University of Hawai'i University Relations Media & Publications Honolulu, HI 96822	(808) 956-8856 Telephone (808) 956-3441 Facsimile ur@hawaii.edu E-Mail
For Immediate Release:	October 6, 2000
Contact: Jim Manke - University Relations, 956-6106

Events at UH Campuses for the Week of Oct. 8-14

The East-West Center Gallery and the UH Manoa Art Gallery feature concurrent exhibitions of work by 60 contemporary Native Hawaiian artists from Hawai'i and throughout the world. "Mai Na Ku puna Mai, Ho'i I Ka Pu 'olo," or "That which comes from the ancestors is returned as gifts," will also feature three free evening forums with commentary by participating artists. The first forum, "Seeing Hawaiian," takes place 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Oct. 10 at the UH Manoa Art Gallery/Auditorium. The exhibition will run from Oct.9-Dec. 22 at the East-West Center Gallery at John A. Burns Hall and from Oct. 9-Nov. 3 at the UH Manoa Art Gallery. For information, call 944-7341 or 956-6888.

UH Manoa philosophy Professor Thomas Jackson analyzes the philosophical views and values of childhood and children in the lecture "Do We Still Have Time for Childhood?" The talk is part of the Windward Community College Millennium Lecture Series. 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Oct. 10. Hale Kuhia Multipurpose Room, WCC. For information, call 235-7333.

Former East-West fellow Dr. Saleem Ahmed continues his lecture series "What is Islam?" with this week's free public talk "Islamic Views." Ahmed will discuss the religion's views on family life and civic life. 7:30 p.m.-9 p.m. Oct. 10. Yukiyoshi Room, Krauss Hall 12, UH Manoa. For information, call 956-3836. For upcoming Outreach College events, visit www.outreach.hawaii.edu.

The UH Manoa Center for Hawaiian Studies presents "Kilohi: Na Akua Wahine," a presentation of female hula deities by Na Kumu Hula: Pualani Kanaka'ole Kanahele, Leina 'ala Kalama-Heine and Hokulani Holt-Padilla. 6:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. Oct. 10. Center for Hawaiian Studies, UH Manoa. For information, call 973-0978.

A signing ceremony will initiate a cooperative agreement between the University of Hawai'i Marine Bioproducts Engineering Center (MarBEC) and the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences (IGNS) of New Zealand. Oct. 11. Time, place and additional details will be forthcoming in a separate media advisory next week. Contact Jim Manke at University and Community Relations at 956-6106.

Michael Walker, former assistant dean for Maori in Science at the University of Auckland, will give the free public lecture "Science, Education and Ma ori Development." Walker is also a member of the New Zealand Prime Minister's Science and Innovation Advisory Council. 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m. Oct. 11. Center for Hawaiian Studies, UH Manoa. For information, call 973-0989.

UH Manoa Golden Scholars will be honored at a gala dinner. The event, which will be held annually, recognizes alumni who graduated 50 years ago or more from UH. More than 100 alumni from the graduating classes of 1929 through 1950 are expected to attend, and each will receive a specially minted medallion. Oct. 12. Time, place and additional details will be made available next week. Contact Jim Manke at University and Community Relations at 956-6106.

Chris Fung of the University of Auckland will present this week's anthropology colloquium, "Gender, Labor and Social Power on the Mesoamerican Frontier." The Department of Anthropology offers a colloquium almost every Thursday during the fall semester. 3 p.m. Oct. 12. Social Science Building Room 345, UH Manoa. For upcoming colloquia, visit www2.soc.hawaii.edu/css/anth.

Faculty members from the UH Manoa departments of history, philosophy and religion as well as from the East-West Center gather for the Philosophy and Medieval and Renaissance consortium: "Celebrating or Fearing the Millennium?"

9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Oct. 12. Sakamaki C-308. Contact Jackie Young at 956-8649.

University of New Delhi Professor Sumit Sarkar, a leading social historian of modern India, will give his final lecture in the UH Manoa Burns Chair Lecture Series, "Perspectives on Indian Social History Today." This week's lecture is titled "Feminism and Modern Indian History." 3 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Oct. 12. St. John Auditorium, UH Manoa. For information, call 956-8486.

Juliana Spahr, associate professor of English at UH Manoa, will give this week's free Brown Bag Biography lecture, "Chain 7: Memoir/Anti-Memoir." Noon-1:15 p.m. Oct. 12. Cottage 96-36 between Burns Hall and Hale Manoa, UH Manoa. For information, call the Center for Biographical Research at 956-3774.

Participants in the Mae Zenke Orvis Opera Studio of Hawai'i Opera Theatre present favorite arias and ensembles from upcoming seasons in the performance "Great Singers, Great Songs." The event is a benefit for the UH Manoa Music Department and the Hawai'i Opera Theatre Education Guild. 7:30 p.m. Oct. 14. Orvis Auditorium, UH Manoa. For information, call 956-8742. For upcoming Music Department events, visit www.hawaii.edu/uhmmusic.

The Koa Gallery at Kapi'olani Community College presents "Paintings and Poems," an exhibition of new work by artist Paul Levitt with written responses by his wife, Robin Lung. In his playful and whimsical pieces, Levitt mixes visual metaphors and patterns. Now-Oct. 20. Koa Gallery, KCC. Gallery hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday. For information, call 734-9375.

For the latest on the University of Hawai'i, check the Web site events calendar at www.hawaii.edu.

-UH-