Life Writing and Pacific Island Studies: Student Perspectives
February 28, 12:00pm - 1:15pmMānoa Campus, Henke Hall 325
This panel will examine how students in Pacific Islands Studies use
their lived experiences as indigenous people to influence their
academic work. They will discuss how they keep their indigenous
perspective in the forefront of their research. Through film,
language, and visual imagery, the panel will show how Pacific
Islanders are deserving of a place in their own history.
Kenneth Gofigan Kuper is a Chamorro from the Mariana Island of Guam
who is currently pursuing his Master's in Pacific Islands Studies. He
is the Vice President of the Marianas Club and an officer of Oceania
Rising. He also teaches a weekly Chamorro language pocket named, “‘I
Finakmatan I Hila’: The Awakening of the Tongue.’ Ken's interests are
in language revitalization, decolonization, and indigenous identity.
Jesi Lujan Bennett is a Master’s candidate in the Center for Pacific
Islands Studies. She is a Chamorro woman from San Diego, but has
family ties to Dededo and Barrigada, Guam. She is president of UH’s
Marianas Club and an active participant in Micronesian Connections and
Oceania Rising. She is writing a thesis that brings a voice from the
Chamorro diaspora to the larger discourse of Pacific Islands Studies.
Leonard Leon
 is from the Marshall Islands and is currently studying
in the Academy for Creative Media and Anthropology Department at UHM.
He serves as the student coordinator for the Ethnic Studies
Department's Service Learning Program—where he works closely with
Native Hawaiian sustainability programs such as Mokauea Island, UlupÅ
Heiau, KÄnehÅ«nÄmoku, and Papahana Kuaola—and is the producer of the
"Micronesia Connections" show on ʻŌlelo, which promotes public
awareness on Micronesian issues in Hawaiʻi
Event Sponsor
Center for Biographical Research, Mānoa Campus
More Information
956-3774, biograph@hawaii.edu, http://www.facebook.com/CBRHawaii
Tuesday, March 19 |
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9:30am |
Graduating Student Global Seal of Biliteracy Testing
Mānoa Campus, Moore Hall 153B EWA Computer Lab
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12:00pm |
East-West Toastmasters Leadership/Public Speaking Club Meeting
Mānoa Campus, Hemenway Hall 215
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Thursday, March 21 |
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12:00pm |
NDPTC Webinar - Disaster Planning for Vulnerable Populations
Mānoa Campus, Online
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Monday, March 25 |
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12:30pm |
Linguistics Final Oral
Mānoa Campus, Moore Hall, Room 155A and Zoom, Link Below
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Wednesday, March 27 |
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9:00am |
Community Dialogues: “Microaggressions” with Jessica Lau
Mānoa Campus, ACCESS Lounge, Dean Hall, room 5/6
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11:00am |
Community Dialogues: “Microaggressions” with Jessica Lau
Mānoa Campus, Online
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12:00pm |
Law School Admissions Zoom Information Session
Mānoa Campus, Virtual
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3:00pm |
Fifty Years as Historians of Southeast Asia: Personal Perspectives
Mānoa Campus, UHM Music Building, Room: 36
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4:30pm |
Entrepreneurship Live x ThriveHI
Mānoa Campus, Walter Dods,Jr. RISE Center, Level 2
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4:30pm |
Student Sustainability Council Meeting
Mānoa Campus, Gilmore Hall 212
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6:00pm |
Turning to the Archives to Decenter the Settler State
Mānoa Campus, Kuykendall 410
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Thursday, March 28 |
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9:00am |
PI-CASC Graduate Student Symposium
Mānoa Campus, Inmin Conference Room, East West Center
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9:30am |
Mathematics Final Oral
Mānoa Campus, George 213
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12:00pm |
Lunchbreak Mindfulness Series: The Spring Refresh
Mānoa Campus, Online
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3:00pm |
Gaza is Palestine: On Bakers and Storytellers
Mānoa Campus, 3114 Paliuili st
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4:30pm |
Gaza is Palestine: On Bakers and Storytellers
Mānoa Campus, 3114 Paliuili st
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5:00pm |
Part Time JD Flex and Law School Admissions - Zoom Information Session - March
Mānoa Campus, Virtual
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7:00pm |
Navigators Bible Study
Mānoa Campus, Honolulu Christian Church 2207 Oahu Ave, Honolulu, HI 96822
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Friday, March 29 |
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3:00pm |
Business Administration Final Oral
Mānoa Campus, Zoom
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Saturday, March 30 |
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7:30pm |
JAVANESE GAMELAN CONCERT
Mānoa Campus, Music Department Barbara Smith Amphiteater
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Sunday, March 31 |
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12:00pm |
Kalo Grant 3rd Round Application
Mānoa Campus, Walter Dods,Jr. RISE Center, Level 2
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