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Pacific Studies: A Transformational Movement **CALL FOR PAPERS**

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The 10th annual Center for Pacific Islands Studies (CPIS) student conference “Pacific Studies: A Transformational Movement” is scheduled for 11 April 2022 and will be held entirely online. It will feature student work focused on the Pacific from across academic disciplines as well as an exciting roundtable bringing into view a timely conversation about the nexus of Pacific Studies and community activism.

While the horrors of inequity and injustice under colonialism and neocolonialism have been made grossly apparent in recent years, we are also reminded of the many social justice movements that have sought and won our liberation. In Oceania, these transformational movements have been demanding decolonization for decades, and have also shaped the academic field we now know as Pacific Studies. This year’s conference engages, critically examines, and celebrates social justice movements and organizing, as well as all the ways our work within and beyond the academy has been transformational in the Pacific. We invite submissions that explore this theme in any way, but are especially interested in those that speak to the following topics:

  • Social justice movements in Oceania
  • Decolonization, demilitarization, and sovereignty
  • Transformational Pacific leadership
  • Transboundary relations and Oceanic solidarities
  • Indigenous resistance and resilience
  • Activism within and beyond the disciplines

Students of all disciplines and at all degree levels are encouraged to submit proposals for a range of presentation formats from research paper presentations to creative/performative presentations or panels. Proposals should include a presentation title, a 250-word abstract, and a short biography of the author.

Please submit proposals to http://go.hawaii.edu/nuV by 15 March 2022 at 10p Hawai‘i Standard Time (HST).

Send all inquiries directly to cpiscon@hawaii.edu and please share this call with your networks. We look forward to your submissions!

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Sympathy and Support for Tonga

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The Center for Pacific Islands Studies (CPIS) at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa wishes the people of the Kingdom of Tonga a speedy recovery from the devastating impacts of the volcano eruption. As communications are re-established, we are learning more about the destructive impacts of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano eruption on 15 January 2022. The CPIS community expresses its sympathy for the loss of lives and properties, and the debilitating impacts of the volcanic ashfall. This is an unprecedented disaster for Tonga and the Pacific Islands region. Our thoughts and aloha go out to the people of Tonga.

CPIS understands there are various efforts in and around Honolulu aimed at raising funds and collecting goods to assist the people of Tonga. The Center will support and share information about these efforts and will keep our community informed, so please watch out for further information or feel free to contact us at cpis@hawaii.edu.

2022-2023 Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship for Pacific Islands Studies **NOW OPEN**

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The 2022-2023 Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship for Pacific Islands Studies competition is now open. The application deadline is Tuesday, February 1, 2022. For more information and to apply, please visit http://www.star.hawaii.edu/scholarship/ (Search for “FLAS” under keyword search). Applicants must be U.S. citizen or permanent resident UHM graduate and undergraduate students combining modern foreign language training with area/international studies in full-time degree programs.

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2021 Cultural Animation Film Festival

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CAFF 2021 is a free all-virtual community 4-day event that starts on October 8, 2021. See below for details.

Tuesday, October 8-11
Free tickets available at https://watch.eventive.org/caff2021

More information: http://caffest.com
Free downloadable goodies for keiki: shorturl.at/jkzOT

CAFF, the Cultural Animation Film Festival, is designed to showcase unique animated films based on our cultures, sharing stories and voices that might not otherwise be seen or heard. Our hope is that these films will shed a better light on who we are as a people. We also hope that CAFF will inspire animators both new and seasoned from around the world to create films and share their stories.

This year, for the 5th CAFF, the 2nd all-virtual event, twenty-eight judges selected 74 films out of 1,379 submissions representing over 30 cultures and countries including Hawai’i, Vietnam, Algeria, Taiwan, Albania, France, Brazil, Italy, Turkey, United States, Singapore, Switzerland, Iran, India, Jordan, Philippines, Spain, Chile, Germany, Belarus, Canada, Dorset, Israel, Jerusalem, Jordan, United Kingdom, Iran, Jamaica, Argentina, Belgium, China, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Greece, Estonia, Saudi Arabia, The Russian Federation.

CAFF 2021 promo
https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/608681512

The Center for Pacific Islands Studies is proud to be an official community partner of the Cultural Animation Film Festival since 2017.

Blue Pacific Futures — Bougainville Independence: A New Nation is Rising in the Pacific

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Please join us for the BLUE PACIFIC FUTURES webinar series this Wednesday, September 22, 2021 at 12:00noon (HST).

BOUGAINVILLE INDEPENDENCE

A New Nation Rising in the Pacific

What are the plans for Bougainville, the newest nation in the making?

About this event

The 2001 Peace Agreement that ended Papua New Guinea’s civil war called for a referendum by the people of Bougainville. In 2019 over 97 percent of Bougainvilleans voted to secede and establish an independent nation-state. Papua New Guinea and the Autonomous Bougainville Government have recently agreed to a timetable that will transfer many governmental responsibilities by 2023, and establish full independence in 2027.

Oceania’s newest nation-state will face many challenges. It is unclear what economic activities will be given priority to sustain Bougainville. As a matrilineal society, the role of women will be critical to decision-making at all levels. Bougainville’s relationships with other Pacific Island nations, particularly the neighboring Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea, have yet to be determined. And as global geopolitical tensions rise across the Indo-Pacific, Bougainville will need to forge new diplomatic ties with the region’s metropolitan powers.

Speakers

JAMES TANIS, former President of the Autonomous Bougainville Government. Prior to serving as President, he was elected as the Vice President of the Bougainville People’s Congress, a coalition of different warring factions united together to end the war and find lasting peace. He is among the few surviving negotiators and signatories of the Bougainville Peace Agreement. After signing of the Bougainville Peace Agreement, served as Minister for Peace and Reconciliations in the Interim Bougainville Provincial government to implement reconciliations and weapons disposal to provide security for the first elections of the Autonomous Bougainville Government. As an Eminent Person, he continues to play an essential role in plans for Bougainville’s future independence.

DR ANTHONY REGAN, Fellow, Department of Pacific Affairs, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Australian National University. A constitutional lawyer by training Regan has played a pivotal role as an advisor on the Bougainville peace process. He has written widely on Bougainville. His books include The Bougainville Referendum: Law, Administration and Politics(2019, ANU Press), Light Intervention (2010, USIP Press), and Clever People Solving Difficult Problems – Perspectives on Weakness of State and Nation in Papua New Guinea (2005, ANU).

Blue Pacific Futures

The series is jointly organized by the Center for Pacific Islands Studies (CPIS) at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and the Center for Australian, New Zealand and Pacific Studies at Georgetown University.

To Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bougainville-independence-a-new-nation-rising-in-the-pacific-tickets-168121773751

Contact canzps@georgetown.edu for accommodations.

Check your time zone

Washington DC, USA Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 6:00 pm EDT

Honolulu, HI, USA Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 12:00 noon HST

Buka, PNG Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 9:00 am BST

Canberra, Australia Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 8:00 am AEST

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2020 CPIS Student Conference **CANCELED**

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With regrets, we announce that the 8th annual Center for Pacific Islands Studies student conference has been cancelled. As two COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in Hawaiʻi and as the situation continues to evolve, the Center has decided to cancel all large gatherings. Our decision is informed by the university’s advice: “All members of the UH community are urged to undertake personal safety and preparation measures.” CPIS regrets any inconvenience this may cause; however, the Center feels that given the situation, it is socially and morally responsible to act with an abundance of caution in asking our community to travel and participate in gatherings during this time. As the current situation develops, we will keep the public informed of any changes to additional CPIS activities.

For UH Mānoa updates, please visit: https://manoa.hawaii.edu/emergency/coronavirus-update/