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University of Hawai'i |
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For Immediate Release: |
September 29, 2000 |
Contact: Jim Manke - University Relations, 956-6106
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Events at UH Campuses for the Week of Oct. 1-7
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Indonesian writer and scholar Putu Oka Sukanta will give a lecture on freedom of expression in emerging democracies. An acupuncturist as well as a writer, he will also speak on alternative medical treatments, especially for HIV/AIDS patients. Noon-1:30 p.m. Oct. 2. Cottage 96-36 between Burns Hall and Hale Manoa, UH Ma noa. For information call Frank Stewart at 956-3070 or visit www.hawaii.edu/mjournal/text/putu.html.
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 the creation and destruction of the universe, judgment day and the afterlife. 7:30 p.m.-9 p.m. Oct. 3. Yukiyoshi Room, Krauss Hall 12, UH Manoa. For information, call 956-3836. For upcoming Outreach College events, visit www.outreach.hawaii.edu.
UH Manoa College of Education Professor Joseph Tobin will give this week's anthropology colloquium, "Gotta Catch 'Em All: Studying Pokemon as Children's Culture." The Department of Anthropology will offer a colloquium almost every Thursday during the fall semester. 3 p.m. Oct. 5. Social Science Building Room 345, UH Manoa. For upcoming colloquia, visit www2.soc.hawaii.edu/css/anth.
University of New Delhi Professor Sumit Sarkar, a leading social historian of modern India, will give his third lecture in the UH Manoa Burns Chair Lecture Series, "Perspectives on Indian Social History Today." This week's lecture is titled "Class and Caste in 20th Century South Asian History." 3 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Oct. 5. St. John Auditorium, UH Manoa. For information, call 956-8486.
Los Angeles director and actor Robin Scott Peters looks at the life of African American actor Ira Aldridge during two special events this week. Peters will give the Brown Bag Biography lecture "The African Tragedian: Ira Aldridge and the Challenge of Docudrama." Noon-1:15 p.m. Oct. 5. Cottage 96-36 between Burns Hall and Hale Manoa, UH Manoa. For information, call the Center for Biographical Research at 956-3774. Peters will also present the one-man tour de force honoring Aldridge titled "The African Tragedian." This docudrama, which traces the life of the early 19th century Shakespearean actor, was developed from Aldridge's actual letters, reviews and photos. Tickets: $3 students, $12 general.
8 p.m. Oct. 7. Kennedy Theatre, UH Manoa. For tickets, call the box office at 956-7655. Pianist Peter Laul, who received first prize in the 1999 International Piano Competition and the 2000 Scriabin Competition in Moscow, will give the second concert of the UH Manoa Music Department series "Russian Art of the Piano." His program will include pieces by Haydn, Schubert and Chopin. 7:30 p.m. Oct. 6. Orvis Auditorium, UH Manoa. For ticket reservations, call 946-6151.
Thomas Hawley of the UH Manoa Department of Political Science presents the colloquium "Practices of Memorialization: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the POW/MIA Flag and the Tomb of the Vietnam War Unknown." 2:30 p.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 6. Social Science Building 637, UH Manoa. For information, call Konrad Ng at 956-8357 or e-mail konradn@hawaii.edu.
UH Hilo's Center for the Study of Active Volcanoes invites the public to a free symposium on hurricanes. UH Manoa meteorology Professor Steven Businger will explain the nature of hurricanes, how they are formed and whether Maui is susceptible to one in the future. The forum will also feature Kevin Kodama of the National Weather Service, Hawai'i State Insurance Commissioner Wayne Metcalf and civil engineer Dennis Hanatani. 9 a.m.-noon Oct. 7. Maui Memorial Medical Center in Kahalui. For more information, call (808) 974-7631 or visit www.uhh.hawaii.edu/~nat_haz.
The American Association of University Women will hold a panel discussion on UH autonomy, an issue to be voted on in the upcoming general election. The panel will include UH Manoa Senior Vice President for Administration Eugene Imai and T. Anthony Gill, attorney for the UH Professional Assembly, the faculty union that opposes the bill. 10:30 a.m. Oct. 7. Hale Alaka'i Room 102, Windward Community College. For information, call Norma Gorst at 235-2346.
The Honolulu Theatre for Youth presents the performance of "The Amazing Bone" at Leeward Community College Theatre. Tickets: $5-$10. 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. Oct. 7. For information, call 839-9885. For upcoming LCC Theatre events, visit www.lcc.hawaii.edu/theatre.
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.
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