University of Hawaii at Manoa
Hawaiian Studies Building Room 209A
2645 Dole St
Honolulu HI 96822, USA
Telephone: (808) 973-0989
Fax: (808) 973-0988
email: chsuhm@hawaii.edu
Director: Prof. Lilikala Kame'eleihiwa
THE MISSION OF the Hawaiian Studies Program, as enunciated by a statewide council of Hawaiian educators in their Ka'u Report of 1986, is "to achieve and maintain excellence in the pursuit of knowledge concerning the Native people of Hawai'i, their origin, history, culture, language, literature, religion, arts and sciences; their interactions with their oceanic environment and other peoples; and to reveal, disseminate and apply this knowledge for the betterment of all peoples."
The Center represents the first substantial commitment in the nearly 100 years of the university's existence to the coordinated study and preservation of Hawaiian culture, history, politics, and language. Through student services, instruction, research, and community outreach the Center dedicates itself to serving the Native people of Hawai'i from Ni'ihau to Hawai'i Island. The Center's areas of inquiry include traditional culture, resource management, indigenous land and water rights and self-determination.
Currently four faculty hold appointments in the Center for Hawaiian Studies:
Lilikala Kame'eleihiwa
Jonathan Osorio
Haunani-Kay Trask
Terry Kanalu Young
In addition, to better serve the growing number of Hawaiian Studies students, the Center hired an academic advisor, Momi Kamahele.
The Hawaiian Studies program offers 14 courses, a seven-fold increase since the Center's inception in 1987. The program also offers evening classes through the University's College of Continuing Education and Community Service and classes over the summer session.
The Center also works with Hawaiian Studies faculty throughout the UH system to offer HWST 107 (Hawai'i: Center of the Pacific), a culture course mandated by the Hawai'i State Legislature, on other campuses. Two community colleges have offered the class since 1993; another campus joined in the fall of 1994.
Future plans call for the development of five new courses that will
incorporate the resources of the Kanewai Garden. These courses will include:
A complete description of the courses for the Hawaiian Studies degree is also included.
UH Hilo Hawaiian Studies Program
Hawaiian Language Center at UH Hilo (both Hawaiian and English text)
Questions: chsuhm@hawaii.edu