Warmest congratulations to your graduation and for all your achievements. Billie Lee defended her dissertation on May 2, 2024. The title of her dissertation was "Scenes of Pedagogy: Art and the Politics of Possibility." Currently, she is...
Congratulations on your graduation and for all your achievements. Halena Kapuni-Reynolds's dissertation defended his dissertation on May 3, 2024. The title of his dissertation is: "Kuʻu Home ʻO Keaukaha: He Lei Moʻolelo No Ka ʻĀina Aloha (My Home,...
Ya-Chu (Yana) Chang received her Ph.D. in American Studies at the end of the Spring 2023 semester. She recently accepted the position of Assistant Professor specializing in American Literature in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the...
American Studies is co-sponsoring talks and activities in connection with Professor Sherene Seikaly's visit. Please see below for more details: Events will be held in the UHM Dept. of English (KUY 410) Wed., March 27: 6-7:30 pm: "Turning to the...
InbPlease join us next week Friday, 12 noon, at ARC 205 for another enlightening, engaging discussion featuring the fabulous Gina Apostol! ...
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 Distinguished Inouye Chair, the acclaimed novelist Gina Apostol, is speaking next week, Thursday, Feb 8, 12-1:15, KUY 410. Her talk is (tantalizingly) entitled: "Writing A Novel About My Mother: What the Hell Was I Thinking?" Please see below 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...
Congratulations to Halena Kapuni-Reynolds! Halena was featured on Hawaiʻi News Now, Thursday, January 11th, 2024, on the evening news. He is currently an Associate Curator of of Native Hawaiian History and Culture at the Smithsonianʻs National Museum of the American Indian. The...
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...