On January 15, 2026, the British Museum exhibition Hawai'i: a kingdom crossing oceans opened to rave reviews. Showcasing over 150 mea kupuna, or ancestral objects, the exhibition tells the story of King Liholiho and Queen Kamamalu’s fateful journey to London in 1824...
Congratulations to our faculty member Noelle Kahanu on her article “The Hidden History of a Pacific Colonization Project” in the current OHA newsletter, Ka Waī Ola: News for the Land, February 2024, pigs. 16-18. Itʻs a great spread in a special bilingual issue. For...
The exhibition Au‘a, an installation by artist Kapulani Landgraf will be on view at Honolulu Museum of Art (HoMA), Gallery 12, from January 17 – September 15, 2024. There will be eight public programs organized to complement the installation from February to August 2024, at HoMA. The museum will...
Please join us for this moving in-person presentation by AMST professor, Hawaiʻi State Poet Laureate, and keiki o Maui, Brandi Nālani McDougall. She will be reading from and sharing about her most recent book of poetry, ʻĀina Hanau. The presentation...
Dr. Mari Yoshihara has won 3 international awards in Japan for Manoa professor's books. For more details, please go to: https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2023/08/02/manoa-mari-yoshihara-award/ ...
Here is the link to the article: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/amst/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/StarAdv-Ai-Pohaku-2.19.23.pdf or you can also read the article below: At long last, a place and time forA new exhibit brings the works of Native Hawaiian contemporary artists to Oahu campusesBy Steven Marksmark@staradvertiser.com It...
Congratulations to our very own, Brandy Nālani McDougall. She has been selected as the next Hawaiʻi State Poet Laureate (HSPL) as part of the new collaborative initiative between Hawaiʻi Council for the Humanities, State Foundation on Culture and the...
Congratulations to Dennis for being interviewed as part of the story in this morning’s Hon Star-Adv (local section B2) about President Biden’s "call for $10 million in federal funding to educate a new generation about the WWII-era internment of 120,000...
Prevailing Winds The American Studies Department staged the poetry-reading event as a launch for Joseph Stanton’s new book, Prevailing Winds, and as a retirement party for him. The event took place on November 10, 2022 at New Letters in Chinatown. Congratulations Joseph...
A BIG CONGRATULATIONS to our very own Dr. Brandy McDougall who was one of the award winners for the Innovation and Impact Showcase (IIS) initiative. For more details, please go to: https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2022/11/15/new-manoa-awards-highlight-teaching-innovations/ ...