The Place of Hawai‘i in American Studies II

March 11-12, 2010

Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies, Halau o Haumea

2645 Dole Street

University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

Thursday, March 11

3:00-4:30 p.m.

ROUNDTABLE 1: “Occupied Hawai‘i: Issues of Nationhood and Colonialism”

• Jonathan Kamakawiwo‘ole Osorio
• Ty Kāwika Tengan
• ‘Ilima Long Seto

4:45- 5:45 RECEPTION

6:00-7:00 p.m.

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

• J. Kēhaulani Kauanui

Friday, March 12

9:00-10:30 a.m.

ROUNDTABLE 2: “Red Shirts: Anti-colonialism, Queer Politics, and HB 44”

• Jon Goldberg-Hiller
• Caroline Sinavaiana
• V. Kalei Kanuha
• Blake Oshiro

10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.

ROUNDTABLE 3: “Sustainability and the Environment”

• Alani Apio
• Jeff Mikulina

1:30-3:00 p.m.

ROUNDTABLE 4: “Education and the Occupied Nation/Plantation State”

• Noelani Goodyear-Ka‘opua
• April Hōkūlani Drexel
• Patricia Halagao
• Kūhiō Vogeler

3:15-4:45 p.m.

ROUNDTABLE 5: “Where do Hawaiian Studies and American Studies meet?”

A moderated discussion that will assess the symposium’s goals of bringing into dialogue the paradigms and politics of American Studies and Hawaiian Studies.

Sponsored by

• Hawai‘i American Studies Association Chapter
• Hawai‘inuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge
• UHM American Studies Department
• Center for Asia-Pacific Exchange
• UHM Diversity and Equity Initiative
• Ka Huli Ao Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law
• UHM English Department
• UHM Women’s Studies Department