Hoʻokaiāulu: Public Humanities in the Pacific Speaker Series

April 26, 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Mānoa Campus, Register online at go.hawaii.edu/x47 Add to Calendar

Please join us for the fifth event in our Hoʻokaiāulu: Public Humanities in the Pacific speaker series featuring Dr. Lyz Soto, Communications Officer of the Hawaiʻi Council for the Humanities. Lyz Soto was born on the Hāmākua coast on the island of Hawaiʻi and raised on Maui and Oʻahu. She was the Executive Director of Youth Speaks Hawaiʻi and Pacific Tongues for more than ten years—teaching spoken word and poetry to youth in Hawaiʻi, Aotearoa, Papua New Guinea, and the Marshall Islands. Lyz worked in construction for nearly twenty years and has also taught 20th century American poetry, spoken word, and Pacific Island literature for more than ten years. She is a published poet, acclaimed performer, dramaturg and theater director. She has her PhD in English from University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. This series is co-sponsored by the Mānoa Center for the Humanities and Civic Engagement and the Mellon/ACLS Scholars and Society Fellowship.


Event Sponsor
Mānoa Center for the Humanities and Civic Engagement, Mānoa Campus

More Information
Holo Hoopai, 808-956-8247, holo@hawaii.edu

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