Oceania is vast...
Oceania is us.
-Epeli Hau‘ofa, “Our Sea of Islands”
We sweat and cry salt water,
so we know that the ocean is really in our blood.
-Teresia Teaiwa
The quest should be for a new Oceania.
-Albert Wendt
Welina mai, Halo olketa, Nisa bula vinaka, Ran anim, Talofa lava, Iokwe yuk, Malo e lelei, Kia Orana, Mogethin, Taloha ni, Alii, Ko na mauri, Len wo, Hafa adai, Fakaalofa lahi atu, Kasalehlie…warm Pacific Islands greetings!
The Center for Pacific Islands Studies, in the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa School of Pacific and Asian Studies, is a larger home for initiatives that bring together people and resources to promote an understanding of the Pacific Islands and issues of concern to Pacific Islanders. The center partners with the Department of Pacific Islands Studies which offers an innovative instructional program that is regional, comparative, and interdisciplinary in nature. The university’s Pacific Collection, one of the most comprehensive collections of Pacific materials in the world, attracts a worldwide audience, as do the center’s international conferences, its Web-based resources, its Pacific Islands Monograph Series, and its award-winning journal, The Contemporary Pacific. Working with scholars at institutions in the region and elsewhere, faculty at the center are seeking new ways to encompass a deeper understanding of a region whose boundaries are constantly expanding.
NEWS
Peter J. Rappa Resilient and Sustainable Coasts Fellowship
Applications are now being accepted for the 2024 Peter J. Rappa Resilient and Sustainable Coasts Fellowship at the University of … continue reading
The Paul Lyons Scholarship
Now accepting Spring 2024 applications for the Paul Lyons Scholarship for MA students at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa … continue reading
Visions & Voices- EWC Pacific Islands Development Program (PIDP)
Visions & Voices seeks articles, commentary, essays, or short manuscripts addressing issues relevant to the Pacific Islands. The deadline for … continue reading
Oceania Currents – Listen now!
We are excited to share that CPIS’ podcast, Oceania Currents, is now available for streaming! Listen on RSS or on … continue reading
Pacific Studies: A Transformational Movement **CALL FOR PAPERS**
The 10th annual Center for Pacific Islands Studies (CPIS) student conference “Pacific Studies: A Transformational Movement” is scheduled for 11 … continue reading
EVENTS
Celebrate Micronesia Festival, arts & culture, community event
2024 Celebrate Micronesia Festival
Join us on Saturday, June 15, 2024 as we celebrate our Micronesian cultures and Pacific communities at the annual Celebrate Micronesia Festival at Bishop Museum!
FestPAC, arts & culture, call for participants, community event
Protecting Oceania: Philosophies of Will and Action, ‘O ka Palekana o ka Pākīpika
Protecting Oceania is a weaving of indigenous Pasifika philosophies with activism. It will not have typical keynote addresses and breakout panels for the purpose of sharing previously written work.
call for panels, conference
2024 European Society for Oceanists (ESfO) Conference
The 14th European Society for Oceanists (ESfO) conference with the theme “Connections Within and Beyond Oceania”, will be held June 24-27, 2025 in Lucerne, Switzerland. We will issue a call for panels on May 10, 2024 with a deadline on September 10, 2024.
Blue Pacific, France, Indo-Pacific, public talk
France, the Blue Pacific, and the Indo-Pacific with Nic Maclellan
Drawing on interviews with Kanak and Māʻohi leaders, the seminar will discuss Franceʻs geopolitical interests in the region, and the contrasting priorities of islanders in the francophone Pacific.
Papua New Guinea, public talk
John Aini and Paige West on Decolonizing Conservation in the Pacific
Please join us for the inaugural Eleanor Sterling Memorial Lecture, a talk on the Indigenous transformation of environmental conservation in the Pacific. Free and open to the public.