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University of Hawai'i |
(808) 956-8856 Telephone |
For Immediate Release: |
June 30, 2000 |
Contact: Jim Manke-University and Community Relations-956-6106
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| Events at UH Campuses for the Week of July 2-8 |
UH Manoa Sociology Department, Outreach College, and UH West Oahu Social Sciences Department - in conjunction with the Hawai'i United Okinawa Association - present a series of forums: Uchinanchu Diaspora: Memories, Continuities and Constructions, July 3 through July 7. Programs feature scholars whose research has examined the historical and contemporary conditions that have encouraged Okinawans to leave their homeland, the conditions they faced in their host communities around the globe, and the kinds of livelihood, families and communities they constructed. . Hawai'i Okinawa Center, 94-587 Ukee Street, Waipahu. Call 454-4720 or 956-8487.
Independence Day, Tuesday, July 4: Holiday, no classes.
Coral Spawning, Tuesday, July 4, 7:00-9:00 p.m. Each year, rice corals in the UH Waikiki Aquarium Edge of the Reef exhibit spawn 2 to 4 days after July's new moon. Celebrate this rite of renewal at a class that includes a short presentation on coral ecology and a gallery tour. Registration: $15; Aquarium members $10. Call 923-9741, Monday, 8:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.
Meet the author, Sally Engle Merry, and hear her discuss her new book Colonizing Hawaii: The Cultural Power of Law, describing how American-style Western law as part of the global movements of capitalism, Christianity, and imperialism, transformed the family, sexuality, and community of indigenous Hawai'i. Through her examination of a century of Hilo police court records, Merry documents the impact of the law, police, and lower courts in the lives of local actors. Thursday, July 6, 2:30-4:30 p.m., Center for Hawaiian Studies Halau, UH Manoa, 2645 Dole Street. Call 946-1064.
UH Manoa Outreach College presents video screenings celebrating the centennial of Puerto Rican immigration to Hawai`i. Thursday, July 6, 7:30 p.m. Puerto Rico, the United States and Hawai`i: Remember the Maine: The Roots of the Spanish-American War; The Spanish American War: A Conflict in Progress; Al Hawai`i. UH Manoa Yukiyoshi Room, Krauss Hall 012. Call 956-3836, or visit www.outreach.hawaii.edu.
Kabuki returns to Kennedy theatre by popular demand. Additional performances of The Summer festival: A Mirror of Osaka, directed by James R. Brandon - UH Manoa Department of Theatre and Dance - in English. Friday and Saturday, July 7-8, at 8:00 p.m. $16 adults, $12 senior citizens, military, UH faculty and staff, $9 non -UHM students, $6 UHM student with validated UHM spring or summer 2000 ID. By special arrangement, Brandon and other members of the company will offer an Introduction to Kabuki and the Summer Festival, Wednesday, July 5, 4:00 p.m. Call 956-7655.
