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For Immediate Release:
May 26, 1998
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University of Hawai'i |
(808) 956-8856 Telephone |
For Immediate Release: |
May 26, 1998 |
| Contact: Donnë Florence, PIO, 956-7522 |
UH Events in June
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Let's Eat! Summer at Manoa offers a series of tastings and free talks exploring the role of food in history and culture. For complete schedule, see Summer Session catalog, phone 956-7866 or visit website at www.summer.hawaii.edu. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
June 5, 12:30 p.m., Yukiyoshi Room, Krauss Hall, UHM. "What About Global Warming? Are We in Danger?" by Fred Mackenzie, UHM professor of oceanography. Audience members may bring their lunch to this free lecture, part of the Shunzo Sakamaki Extraordinary Lecture Series. 956-7866.
June 5, 8 p.m., Leeward Community College Theatre. Los Pleneros de la 21. The performance, presented by UHM Outreach College (the new combination of Summer Session and College of Continuing Education and Community Service), will be repeated June 6, 6:30 p.m., at Maui Country Club. Contact: 956-8242.
June 1013. Moving Cultures: Remaking Asia-Pacific Studies, international, interdisciplinary conference highlights new directions in area studies. Conference marks culmination of the first stage of a Ford Foundationfunded project. Contact: Terence Wesley-Smith, Center for Pacific Islands Studies, UH Manoa, 956-7700, twsmith@hawaii.edu or visit website: http://www2.hawaii.edu/movingcultures/
June 23, 79 p.m., UHM School of Architecture Auditorium. "Multicultural Hawai'i: Learning from Our History of Diversity," lecture by Ronald Takaki, professor, UC Berkeley, presented by College of Education and Outreach College Shunzo Sakamaki Extraordinary Lecture Series. Contact: Virgie Chattergy, 956-4270, virgie@hawaii.edu
June 25, 7:30 p.m., Yukiyoshi Room, Krauss Hall, UHM. "What's Happening to Japan? The Current Economic Crisis" by Shigeyuki Abe, Kobe University, co-editor of Japan: Why It Works, Why It Doesn't. Part of the Shunzo Sakamaki Extraordinary Lecture Series. 956-7866. June 4, 7:30 p.m., Yukiyoshi Room, Krauss Hall, UHM. "Bible and Bagels: The Evolution of Jewish Food" by Rabbi Avi Magid. Bagel Bakers provides samples.
June 10, 12:30 p.m., Yukiyoshi Room, Krauss Hall, UHM. "The Human Right to Adequate Food and Nutrition" by George Kent, UHM professor of political science and coordinator of the Task Force on Children's Nutrition Rights. Audience members may bring their lunch to this free lecture, part of the Shunzo Sakamaki Extraordinary Lecture Series.
June 12, noon, Maple Garden Restaurant, 909 Isenberg St., Honolulu. "Cultural China: Culinary Art, Entrepreneurial Spirit and Confucian Ideas" lecture/meal by Tu Weiming, professor of Chinese History and philosophy, Harvard University. $20 includes lunch, tax and tip. Reservations, phone 956-6824 by June 9.
June 16, 12:30 p.m., Yukiyoshi Room, Krauss Hall, UHM. "Red Beans and Ricely Yours: Food in American Popular Music" by Jay Junker, UHM lecturer in music and American studies. Audience members may bring their lunch to this free lecture, part of the Shunzo Sakamaki Extraordinary Lecture Series.
June 17, 18, 7:30 p.m., Yukiyoshi Room, Krauss Hall, UHM. Arindam Chakrabarti lectures on food, based on ancient, sacred Hindu writings. June 17: "Good Food: The Indian Moral Philosophy of a Meal"; June 18: "Eating Beauty: Food and Aesthetics." The free lectures are part of the Shunzo Sakamaki Extraordinary Lecture Series. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * |
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