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Posted: April 30, 2026 3:17 am | PACS Symposium, capstone, graduate, undergraduate

2026 Pacific Islands Studies Symposium

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Join us for an exciting symposium featuring presentations by graduate and undergraduate students in the Pacific Islands Studies program. Lunch will be provided!


Posted: April 20, 2026 2:07 am | Pasifika women, arts & culture, identity

Navigating Responsibility, Identity & Thriving as Pasifika Women in the Academy: A conversation with Dr. Hōkūlani K. Aikau & Vicky Lukan

04/29/26 – 5:30-7:30 PM in Hālau ‘o Haumea at the Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies

In this conversation, we invite students and the broader community into Dr. Aikau’s journey, from studying Polynesian-Mormon identity to working alongside Indigenous land and water stewards.


Posted: April 1, 2026 1:56 am | Celebrate Micronesia Festival, arts & culture, community event

2026 Celebrate Micronesia Festival: Ocean of Peace

04/25/26 – 9 AM-3 PM at the Bishop Museum

This year’s theme Ocean of Peace uplifts a framework endorsed by Pacific Island leaders in 2025, envisioning a future for the Pacific region as a space of harmony and cooperation drawn from traditional values and cultural customs.


Posted: February 4, 2026 12:02 am | IGSC, keynote address

The Ecotone – IGSC 2026 Keynote Address by Professor Katerina Teaiwa

02/12/26 – 4:00-5:30 PM at Kuykendall 101, reception to follow

The Ecotone Scholarly Forum Series Presents a Keynote Address in Honor of the 25th Anniversary International Graduate Student Conference 2026 featuring Professor Katerina Teaiwa.


Posted: January 31, 2026 12:33 am | TIDES, community event, loʻi day

TIDES Loʻi Day at Kānewai

02/07/26 – 8 AM at 2613 Dole Street (Loʻi Area)

Calling all our TIDES colleagues and network for a day of mud, sweat and community at the lo’i with our friends at Kānewai!


Posted: August 13, 2025 12:32 am | 75th Anniversary, arts & culture, community, environmental justice, language, literature, oral history

Pacific Islands Studies: Continuity & Community **REGISTRATION OPEN**

11/05/25 – 11/07/25, 9 AM to 4 PM daily

The Center for Pacific Islands Studies is pleased to invite you to register and submit abstracts for our upcoming 75th anniversary conference. Registration is open until August 20.


Posted: March 2, 2025 2:19 am | Indigenous Knowledge, public talk

The Ecotone – Weaving Knowledge(s): Addressing Climate Change through Epistemic Crafting with Manuhuia Barcham, PhD

04/01/25 – 12 PM at Moore 258

Please join us for an ecotone session with Dr. Manuhuia Barcham, Associate Professor of the Emily Carr University of Art and Design. The last half century has seen a dramatic shift occur in Western academia and practice around the recognition of Indigenous Knowledge (IK). We see examples of this shift in the adoption of IK in health management programs or the granting of legal personhood to mountains and rivers. However multiple critiques have emerged around this shift seeing it as often still being situated within specific socio-technical power structures which continue to be extractive in practice.


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