Notable Filipina-American novelist to serve as Inouye chair
Gina Apostol has written five novels and her work has appeared in The New York Times, Los Angeles Review of Books and Washington Post.
Notable historian of authoritarianism and MSNBC columnist to serve as Inouye chair
Ruth Ben-Ghiat is a history and Italian studies professor at New York University, a Guggenheim fellow and advisor to Protect Democracy.
Constitutional law, reproductive rights expert selected as Inouye chair
Melissa Murray will headline a live presentation on October 19, at noon HST via Zoom.
Activist, author, journalist Helen Zia to co-teach as Inouye chair
Helen Zia will be in residency during the spring semester as the Dan and Maggie Inouye Distinguished Chair in Democratic Ideals.
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist to lecture, related student writing contest open
UH Mānoa undergraduate and graduate students who are registered in the fall 2019 semester are encouraged to read, study and engage in Viet Nguyen’s work and express their ideas in writing.
Acclaimed historian activist selected as spring 2019 Inouye chair
Marcus Rediker, who is also a documentary filmmaker, will present a keynote lecture on May 1 at the Art Auditorium.
ACLU director selected as Inouye chair
David Cole, national legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union, has been named the next Dan and Maggie Inouye Distinguished Chair in Democratic Ideals.
Native American author and tribal judge selected as spring 2018 Inouye chair
Walter Echo-Hawk will co-teach a law school course that examines, compares and contrasts the legal frameworks that both define and enforce indigenous legal rights in the U.S. and other countries.
Award-winning Native American filmmaker Chris Eyre selected as Inouye chair
While in Hawaiʻi, Eyre will present several class lectures at UH Mānoa and UH West Oʻahu.
One of TIME’s most influential speaks on Organizing with Love in the Age of Anger
UH Mānoa’s spring 2017 Distinguished Chair Ai-jen Poo will give a public keynote lecture addressing current issues.
