Center for Pacific Island Studies

occasional papers

The Occasional Papers are a collection of seminar papers, conference proceedings, and topical studies. There are now 43 titles, of which 8 remain in print:

33 Ni‘ihau: A Brief History, parts 1 and 2, by Edward R Stepien (1988), 268 pages.

35 Lost in the Weeds: Theme and Variation in Pohnpei Political Mythology, by Glenn Petersen (1990), 87 pages.

36 Remembering the Pacific War, edited by Geoffrey M White (1991), 241 pages.

39 Pacific Islands Dissertations and Theses from the University of Hawai‘i, 1923–1996, by Lynette Furuhashi (1997), 120 pages. [This is a revised version of Occasional Paper 37.]

40 Island Towns: Managing Urbanization in Micronesia, by John Connell and John P Lea (1998), 230 pages.

41 Moving Images of the Pacific Islands: A Guide to Films and Videos, compiled by Alexander Mawyer (1998), 342 pages. [This is a revised version of Occasional Papers 34 and 38.] The guide is now available in searchable form on the Web.

42 Saipan’s Camp Susupe, by Norman Meller (1999), 131 pages.

43 Indigenous Encounters: Reflections on Relations between People in the Pacific, edited by Katerina Martina Teaiwa (2007), 167 pages.

A complete list of titles may be requested from the center.

Copies of Occasional Papers are available at a nominal fee. Contact Coco Needham, Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Moore Hall 215, 1890 East-West Road, Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96822; telephone (808) 956-7700; fax (808) 956-7053; e-mail cpis@hawaii.edu.