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We are pleased to announce the call for papers for

We are pleased to announce the call for papers for the 11th Annual CPIS Student Conference, Mapping Genealogies, to be held on Friday, 31 March 2023 in person at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. We are excited to be cohosting the conference with the Indigenous Politics Program in the Department of Political Science.

We invite students from all disciplines interested in Pacific Islands Studies to submit presentation proposals to participate in the conference before Friday, 10 February 2023.

Proposals will be reviewed by the student planning committee and presenters will be notified of their acceptance following the submission deadline.

Please consider joining us at this year's conference!

For more information and to submit an abstract visit: https://go.hawaii.edu/kXi

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The Dean's Office at UH Mānoa is glad to announce

The Dean's Office at UH Mānoa is glad to announce the applications for Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships in Pacific Islands are being accepted. The deadline for Pacific Islands FLAS applications is February 15 2023.

Eligibility: US citizen or permanent resident; UHM graduate and undergraduate students who combine modern foreign language training with area/international studies in full-time degree programs and who demonstrate financial need (submission of FAFSA—Free Application for Federal Student Aid--required). Summer and Academic Year awards are available.

Visit www.star.hawaii.edu/scholarship and search for “FLAS.”

The American Memorial Park and War in the Pacific

The American Memorial Park and War in the Pacific National Historical Park announces the opening for their postdoctoral, full-time fellowship opportunity to work on wartime oral histories. Opportunities include the Mariana Islands Wartime Experiences through Oral Histories Postdoctoral Fellowship at the War in the Pacific National Historical Park in Guam and American Memorial Park on Saipan.

For more information visit;
https://ncph.org/job/national-park-service-mellon-humanities-postdoctoral-fellowships/

Questions about the application process should be sent to mellonhumanities@usaconservation.org

Deadline to apply is January 30, 2023

Our friends at the Pacific Circle invite you to a

Our friends at the Pacific Circle invite you to a zoom lecture by Dr. Sebestian Kroupa, an Early Career Fellow at the University of Cambridge; "On Bezoars and Other Healing Stones in Manila: Making Knowledge Across Indo-Pacific Worlds, c.1700." In this lecture Dr. Kroupa revisits early modern trans-Pacific histories and presents the Indian and Pacific Oceans as a space of multiple overlapping networks and geographies.

Date: Wednesday, 25 January, 9PM HST
Zoom link: https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/99491092487,
passcode: 999780

ʻAi Pōhaku, Stone Eaters, will be taking place t

ʻAi Pōhaku, Stone Eaters, will be taking place this semester. It will feature existing and newly commissioned work by nearly 40 kanaka ‘oiwi artists with rolling openings over the course of the next five months. The exhibition was developed in direct response to the institutional absence of Native Hawaiian exhibitions.

To quote from the exhibition intro text: "ʻDespite the abundance of our artistic expressions, it has been more than twenty years since a large-scale exhibition of Kanaka ʻŌiwi art was presented within the University of Hawaiʻi (UH) System. Aware of its context, ʻAi Pōhaku, Stone Eaters addresses the exclusion of Kānaka worldviews from academia, specifically within the UH Mānoa Department of Art and Art History, and an overall lack of institutional support for Kānaka art across the Islands... By advocating for Kānaka artists and culture bearers, this exhibition offers audiences an opportunity to form meaningful connections to our diverse work while ensuring that our stories of art are sustained in our ancestral homelands and abroad."

Please consider visiting the exhibition on any of the dates at the respective gallery locations

UH Manoa Art Gallery: January 22 - March 26
Koa Gallery, Kapiolani Community College: February 16 - August 13
Commons Gallery, UH Manoa: March 5 - April 2
Gallery ‘Iolani, Windward Community College: March 31 - May 5
East-West Center Gallery: April 30- August 13
Ho’ikeakea, Leeward Community College: May 1 - August 25

Following the success of the Tahitian Dance Worksh

Following the success of the Tahitian Dance Workshop hold last year, the Dance program at UH Mānoa announces a 3-unit course this semester 2023, DNCE 459, Topics in Dance: Tahitian - taught by Nalini and Manarii Gauthier.

Check out this course if you are interested in learning more about Tahitian dance and culture.

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The Office of Civic and Community Engagement will

The Office of Civic and Community Engagement will host a MLK Day of Service at Mālama Loko Ea fishpond in Haleiwa.

This will be a special service learning experience to share a bit about the history and cultural importance of this Native Hawaiian Fishpond. Through their partnership with the Atherton YMCA, they will be providing transportation to the site from the UH Campus.

The bus will leave from Varney Circle, fronting QLC at 7:45 a.m. and return to campus at approximately 3:00 p.m.

For more information visit: https://www.lokoea.org/

Please direct any questions to Liane Akana, the Program Specialist at lianea@hawaii.edu.

We would like to congratulate UHM faculty member B

We would like to congratulate UHM faculty member Brandy Nālani McDougall, associate professor of American Studies, who has been selected as the next Hawaiʻi State Poet Laureate. There will be an inaugural event on Friday, January 13, 2022, 6-9 pm at the Hawaiʻi State Art Museum as part of the monthly jazz night, The Vibe. The event is free and open to the public.

Hawai’i State Art Museum
Date: 13 January 2023; 6-9pm
Location: Hawai’i State Art Museum

On 20 November, the 27th Conference of the Parties

On 20 November, the 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27), that took place in the Egyptian coastal city of Sharm el-Sheikh, concluded with a historic decision to establish and operationalize a loss and damage fund, which Pacific Islands have been critical in advocating for.

This discussion will feature a dialogue and analysis of outcomes with four women who attended the COP from Hawaii. This event is a part of Hawaii Climate Week 2023 - see other events here: https://climate.hawaii.gov/hi-conference/hawaii-climate-week-2023/

Details are here: https://www.eastwestcenter.org/events/pacific-island-women-leaders-cop27-outcomes-and-ways-forward

Welcome back to the start of another semester! We

Welcome back to the start of another semester! We wish all our students and affiliates the best of luck at the beginning of another chapter!

Please keep a look out for opportunities that may come up in later posts that may be of interest you.

Happy New Year to all! May 2023 be filled with new

Happy New Year to all! May 2023 be filled with new adventures and good fortunes!

Tis the season to sing Mele Kalikimaka! Merry Chri

Tis the season to sing Mele Kalikimaka! Merry Christmas to all our students, alumni, faculty, staff, as well as all friends and families of CPIS! Wishing you all nothing but the best that the season has to offer!

Wishing you all, alumni, friends and families of C

Wishing you all, alumni, friends and families of CPIS a very happy holiday season from the Center for Pacific Studies! May the season bring you and yours joy, peace and grace!
With best regards,
CPIS family

Pōʻai Ke Aloha ‘Āina presents the 2022 Piʻo

Pōʻai Ke Aloha ‘Āina presents the 2022 Piʻo Summit; Wai Sovereignty & Justice.
The 2022 Pi’o Summit is a project of the Dana Naone Hall chair that aims to elevate aloha ‘āina practices within our community. This year’s half-day summit promoted Wai Sovereignty and Justice and spotlights local water resources.

Join them as they gather aloha ‘āina thinkers, practitioners, and community advocates who work to underscore the importance of modern-day applications of ancestral water resources management practices, as well as circular and regenerative systems of wai governance.

15 December 2022 at 12:00-4:30 PM HST
IMIN International Conference Center (1777 East-West Rd Honolulu HI 96848)

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The Hawaiʻi Council for the Humanities in partner

The Hawaiʻi Council for the Humanities in partnership with the Hawaiʻi State Public Library is pleased to invite you to the Hawai’i and Pacific Island Short Film Series, Part 6: Standing Above the Clouds.

When the world’s largest telescope is set to be built on their sacred mountain, Mauna Kea, three Native Hawaiian families dedicate their lives to defending it. Through the lens of mothers and daughters, Standing Above the Clouds explores intergenerational healing and the social and emotional labor of retaining ancient ceremonies while putting your body on the line to protect a sacred mountain.

The screening and conversation will take place via Zoom, please register at the link beforehand.
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEsceqvpjIoHdHfaXPgJNsQBXFmY8s-4zyG?utm_source=HIHumanities&utm_campaign=02951b44c4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_11_15_12_49&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_451a0b0225-02951b44c4-510794655&mc_cid=02951b44c4&mc_eid=2386a413d2

Date: 15 December 2022; 6:00 p.m-7:30 p.m

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