Ethnic Studies Events
Ethnic studies events feature a variety of local, national, and international speakers presenting topics from a diverse range of disciplines. All are welcome.
Spring 2020 - Tuesday at 3 pm, George Hall 301 (AQ Room), unless otherwise noted
| Date | Title | Speaker(s) |
|---|---|---|
| January 21 George Hall 227 |
Engendering Climate Change in Oceania: Fatalism, Resilience and Resistance | Margaret Jolly, Australian National University |
| January 23 Thursday, 3:30 pm |
Ethnic Studies Student Association (ESSA): First Meeting | Mariah McClellan, Ethnic Studies |
| January 28 | ES ‘AWĀkea: Student Reports from the Mauna | Pumehana Lā Howard, Makamae Kaupu and Kawika Hostallero, Nā Koʻokoʻo |
| February 4 | ESSA Meeting: Funding Workshop | Ruben Campos, Anthropology |
| February 11 | ESSA Presents: Cinamability (2013), Special (2019) | Mariah McClellan, Ethnic Studies |
| February 18 | The Passion Beyond the Project | Skayu Louis, Anthropology, Kyle Kajihiro, Geography |
| March 3 | Gestures of Apology, Reparations, and Comparative Racial Formation in Senator Daniel K. Inouye’s Congressional Papers | Leanne Day, Daniel K. Inouye Post-Doctoral Fellow, Ethnic Studies and Public Policy Institute |
| March 12 Thursday, 3 pm |
ESSA Presents: Lives Worth Living (2011) | Mariah McClellan, Ethnic Studies |
| Canceled | Apartheid Remains: Life and Struggle in Durban, South Africa | Sharad Chari, University of California, Berkeley |
| Canceled | ESSA Presents: DanceAbilities | Alito Alessi, DanceAbility International |
| Canceled | Ethnic Studies Undergraduate Colloquium | Brian Chung, Professor, Ethnic Studies |
| Canceled | On Native Testimony: Military Tribunals, War Crimes, and Imperial Judgment in Guam | Keith Camacho, University of California Los Angeles |
Cosponsor Events
Thursdays, 12:00 noon–1:15 pm
| Date | Title | Speaker(s) |
|---|---|---|
| January 30 Kuykendall 410 |
Welcome to the Gut House: IndigiQueer Poetics of Transformation | Noʻu Revilla and Jocelyn Ng ~ Cosponsored by the Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies & the Departments of Women’s Studies & Ethnic Studies |
| February 6 Kuykendall 409A |
Cannibal Time: Invasion, Conquest, Incarceration | Patricia Penn Hilden, Professor Emerita of Native American Studies, Dept. of Ethnic Studies, UC Berkeley ~ Cosponsored by the Department of Ethnic Studies |
| February 13 Kuykendall 410 |
Native Stories | Nohealani Hirahara Frizzell, President and Founder of Native Stories ~ Cosponsored by the Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies, the Center for Oral History, & the Department of Ethnic Studies |
| February 27 Kuykendall 410 |
Kahoʻolawe Aloha ʻĀina Movement Oral History Project | Kamuela Werner, Center for Oral History, Noeau Grant Graduate Researcher - this event will also be co-sponsored by the Center for Oral History ~ Cosponsored by the Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies, the Center for Oral History, & the Department of Ethnic Studies |
| March 5 Kuykendall 409A |
A Message from my Soul: The Tragic Life of Myles Fukunaga Revealed in His Letters and Confessions | Jonathan Okamura, Department of Ethnic Studies at UH Mānoa ~ Cosponsored by the Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies & the Department of Ethnic Studies |
| Postponed | Ho`ōla Ke`ehi: Fostering the Regeneration of Ke`ehi | Kēhaulani Kupihea, a Kanaka Maoli cultural anthropologist, kiaʻi o Keʻehi (Protector of Keʻehi), and Director of Mauliola Ke`ehi ~ Cosponsored by the Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies & the Department of Ethnic Studies |