The center’s coordinates and hosts international conferences that bring together scholars, students, and interested community people from around the world to discuss topics of particular relevance to Pacific studies. At times, the center also collaborates with others as cohosts or cosponsors of conferences. These conferences aim to advance knowledge in the field, as well as stimulate new research and collaboration. Among the most recent of the Center’s international conferences were:
2013 Waves of Change: Climate Change in the Pacific Islands and Implications for Hawai‘i
Description: Pacific Island societies are vulnerable to climate change and are already experiencing its environmental, economic, social, and political impacts. As Islanders adapt to the changing climate, they encounter challenges to economic security a …
2010 Celebrating Connections: 60 Years of Pacific Studies
Description: The year 2010 marks the 60th anniversary of Pacific studies at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa (UHM). There are now more than a dozen Pacific studies centers or programs in Oceania, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan, …
2009 Pacific Alternatives: Cultural Heritage and Political Innovation in Oceania
Description: This international conference explores innovative social, cultural, and political responses to global processes in Oceania. Speakers will discuss viable local alternatives to the institutions and practices commonly advocated in development …
2008 Micronesian Voices in Hawai‘i
Description: “Micronesian Voices in Hawai‘i” is a unique opportunity to listen to and learn from Micronesian leaders and others in the community about steps they are taking to address some of the challenges faced by new migrants from the Republic of th …
2007 Hidden Treasures: Accessing the Riches in Pacific Collections
Description:This conference on Pacific library and archives collections focuses on materials that are not well known but have special value to indigenous peoples and to the general public. In highlighting these materials, speakers will also focus on is …
2005 Culture Moves! Dance in Oceania from Hiva to Hip Hop
Description: Culture Moves! is a Pacific Dance Studies resource that emerged out of a 2005 conference of the same name held in Wellington, New Zealand at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. The site is maintained by the Center for Pacific Islands …
2004 Moving Islands: A Celebration of Pacific and Caribbean Literature
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2003 Learning Oceania: Toward a PhD Program in Pacific Studies
Description: “Learning Oceania” featured panel presentations by invited speakers and respondents, as well as roundtable and plenary discussions of relevant themes. The themes investigated by workshop participants included the current and future state o …
2002 Myths, Terrorism, and Justice: Themes in Pacific and Asian Literature and Film
Description: What are the challenges confronting peoples of the Asia-Pacific regions, particularly indigenous peoples? How can film, writing, indigenous myths, oral literature, and other repositories of our cultural heritage shed light on the current g …
2001 Pacific Islands, Atlantic Worlds
Description: Dates: October 25-27, 2001 Location: New York University Keynote speaker(s): Sponsors/Co-Sponsors: Center for Pacific Island Studies Convener: Adria L. Imada
2000 Pacific Studies 2000: Honoring the Past, Creating the Future
Description: The year 2000 was the fiftieth anniversary of the Center for Pacific Islands Studies at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. It was an opportune time to honor the hard work of past directors, faculty, staff, and students of the Center in th …
1999 Out of Oceania: Diaspora, Community, and Identity
Description: Dates: October 20, 1999 Location: Keynote speaker(s): Albert Wendt Sponsors/Co-Sponsors: Center for Pacific Islands Studies Convener: Terence Wesley-Smith
1998 Pacific Collections
Description: The twenty-third annual University of Hawai‘i Pacific Islands Studies Conference is devoted to issues and concerns of librarians in Pacific collections throughout the region. This gathering brings together speakers from libraries in many P …
1997 Featuring Paradise: Representations of Pacific Islanders in Film and Video
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1996 History, Culture, and Power in the Pacific
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1995 Contested Ground: Knowledge and Power in Pacific Island Studies
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1994 From the Inside Out: Theorizing Pacific Literature
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1993 American Anthropology and Micronesia
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