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Flora Aurima Devatine “De l’écriture orale”
Thursday, 2 February, 12:00-1:15pm
Henke Hall 325, Center for Biographical Research, 1800 East-West Road, UHM. Cosponsored by the Center for Pacific Islands Studies.
Native Voices: A reading and lecture series
Friday, 3 February, 4pm at Halau o Haumea, Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies, UHM.
Featuring:
Flora Aurima Devatine
Caroline Sinavaiana
Michael Puleloa
Lauren Mālialani Cabaniss
Leilani Johnson-Hagmoc
Joleen Togawa Salas
A literary reading curated by Brandy Nālani McDougall & Craig Santos Perez.
Sponsored by American Studies, English and the Center for Pacific Islands Studies.
Dr. Robert Franco “Service Learning and Community Engagement in the Pacific”
Wednesday, 8 February 2012, 2:00-3:00 pm
Room 3015/3019, John Burns Hall, East-West Center
Dr. Robert Franco is an anthropologist focusing on contemporary Hawaiian, Sāmoan, and Pacific Islander educational, employment, health, environmental, and cultural issues. He has published scholarly and policy research on Sāmoan political and cultural change, the meaning and management of water in ancient Hawaii, and sociocultural factors affecting Pacific tuna fisheries. He is also one of only two Senior Faculty Fellows, who serve as leading consultants in the fields of service learning and civic engagement and as advisers to the National office of Campus Compact and to State offices. Senior Faculty Fellows are appointed based upon their deep knowledge and experience regarding service-learning and civic engagement, their capacity as expert consultants in the field, and their leadership in strategically advancing the mission of Campus Compact.
Bob Franco is Director of Institutional Effectiveness at Kapiʻolani Community College, where he takes primary responsibility for campus strategic and long-term planning, grants writing and development, institutional research, assessment.
Sponsored by UHM Center for Pacific Islands Studies and the Pacific Islands Development Program. For more information and disability access, please contact Katherine Higgins at 956-2652.
Steven Winduo “Unwriting the Papuan Villager”
Wednesday, 8 February, 3:00 pm
Kuykendall 410, English Department, University of Hawai‘i Manoa
Steven Winduo, University of Papua New Guinea, is a candidate for the Position in Pacific Literatures, English Department, UHM.
Professor Ty P. Kawika Tengan “Return to Fort Kamehameha: Martialing Memory in Occupied Hawai‘i” part of the International Cultural Studies Spring 2012 Speakers Series
Wednesday15 February, 12:00-1:30pm
Room 2118 Burns Hall, East-West Center.
Terry Hunt “Re-Writing Rapa Nui Prehistory and the (not so?) Surprising Reactions”
Thursday, 23 February, 12:00-1:15pm
Henke Hall 325, Center for Biographical Research, 1800 East-West Road, UHM. Cosponsored by the Center for Pacific Islands Studies.
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