Lucky Come Hawaii: The Homecoming of a Maui Author

Nationally acclaimed author Jon Shirota will speak in Kuykendall Hall on November 5 at 3:00 pm. Shirota is the author of the 1965 classic Lucky Come Hawaii, the first novel by an Asian American writer in Hawaii to become a national bestseller. He will speak about the Okinawan sense of place in his writing and [...]

November CJS lectures

CJS is hosting two exciting lectures in November. The first lecture is by Dr. Laura Miller, professor of anthropology at Loyola University Chicago. The lecture will be held on November 9 from 5:00-6:30 pm in Crawford Hall 105  and is co-sponsored by the Japan-America Society of Hawaii and the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii. Dr. [...]