January 20, 2022)
Resource of Events: Pasifika Heritage Month 2021
See their website, featuring more information on events and Zoom information, here.
Event: "Navigating Intersectionality and Agency in Geosciences (Part I)," Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Geosciences Roundtable Discussion Series
Featuring: Dr. Rosie 'Anolani Alegado, Associate Professor of Oceanography at University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
Date: Thursday, May 20, 2021; 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM HST
For more information and to register go here.
Event: "Butterflies and Birdsong: On Radical Listening," Blue Ocean Law (Virtual)
Featuring: Julian Aguon and Maya Soetoro
Date: Wednesday, May 5, 2021; 2:00-3:00 PM HST
For more information and to register go here.
Call for Applications: Pacific Islander Leaders of Tomorrow (PILOT) Summer Internship
Application Due: May 14, 2021
Event: Race & Indigeneity in Oceania Webinar, UCSD Ethnic Studies (Virtual)
Featuring: Dr. Maile Arvin, Dr. Michael L. Bevacqua, Dr. Fulfuilupe Niumeitolu, Dr. Joyce Pualani Warren
Date: Wednesday, May 19, 2021; 12:00-2:00 PM HST (3:00-5:00 PM PST)
For more information go to their Facebook event page (see Zoom information below).
Call for Applications: Pasifika Scholars Summer Institute, University of Utah (June 7-11, 2021)
Application Due: May 28, 2021
For more information and to apply go here.
Event: Pasifika College Night, University of California at San Diego
Date: Friday, May 7, 2021; 3:30 PM HST (6:30 PM PST)
Register at here.
Event: Brandt Webinar: Polynesian Ancestral Knowledge (Virtual)
Featuring: Christian Moreno Pakarati, on Rapa Nui temples
Date: Wednesday, April 21, 2021; 7:00-8:30 PM HST
For more information and to register, see here.
Event: Pacific Islander Poetry Night (Virtual)
Featuring: Terisa Siagatonu, William Nuʻutupu Giles, Noʻu Revilla
Date: Friday, April 16, 2021; 2:00 PM HST (8:00 PM EDT)
For more information and to register, see here.
Event: Solidarity in Action: Community Bystander Training (Virtual)
Featuring: Haleema Bharoocha, Gender Justice Activist & Trainer
Date: Saturday, April 17, 2021; 8:00-9:15 AM HST (11:00 AM - 12:15 PM PST)
For more information and to register, see here.
Event: "Word Baskets and Witness Bearing: A Talk Story with Julian Aguon and Kathy Jetñil-Kijner
Date: Tuesday, April 6, 2021; 7:00-8:00pm HST
For more information and to register, see here.
Event: "Language Vitality as Resilience in the Pacific and Beyond," Resilient Pacific Seminar
Featuring: Gary Holton
Date: Wednesday, April 7, 2021; 12:00pm HST
Register at http://go.hawaii.edu/aVJ.
Event: University of Utah Pacific Islands Studies Spring 2021 Virtual Symposium
Featuring panels on: Gender and Sexuality in Pacific Islander Diasporas, Pacific Islander Diasporas and the Environment, Pacific Islander Diasporas and Education, Pacific Islander Diasporas and Health
Dates: Thursday, April 8 and Friday, April 9 (note MDT is four hours ahead of HST)
For more information see their website. Register for these panels here.
Resource: "Navigating Roots," Keynote Address for 9th Annual Center for Pacific Islands Studies Student Conference
Featuring: Dr. Emalani Case
Accessible via the CPIS YouTube page here. A beautiful presentation on Dr. Case's experience navigating her positionality as an indigenous woman currently living in a land she is not indigenous to, and what her insights contribute to the field of Pacific Studies (a must watch!).
Event: OMAOCH Conference: For the Love of the Bay
Featuring: UC Berkley Students from Pasifika Communities
Dates: April 9, 16, 23, 30, 2021 (note times are PST)
Register here.
Event: Social & Culturally Integrated Health for Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders
Featuring: Dr. Kealoha Fox
Date: Tuesday, March 23, 2021; 7:30-9:30pm HST
For more information and to register go to: https://www.hawaii.edu/calendar/manoa/2021/03/23/38434.html?et_id=50471.
Event: Resilient Pacific Seminar
Date: Wednesday, March 23, 2021; 12:00pm HST
Register at http://go.hawaii.edu/aVJ.
Event: God Is Samoan by Matt Tomlinson Launch
Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2021; 2:00pm HST
Register at http://go.hawaii.edu/JRb.
Event: "Navigating Our Unfamiliar Seas: Cultivating New Connections in Changing Spaces," 9th Annual Center for Pacific Islands Studies Student Conference
Date: Thursday, March 11, 2021 9:00am-5:00pm and Friday, March 12, 2021 9:00am-3:00pm
Register at http://go.hawaii.edu/L2J. For more information, including a schedule of student panels, go to our website.
Keynote Speaker: Emalani Case, PhD
Keynote Speaker: Akiemi Glenn, PhD
Keynote Speaker: Wilfred C. Alik, MD
Event: BA + MA in Pacific Islands Studies Information Session (Virtual)
Date: Wednesday, March 3, 2021; 10:00-10:45am HST
Join at https://zoom.us/j/93104922916
Event: "Fishing for Resilience: The Role of Fish and Fishing in Coastal Village Sharing Networks," Resilient Pacific Seminar Series (Virtual)
Featuring: Rachel Dacks, PhD, University of Hawai'i
Date: Wednesday, March 3, 2021; 12:00pm HST
Register at http://go.hawaii.edu/aVJ.
Event: "What's Next in Pacific Regionalism?," Blue Pacific Futures: An Occasional Series
Featuring: Gerald Zackios, Republic of the Marshall Islands Ambassador to the United States; Steven McGann, former United States Ambassador to the Republics of Fiji, Nauru, Kiribati, and the Kingdom of Tonga and Tuvalu; Dr. Gerard Finin, Cornell University; Dr. Anna Powles, Massey University
Date: Tuesday, February 23, 2021; 12:30pm HST
Register at http://go.hawaii.edu/J8d.
Event: "Hawai'i COVID-19 Pandemic Disparities: A Discussion of the Challenges and Resiliency of Pacific Islander Communities," Resilient Pacific Seminar Series (Virtual)
Featuring: Anita Hofschneider, Honolulu Civil Beat
Date: Wednesday, February 24, 2021; 12:00pm HST
Register at http://go.hawaii.edu/aVJ.
Event: "Guam Restoration of Watersheds (GROW) Initiative," WRRC/'Ike Wai Spring Seminar
Featuring: Dr. Austin Shelton
Date: Friday, February 26, 2021; 2:00-3:00pm HST
For more information and Zoom details go here.
Event: "Isolation | Containment | Contestation: Being a Hawaiian/Black artist in the time of COVID-19," Resilient Pacific Seminar Series (Virtual)
Featuring: Joy Lehuanani Enomoto
Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2021; 12:00pm HST
Register at http://go.hawaii.edu/aVJ.
Event: "Ocean Critical Race Theory -- A Place for QTPI," The Talanoa Series (Virtual)
Featuring: Dr. Jeremiah Cho Sataraka
Date: Wednesday, February 24, 2021; 4:00-5:30pm HST (6:00-7:30pm PST)
For more information go to their Facebook page, where it will be livestreamed.
*DEADLINE EXTENDED*
Call for Presentations: "Navigating Our Unfamiliar Seas: Cultivating New Connections in Changing Spaces," 9th Annual Center for Pacific Islands Studies Student Conference
Deadline: February 19, 2021
Submit to http://go.hawaii.edu/3zL. For more information see their website or Facebook page. Feel free to contact cpiscon@hawaii.edu with any questions.
Event: "Lei of Knowledge: Communicating Knowledge Across Communities and Disciplines," 20th International Graduate Student Conference, East-West Center
Dates: Thursday, February 11, 2021 - Saturday, February 13, 2021
To register and for more information, go to their website here.
Event: "Vulnerability and Resilience in Island Socio-Ecosystems: The Case of Mangareva, French Polynesia," Resilient Pacific Seminar Series (Virtual)
Date: Wednesday, February 3, 2021; 12:00pm HST
Register at http://go.hawaii.edu/aVJ.
The Resilient Pacific Seminar is a recurring series:
*DEADLINES APPROACHING*
Call for Presentations: "Navigating Our Unfamiliar Seas: Cultivating New Connections in Changing Spaces," 9th Annual Center for Pacific Islands Studies Student Conference
Deadline: January 29, 2021
Submit to http://go.hawaii.edu/3zL. Contact cpiscon@hawaii.edu with any questions.
Call for Applicants: Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowship for Pacific Islands Studies
Deadline: February 1, 2021
Event: Polynesian Ancestral Knowledge: A Webinar Series
Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2020; 7:00-8:30pm HST
Webinar link: http://bit.ly/brandtweb
For more information please see the UH website here.
Event: "Pacific Worlds: Indigeneity, Blackness, and Resistance," Symposium at UC Irvine
Featuring: Anthony Jerry (UC Riverside), Nitasha Sharma (Northwestern University), Quito Swan (University of Massachusetts - Boston), Joyce Pualani Warren (University of Hawai'i at Mānoa)
Date: Thursday, January 22, 2021; 10:00am-12:00pm HST (12:00-2:00pm PST)
To register, go to bit.ly/UCPacificWorlds. For more information see here.
Event: "President Tommy Remengesau on the Blue Pacific Future," Blue Pacific Future Series (Virtual)
Featuring: Tommy Remengesau, President of Palau
Date: Monday, January 11, 2021; 1:00pm HST
For more information and to register, go to http://go.hawaii.edu/JfD (link is case sensitive).
Workshop: "Creative Online Presentations," IGSC Workshops, East-West Center (Virtual)
Lead by: Mary Therese Perez Hattori, EdD
Date: Wednesday, January 13, 2021; 3:00-4:20pm HST
Sign up for the workshop at http://tiny.cc/IGSCpresentation.
In the absence of events during this period after the holiday season, please enjoy this self-care resource released at the start of the pandemic in 2020 featuring work from Pacific Islander and Asian American artists and community organizers. Feel free to browse other resources on their website.
Resource: Care Package by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center
Access is free and available here: https://smithsonianapa.org/care/.
Call for Presentations: "Navigating Our Unfamiliar Seas: Cultivating New Connections in Changing Spaces," 9th Annual Center for Pacific Islands Studies Student Conference
Deadline: January 29, 2021
Submit to http://go.hawaii.edu/3zL. Contact cpiscon@hawaii.edu with any questions.
Event: "Breaking Down the Appointee Process" (Virtual)
Featuring: Former appointees from the Pasifika community
Date: Tuesday, December 15, 2020; 1:00-2:00pm HST (3:00-4:00pm PST)
Register at bit.ly/NHPIappointees. For more information, go to their Facebook post.
Event: "Staying Safe this Holiday Season," Navigating Coronavirus with Our Medical Pros Talk Story Series (Virtual)
Featuring: Kawika Liu, MD, PhD, JD, FAAP, FASM; Audrey Aofia Kawaiopua Alo, PMPH; Kalesita Manu, MHIS; Leatapo Tupua Salanoa Fesili, M.Div., Th.M, RCP
Date: Wednesday, December 16, 2020; 4:30pm HST (6:30pm PST)
Register at bit.ly/pimedicalpros.
Event: "Vaccines for the Prevention of COVID-19: An Unprecedented Need--An Unprecedented Response," Koviki Talk Series (Virtual)
Featuring: Keni Lasitani, UC San Diego Antiviral Research Center; Dr. Raynald Samoa, National PI COVID-19 Response Team
Date: Monday, December 7, 2020; 3:00pm HST (5:00pm PST)
Watch live on Pacific Islander COVID-19 Response's Facebook page or register for Zoom link here. For more information see their Facebook post.
Event: "We Are Pacific Islands Studies: Our Moana Nui": An Evening of Pacific Islander Poetry In Honor of Albert Wendt (Virtual)
Date: Thursday, December 17, 2020; 4:00-6:00pm HST
Register here. For more information see their Facebook event page.
Event: "From Ohlone Territory to West Papua," Virtual Village Gathering (Virtual)
Featuring: Corrina Gould, Spokesperson for the Lisjan Ohlone; Tiny Garcia, Co-Founder of Poor People Magazine; Levalasi Loi-On, PI Educator; Loa Niumeitolu, Poet, Community Organizer, and Farmer
Date: Tuesday, December 1, 2020; 7:00-8:30am HST (9:00-10:30am PST)
Register for Zoom link at www.bit.ly/121A121B. For more information see their Facebook post.
Event: Native Hawaiian and Indigenous People's Research Symposium, Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work
Dates: Wednesday, December 2 - Friday, December 4, 2020
Go to their website for a schedule and link to RSVP.
Call for Applicants: Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowship for Pacific Islands Studies
Deadline: February 1, 2021
New Publication: Introduction to Pacific Studies, Teaching Oceania Series
"The volume draws together contributions from over 30 Pacific Islands Studies professionals based in Hawaiʻi, the continental United States, Australia, New Zealand, the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, and Guam. Contributors include students, artists, faculty, activists, community organizers, professionals from non-profit and private business sectors, and more. Alexander Mawyer served as Guest Editor of the volume with the support of Mililani Ganivet and Zakea Boeger. The cover design features work contributed by Joy Enomoto."
Available free of charge at: https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/70280.
Event: Utah Pacific Islands Studies Signature Event (Virtual)
Featuring: Tēvita O. Ka'ili
Date: December 4, 2020; 3:00-4:30pm HST (6:00-7:30pm MST)
Zoom link: https://utah.zoom.us/j/91283212624. For more information go to their Facebook page.
Event: "The Creative Revolution of the Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific," Resilient Pacific Seminar Series (Virtual)
Featuring: Talei Luscia Mangioni, PhD Candidate, Australian National University
Date: Wednesday, November 18, 2020; 12:00-1:00pm HST
Register to receive the Zoom link at http://go.hawaii.edu/3aF
This is the final part of a recurring seminar series. To view past seminars, go to the Center for Pacific Islands Studies's YouTube channel.
Event: "Community Health Work in Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Communities," Conflict in Healthcare Talk Story Series (Virtual)
Featuring: Meetu Kelen and Dr. Lee-Ann Heely-Rolston
Date: Friday, November 20, 2020; 1:00-2:00pm HST
RSVP for Zoom link at nhpi.eventbrite.com.
Event: Talanoa: Understanding Mental Health in our Transgender Communities (Virtual)
Featuring: Reina Kapiolani Pahulu, Madalyn Sesepasara Ashton, Sefina Vailoa Aulei, Giasifa Alokuoulu Tupou
Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2020; 4:00-5:30pm HST
Go to U.T.O.P.I.A. Seattle's Facebook page for more information and to live stream the event.
Event: Talanoa with Tongan Women Scholars (Virtual)
Featuring: Dr. Finausina Tovo, Dr. Lee Kava, 'Esiteli Uhamaka, Vaimoana Niumeitolu, Dr. Fuifuilupe Niumeitolu
Date: Thursday, November 19, 2020; 4:30-6:30pm HST
Register for the Zoom link at bit.ly/TalanoaPasifika.
Event: "Reflections on the Polynesian Ancestral Knowledge Series," Song and Storytelling from UH Mānoa (Virtual)
Featuring: Professor Lilikalā Kameʻeleihiwa
Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2020; 12:00-1:00pm HST
"Professor Lilikala Kameeleihiwa has been hosting a weekly webinar series with experts from throughout Polynesia. This session will explore her own reflections on the series and why she believes this is important for our communities. She will also share some ancestral knowledge with all of us."
See here for Zoom link and more information.
Event: "Future Desalination for the Pacific Islands," WRRC/Ike Wai Fall Seminar (Virtual)
Featuring: Dr. Albert Kim
Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2020; 2:00-3:00pm HST
"The 21st century is an era of natural resource depletion. In the science and engineering community, food, energy, and water (FEW) are enduring research topics as they are vital resources for human life. Moreover, the sustainable future of human beings are threatened by climate change, global temperature increase, and sea level rise. Among the three components of FEW, water is the most critical resource because it is an essential raw resource to the food and energy production. In the ocean-surrounded tropical Pacific Islands, it is vital to store enough water resources for short-term purposes and to have decade- and century-long plans for a stable water supply. This presentation will discuss proven, state-of-the-art desalination technologies and the appropriate applications for Hawai‘i."
See here for Zoom link and more information.
Event: "'The Depth of Darkness': Genealogies of Race and Sovereignty in Nineteenth-Century Hawaiian Literature," Brown Bag Biography (Virtual)
Featuring: Dr. Joyce Pualani Warren
Date: Thursday, November 5, 2020; 12:00pm HST
See here for Zoom link and more information.
Event: Wominjeka (Welcome): Wurundjeri and Dja Dja Wurung Languages of Melbourne and Central Victoria, Australia (Virtual)
Featuring: Erica Higgins and Gerry Terati Lyons "GMAN"
Date: Wednesday, October 28 2020, 2:00-3:30pm
See here for more information. Register to receive the Zoom link at wominjeka.eventbrite.com.
Event: HAWAI'I BOOK & MUSIC FESTIVAL: Value of Hawai'i 3 Discussions
Date: Sunday, November 1, 2020
At 11:00am: Discussions of a post-COVID Hawai'i need to begin with the recognition of the exploitation and injustice that has defined America’s presence in Hawai'i. Featuring Jonathan Osorio, Loke Aloua, Charles Lawrence, Ku'ulani Muise, and Mahealani Perez Wendt.
At 12:30pm: Thoughts about problems and solutions old and new—warriors, ahupua'a, and home in Wai'anae. Featuring Craig Howes, Neil J. Kaho'okele Hannahs, Kyle Kajihiro, Ty P. Kawika Tengan, and Tatiana Kalani'opua Young.
At 2:00pm: How music, art, poetry, and other cultural and creative production can guide us toward the postpandemic future we want. Featuring Aiko Yamashiro, Akiemi Glenn, Kainani Kahaunaele, Norman Kaneshiro, and Kapiliʻula Naehu-Ramos.
Go to the Hawai'i Book & Music Festival website to view the video stream.
Event: Resilient Pacific Seminar Series (Virtual)
Featuring: Tolua Samifua, Lady Pasifika
Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2020; 12:00-1:00pm HST
Register to receive the Zoom link at http://go.hawaii.edu/3aF
This is part of a recurring seminar series. To view past seminars, go to the Center for Pacific Islands Studies's YouTube channel.
Event: Celebrate Micronesia Festival (Virtual)
Hosted by the Bishop Museum
Date: Saturday, October 24; 9:00am-4:00pm
For more information and to register visit the event's Facebook page as well as Bishop Museum's event's page (scroll down to the date of the event).
Event: Blue Pacific Futures: An Occasional Series (Virtual)
Featuring: Dame Meg Taylor, Secretary General, Pacific Islands Forum
Date: November 2, 2020; 12:00pm HST (see poster for dates and times in other time zones)
Register to receive link at http://go.hawaii.edu/ww3.
Event: Womenʻs Studies Colloquium Fall 2020, "Kanaka Maoli and the Powerful Movement of Indigenous Resilience"
Featuring: Dr. Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio
Date: Thursday, October 15, 2020; 12:00-1:30pm HST
Register in advance to join the meeting using this link.
Event: Resilient Pacific Seminar Series (Remote)
Featuring: Jacinta Ruru, University of Otago
Date: Wednesday, October 14, 2020; 12:00-1:00pm HST
Register to receive the Zoom link at http://go.hawaii.edu/3aF
This is part of a recurring seminar series. To view past seminars, go to the Center for Pacific Islands Studies's YouTube channel.
Event: Joseph Keene Chadwick Lecture/English Department, "A Queer Theirstory of Polynesia"
Featuring: Dan Taulapapa McMullin
Date: Thursday, October 22, 2020; 3:00-4:30pm HST
Zoom information forthcoming a few days prior to the event.
Event: Resilient Pacific Seminar Series (Remote)
Featuring: Seth Quintus, Anthropology Department, UH Mānoa
Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2020; 12:00-1:00pm HST
Register to receive the Zoom link at http://go.hawaii.edu/3aF
This is part of a recurring seminar series. To view past seminars, go to the Center for Pacific Islands Studies's YouTube channel.
Event: Resilient Pacific Seminar Series (Remote)
Featuring: Supin Wongbusarakum, Costal Fisheries Social Scientist with the Pacific Island Community; and Matt Gorstein, Costal Economics Specialist with The South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium
Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2020; 12:00-1:00pm HST
Register to receive the Zoom link at http://go.hawaii.edu/3aF
This is part of a recurring seminar series. To view past seminars, go to the Center for Pacific Islands Studies's YouTube channel.
Event: Hawaiian History Month Webinar
Featuring: "Aloha ʻĀina: From Voice to Action"
Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2020; 11:00am HST
For more information, visit hawaiianhistorymonth.org.
Event: He Ukana Aloha kā Kīlauea: The Inter-island Steamer Kīlauea is Frighted with Aloha (Song, Dance, & Storytelling Webinar)
Featuring: UH Maui College
Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2020; 12:00-1:00pm HST
Webinar link: https://hawaii.zoom.us/j/91499916950 (Passcode: ukana)
Event: Polynesian Ancestral Knowledge: A Webinar Series
Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2020; 7:00-8:30pm HST
Webinar link: http://bit.ly/brandtweb
For more information please see the UH website here.
Event: Resilient Pacific Seminar Series (Remote)
Featuring: Elsei Tellei, Palau International Coral Reef Center
Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2020; 12:00-1:00pm HST
Register to receive the Zoom link at http://go.hawaii.edu/3aF
This is part of a recurring seminar series. To view past seminars, go to the Center for Pacific Islands Studies's YouTube channel.
Event: Resilient Pacific Seminar Series (Remote)
Featuring: Rebecca Stotzer, Professor and Director of Distance Education at the Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work
Date: Wednesday, September 16, 2020; 12:00-1:00pm HST
Register to receive the Zoom link at http://go.hawaii.edu/3aF
This is part of a recurring seminar series. To view past seminars, go to the Center for Pacific Islands Studies's YouTube channel.
Call for Applications: Paul Lyons Scholarship
Due date: Monday, October 9, 4:00pm HST
Event: Resilient Pacific Seminar Series (Remote)
Featuring: Eleanor Sterling and Puaʻala Pascua from the American Museum of Natural History
Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2020; 12:00-1:00pm HST
Register to receive the Zoom link at http://go.hawaii.edu/Qn3
This is part of a recurring seminar series. To view past seminars, go to the Center for Pacific Islands Studies's YouTube channel.
Event: Resilient Pacific Seminar Series (Recurring, Remote)
Wednesdays, from September 2, 2020 through November 18, 2020, 12:00-1:00pm HST
Register to receive the Zoom link at http://go.hawaii.edu/Qn3
First Seminar in Resilient Pacific Series: Tarcisius Kabutaulaka, September 2, 2020
Update from Tuesday, September 1, 2020: Due to high demand and to accommodate additional guests, the registration link for this particular seminar has been changed to: http://go.hawaii.edu/3aF. This link is for new registrants; if you have already registered for the seminar you do not need to register again. (The flyer below has been updated accordingly.) Registration links for future seminars will be updated at a future date.
Event: Pacific Speaker Series, Michael Levin Seminar, Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Event: Delia Parker Ulima Seminar, February 12, 2020
Pan-Pacific Association and the Center for Pacific Islands Studies Picnic in the Park, February 8 (not February 7), 11am
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship deadline, February 3, 2020
Event: Julian Aguon Seminar, January 22, 2020*
*venue changed to Campus Center, CC307
Sunday, March 8, by 11:55pm:
Watch the videos for (1) Citations and References and (2) Engaging with Sources. Then return to the Laulima site, click on the Tests & Quizzes on the left navigational bar, and take the corresponding quizzes.
You can take the quizzes and do the activities on the Write Oceania website for practice, however you must again complete the quizzes on Laulima.
Monday, January 13 by 11:55pm:
Watch the videos for (1) The Research Question and the Thesis Statement and (2) Project Development. Then return to the Laulima site, click on the Tests & Quizzes on the left navigational bar, and take the corresponding quizzes.
Monday, January 20, by 11:55pm:
Watch the videos for (1) The Annotated Reference List and (2) Citations and References. Then return to the Laulima site, click on the Tests & Quizzes on the left navigational bar, and take the corresponding quizzes.
Monday, January 27, by 11:55pm:
Watch the videos for (1) Engaging with Sources and (2) Talanoa. Then return to the Laulima site, click on the Tests & Quizzes on the left navigational bar, and take the corresponding quizzes.
Monday, February 3, by 11:55pm:
Watch the videos for (1) Structures and (2) Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing. Then return to the Laulima site, click on the Tests & Quizzes on the left navigational bar, and take the corresponding quizzes.
You can take the quizzes and do the activities on the Write Oceania website for practice, however you must again complete the quizzes on Laulima.
Feel free to check out any other units that interest you, as they all offer useful information and tips for approaching your PACS assignments!
If you run into any technical issues, please let us know as soon as possible.
PACS 108 students, please check out the following Write Oceania units as you work on your group project:
Engaging with Sources: This unit goes over how to approach sources, including reading strategies, questions to keep in mind as you go, and tips for taking notes.
The Annotated Reference List: This unit defines the annotated reference list and explains what you need to include for each item.
Citations and References: This unit covers the basic content and formatting requirements for citations and references and shows you how to find more information on what to include for specific source types.
Plagiarism: The resources on this list can help you get a sense for what counts as plagiarism and what does not. Pay particular attention to the resources that distinguish between common knowledge and information you must cite.
Feel free to check out any other units that interest you, as they all offer useful information and tips for approaching your PACS assignments!
If you run into any technical issues, please let us know as soon as possible.
PACS 302 students, please watch the video and take the video quiz for the following two Write Oceania units:
If you run into any technical issues, please let your professor know as soon as possible.
We are excited to announce the launch of our new website for Fall 2018! Please take a look around, and pardon our eraser dust—we're still working!