Hawaiian & Pacific Collections

Today (Monday, Nov. 5) at 3:00 p.m. Benedict R. O'G. Anderson will present "Nationalism: Change in Consciousness or Fiction?" as part of the University of Hawai'i Distinguished Lecture Series. The lecture takes place at  Keoni Auditorium, Jefferson Hall, East-West Center. For more, click on the flyer at right. Other events of interest this week:  8 November  Thursday reception at 5:00 pm, lecture at 5:45 pm, at Hālau o Haumea, Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies Teresia Teaiwa, Victoria University of Wellington, Aotearoa/New Zealand, “Fiji. Women. Soldiers. And poetry.” with Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, 'Ilima Long, Jonathan Osorio, and Ikaika Hussey. Teresia is visiting to present the Church of the Crossroads' Watada Lecture. 9 November  Friday 11:00 am – 2:00 pm McCarthy Mall (near Hamilton Library) Tahitian Day, a celebration of Tahitian dances, songs, and musical instrument workshops, cosponsored by the Tahitian Program, Department of I...

A recently announced gathering to be held at UH-Manoa campus will be of special interest to writers, readers and scholars of Hawaiian and Pacific literature. As the conference website notes, " The ʻAha Moʻolelo Hawaiʻi is a Hawaiian literature, history and writing symposium. 2012 is the first gathering of scholars and practitioners of Hawaiian literary arts and history in conversation with indigenous Pacific and North American writers and scholars." For more information, click on the image at right.