Hawaiian & Pacific Collections

THE HAWAIIAN & PACIFIC COLLECTIONS, THE UH-MANOA CENTER FOR PACIFIC ISLANDS STUDIES AND THE UH-MANOA CENTER FOR SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES PRESENT: Opeta Alefaio Director of the National Archives of Fiji Girmitya Records at the National Archives of Fiji As part of the Hawaiian & Pacific Collections Occasional Lecture Series, Mr. Opeta Alefaio , Director of the National Archives of Fiji, will discuss histories of migration and diaspora that can be discovered through records held in his institution. These multi-strand histories in turn tell a larger, ongoing story about the evolving Pacific. When: Friday, October 20, 2017. 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. Where: UH-Manoa Hamilton Library Room 301 About the presenter: A Pacific islander of Tuvaluan (Nukufetau & Vaitupu) and Fijian (Rewa & Cakaudrove) descent, Opeta Alefaio read History, Politics, and Journalism at the University of the South Pacific, before spending two years at Monash University in Melbo...

The below is quoted directly from an email circulated by UH-M Library Events & Communications Coordinator Teri L. Skillman: Contact:  Teri L Skillman, (808) 956-8688  Events & Communications Coordinator, University of Hawaii at Manoa The second lecture in the Spring 2013 Faculty Lecture Series,  Hawai'i on Film: Storytelling on Screen Beyond Stereotypes , by Lisette Marie Flanary from the Academy of Creative Media, will be held on on Thursday, February 21, 2013 at 3:30 p.m. in Hamilton 301. Admission is free and refreshments will be provided.   There have been many films shot in and about Hawaiʻi, but few have been stories that are told from the point of view of the “inside out” rather than the outside looking in. The diversity and individuality of Indigenous films made in Hawaiʻi challenge stereotypical understandings of Native Hawaiians and are important tools for cultural expression. Through her documentary films about hula and Hawaiian cultu...

The below is quoted directly from an email circulated by the UH-Manoa Center for Biographical Research. “Links to the Past: The Work of Early Hawaiian Artisans” By Wendy S. Arbeit   Thursday Nov. 8th, 2012 Henke Hall 325 12 noon to 1:15 pm   For more information, please call 956-3774 or write to  biograph@hawaii.edu www.facebook.com/CBRHawaii   The award-winning book  Links to the Past: The Work of Early Hawaiian Artisans  presents images of 1,000 of the earliest collected works of Hawaiian artisans. What went into tracking down those artifacts now scattered across the globe? What do the 1,400 illustrations tell you about pre- and early-contact Hawaiian culture and the ways it changed in response to Westerners? What sort of questions are raised by the grouping of so many objects? Our talk will address these topics and more.   Wendy S. Arbeit  is the author of  What Are Fronds For?,  an introduction to the...

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...