UH President Greenwood in Okinawa, Day 2

UH delegation with Prefectural Museum staff; standing behind Ms. Tokiko Bazzell(pictured center) is Mr. Takumi Toma, who restored the Uchima book.

A full day, starting with a visit to the Okinawa Prefectural Museum to see the Uchima Family Lineage volume, donated to the UH Library by the Uchima family, and just restored by the Okinawa [...]

October 12th, 2011 | Category: Center for Okinawan Studies | 848 comments

UH President Greenwood in Okinawa, Day 1

UH delegation at the Peace Museum: (l to r) Dr. Ken Kaneshiro (UHM, Biology; member of the UH Center for Okinawan Studies [COSExecutive Committee); Donna Vuchinich (President, UH Foundation); President Greenwood; Ed Kuba (Senior Adviser, UH COS); Bob Huey (Director, CJS and member, COS Executive Committee)"

UH President MRC Greenwood arrived in Okinawa [...]

October 11th, 2011 | Category: Center for Okinawan Studies, Uncategorized | 99 comments

Translation of Natsume Soseki's Nowaki

On September 23rd, Dr. William Ridgeway gave a talk on his translation of Nowaki, a novel written by the famous Meiji-era writer, Natsume Soseki.  Dr. Ridgeway received his Ph.D.  at University of Hawai’i at Manoa in the East Asian Language and Literature department. With approximately 30 people in attendance, Dr. Ridgeway [...]

October 4th, 2011 | Category: Uncategorized | 149 comments
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