We are now on Facebook and Twitter!

April 20, 2013

Center for Okinawan Studies now has a Facebook page.  Our Facebook page is at: www.facebook.com/UHCenterforOkinawanStudies We also have a Twitter account at:  twitter.com/UHCOS

COS Lecture Series talk “Okinawan Identity Formation and ‘Traditions’ in a Diaspora: Views of Hawai‘i’s Okinawan Performing Artists”

EVENT DATE/TIME/LOCATION: April 28, 2013, 1:00pm, Center for Korean Studies Auditorium

Please join us on Sunday, April 28 at 1pm for the COS Lecture Series talk “Okinawan Identity Formation and ‘Traditions’ in a Diaspora: Views of Hawai‘i’s Okinawan Performing Artists.” It will be held in the Center for Korean Studies Auditorium. … Continue reading

Talk on Okinawa’s Recovery Process by Dr. Lonny Carlile

EVENT DATE/TIME/LOCATION: April 23, 2013, 3:00-4:30pm, Moore Hall 319

Please join us on Tuesday, April 23 @ 3pm in Moore Hall 319 for the COS Lecture Series talk which features guest speaker Dr. Lonny Carlile.  Dr. Carlile is an associate professor with the Center for Japanese Studies/Asian Studies Program … Continue reading

Scholarships

April 1, 2013

MATSURO AND TSURUKO NAKASONE ENDOWMENT FUND The purpose of the Fund is to provide students, preferably graduate students, with the opportunity to travel outside of Hawai’i to engage in study or research in Okinawa-related subjects.  These students should have an … Continue reading

Talk by UH History Professor Mark McNally

EVENT DATE/TIME/LOCATION: March 21, 2013, 3:30-5:00pm, Moore Hall 319

Please join us Thursday, March 21, 2013 at 3:30pm in the Tokioka Room to hear UH History Professor Mark McNally discuss the significance of the bankoku shinryō no kane 万国津梁の鐘 (“the bell of the bridge to the world”) as an … Continue reading

Parades & Processions of Edo, Japan

Please join us for an exciting series of events centering around parades and processions during the Edo era. The exhibit runs February 7-22, 2013 at the UHM Art Gallery. Public lecture is on Sunday, February 10 at 1pm at the … Continue reading

Notice from EWC: Extended Deadline for Obuchi Scholarships for Current MA and PhD UHM Students

January 18, 2013

Dear Professor Chinen, The East-West Center offers scholarships for Okinawan students from Okinawa, and the application deadline has been extended to January 31, 2013 for MA and PhD students who are currently enrolled at UHM. We would appreciate any assistance … Continue reading

Parades & Processions of Edo, Japan

Join us for an exciting series of events centering around parades and processions during the Edo era. There will be an art exhibition, public lecture and symposium in February. The exhibit runs February 7-22, 2013 at the UHM Art Department … Continue reading

COS Fall 2012 Recap

December 3, 2012

The Fall 2012 semester has whizzed by.  Here are some of the things that the Center for Okinawan Studies has done this semester: The Center for Okinawan Studies again participated in the Hawaii United Okinawa Association’s Okinawan Festival.  The festival … Continue reading

Registration now open for February 11, 2013 symposium

An exciting joint international events will be on UHM campus. Speaker profiles, paper abstracts, schedule, & related events, please see Symposium web site: http://www.hawaii.edu/asiaref/japan/event2013/Index.htm#symposium Related link: http://guides.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/symposium A public lecture “Discovering Historical Parades and Processions from China, Korea, and the … Continue reading

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