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The Center for Pacific Islands Studies has selected three candidates for its short list for the position of assistant/associate professor of Pacific Islands studies. Please mark your calendars and join us to hear presentations by these candidates:

Tarcisius Kabutaulaka
Fellow, Pacific Islands Development Program, East-West Center
1 May 2008, 12:00-1:30 pm, UHM Center for Korean Studies Auditorium

Steven Winduo
Visiting Professor, University of Minnesota (August 2007-May 2008), and Professor of English, University of Papua New Guinea
8 May 2008, 12:00-1:30 pm, UHM Center for Korean Studies Auditorium

Greg Dvorak
Australian National University PhD, post-doc at the University of Tokyo
13 May 2008, 12:00-1:30 pm, UHM Center for Korean Studies Auditorium

More details will be available closer to the time of the presentations.

Heyum Scholarship Deadline

The center’s Heyum scholarship, established by the late R Renée Heyum, former curator of the Pacific Collection at UH Mānoa, awards a scholarship of up to $3,000 a year to an indigenous Pacific Islander enrolled at a campus of the University of Hawai`i. The deadline for the 2008–2009 competition is 20 June 2008. For more information, click here.

For events taking place this month, click here.