CALL WEEKLY
Spring 2025
(03-09-2025 to 03-15-2025) subscribe
Upcoming Events
Hala Megahy, Personal Metronome, 2025
Mud, Myth, and Memory
Masters of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition
Rosie Connelly, Hala Megahy, and Hiroko Sakurai
Date, place: March 2-31, 2025, The Art Gallery, Art Building
Mud, Myth and Memory explores the points in which these three artists meet, converge, and diverge. A theme of the relationship between body, spirit and land weaves through the pieces, speaking to the entanglements that make us human. Through digitally and physically manipulated photographs, Rosie Connelly explores the imprint of trauma on the land, and melting of the boundaries between the sacred and profane, as well as the past and present. Hala Megahy’s sculptural work examines the threshold between self and others, body and spirit, separation and oneness, life and death, evoking creativity at the crux of vulnerability and process. Through the re-use of traditional craft materials, Hiroko Sakurai creates a portal of reflection, bringing forth collective memories and an experience of our interconnectedness with nature.
Zoe Wetherall, Driving in The Desert, 2022, Archival Pigment Print, 40×60″
‘O ka ‘āina. ‘O ka moana a me ka lani. Land, Sea, Air
Date, place: March 2-31, 2025, The Commons Gallery, Art Building
This exhibit brings together artists whose work engages with environmental issues from a feminist perspective, connecting practices rooted in O‘ahu, New York, and Australia.
O‘ahu-based Jodi Endicott gathers plastic waste from the ocean to create life-sized aquatic creatures, which serve as time capsules of human detritus. O‘ahu-based Nanea Lum uses natural processes and materials in a ceremonial fashion to celebrate the ‘āina of Mānoa. New York-based Kathleen Vance’s Traveling Landscapes explore the accessibility of pristine landscapes and the concept of land as a possession. Zoe Wetherall (based in Australia and New York) uses a bird’s-eye perspective in aerial photography, contrasting the natural environment with the banality of human interventions.
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Cellist Mark Votapek and Pianist Jonathan Korth
Date, time place: March 10, 2025, 7:30 PM, Orvis Auditorium Organized by: Music Department
Cellist Mark Votapek, formerly a professor at University of Arizona, rejoined the Hawaii Symphony as Principal Cello in 2015 and joins UHM pianist and professor Jonathan Korth in an evening of Schumann, Rachmaninoff, and Dvorak. The program includes Schumann’s Five Pieces in Folk Style Op. 102, Rachmaninoff’s iconic Cello Sonata Op. 19, and Dvorak’s Piano Quartet No. 2, Op. 87 with Hawaii Symphony concertmaster Iggy Jang and Mark Butin (Principal Viola).
Striking Light, Striking Dark Duo: Shakuhachi and Song
Date, time, place: March 13, 2025, 7:30 PM, Orvis Auditorium Organized by: Music Department
Striking Light Striking Dark Duo formed in 2014, with the release of a CD of the same name. This CD featured selected poetry sung from the works of Rainer Maria Rilke (Germany), Pablo Neruda (Chile), John Logan, Sam Hamill (American) and the ancient Japanese Zen-inspired text, Kyotaku Denki, set to original compositions by Sasha Bogdanowitsch (voice and various world instruments) and Christopher Yohmei Blasdel (Shakuhachi).
This performance will feature selections from that recording, plus works from their upcoming new album and a premiere of a brand new multi- movement work based on Rabindranath Tagore’s Gitanjali. The shakuhachi— Japan’s traditional vertical bamboo flute—makes the perfect blend to Sasha’s fluid voice. The duo makes use of an array of rare world and original instruments to dramatize and enrich the songs. Their work is a perfect example of cross-genre, cross-cultural music that stimulates both on an artistic and intellectual level.
Free admission; donations accepted
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10th Theatre & Dance Graduate Research Symposium
Date, time place: March 11, 2025, 3:30 – 7:30 PM, Hamilton Library 301 Organized by: Department of Theatre & Dance Presented by: Maggie Ivanova, Eun Bin Ladner-Seok, Eleanor Svaton, Teagan Staskawicz, Emmanuel Mante, Jack Romans, Jill Sanders, Marylynn Gwatiringa, Mari Martinez, Tiến Nguyễn
This Graduate Research Symposium offers students an opportunity to present their research to a friendly group of peers and professors. It serves as an essential hub for graduate student practitioners and scholars to share new work and ideas in the Department of Theatre & Dance in the areas of Indigenous Performance, Dance Studies, Theatre Studies, and Performance Studies. The intention of this event is to strengthen the reach of the performing arts at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa through embodied practice, creative endeavor, and intellectual discipline.
For more information, please contact Julie A. Iezzi <iezzi@hawaii.edu>
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Hawai’i and Sun Yat-Sen: A Legacy of Revolution, Promise for Future, and Roadmap for Global Connection
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Centennial Death Anniversary Symposium
Data, time, place: March 12, 2025, 12:00 – 3:30 PM, Center for Korean Studies Auditorium and via Zoom Organized by: Center for Chinese Studies Speakers: Xiaowei Zheng, John Rosa, Lorenz Gonschor, Min Luo, Jinchao Zhang
Before Dr. Sun Yat-Sen changed China, Hawaiʻi changed him. Join us for a special event commemorating the centennial of Dr. Sun Yat-Sen’s passing, as we explore the profound influence of Hawai‘i on his revolutionary vision and its pivotal role in shaping modern China. Through engaging discussions and historical insights, we will examine the legacy of the 1911 Revolution and its enduring impact on China and the world.
The Ecotone with Dr Chiao-Wen Chiang – Grow Strong, Grow Fast
Date, time, place: March 12, 2025, 12:30 PM, Moore Hall 319 Sponsored by: Center for Pacific Island Studies, Department of Asian Studies, The Mellon AAPI Environmental Humanities & Environmental Justice Initiative
Chiao-Wen Chiang’s research reconceptualizes the singing practices of the Yami/Tao people of Taiwan. Instead of simply seeing these practices as repositories of Indigenous knowledge, they are viewed as dynamic processes of relationship-making that continuously generate and transform knowledge. By highlighting the musical relationship-weaving among humans and other-than-human beings, this work offers a critical examination of colonial narratives surrounding the term “environment” and the processes of knowledge production.
Date, time, place: March 13, 2025, 12:00 PM, Moore Hall 258 Sponsored by: Center for Pacific Island Studies, Department of Asian Studies, The Mellon AAPI Environmental Humanities & Environmental Justice Initiative
On the island of Mitiaro, dive into a case study at the nexus of fisheries science and Cook Islands traditional ecological knowledge and practice. With a scientific background and jumping into the realm of culture, linguistics, and worldviews, this talk provide insight into Dr. Vaviaʻs experience of learning by unlearning, and juggling the complex dynamics that can shape Pacific Island fisheries.
Religion and Revolution: Aurobindo Ghose and Indian Independence
Date, time, place: March 13, 2025, 12:00 – 1:15 PM, Kuykendall 410 Organized by: Center for Biographical Research
Presented by: Keya Ganguly
Exploring the years between 1905-1910, Keya Ganguly’s lecture centers on the figure of Aurobindo Ghose (1872-1950)—poet, polyglot, mystic, and revolutionary leader of the nationalist movement in early twentieth-century India. Aurobindo inaugurated a form of organized and militant resistance that defined the subsequent course of Indian independence. Yet, neither his political philosophy nor his development of the conceptual terms of anticolonial nationalism have received their due. Moreover, Aurobindo’s spiritual legacy has been usurped by contemporary forces of the Hindu right in India. Ganguly’s objective is to show how Aurobindo reshaped the discourse of religion by turning conventional principles of Hinduism towards more open-ended conceptions of shakti (force), consciousness, and enlightenment, in the service of a non- sectarian vision of political freedom that continues to resonate in the present.
White Magic & Other Wonders
A reading & book talk by Elissa Washuta
Date, time, place: March 13, 2025, 3:00 – 4:15 PM, Kuykendall 410 Organized by: Center for Biographical Research
In White Magic & Other Wonders, Elissa Washuta writes about land, heartbreak, and colonization, about life without the escape hatch of intoxication, and about how she became a powerful witch. She interlaces stories from her forebears with cultural artifacts from her own life—Twin Peaks, the Oregon Trail II video game, a Claymation Satan, a YouTube video of Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham—to explore questions of cultural inheritance and the particular danger, as a Native woman, of relaxing into romantic love under colonial rule.
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Brightspace (Lamakū) for Language Teaching
Date, time, place: March 13, 2025, 2:30 – 3:30 PM, Moore Hall 257 Organized by: Center for Language & Technology Facilitated by: CLT Faculty
This professional development session is designed to support CALL language faculty as they transition to the new learning management system, Lamakū, with an emphasis on language courses. Participants can ask questions in real-time during this open consultation.
Comparative Philosophy: The Bricoleuse’s Promenade through Philosophical Landscapes
A talk by Dr. Tamara Albertini, Department Chair and Professor of Philosophy
Date, time, place: March 14, 2025, 2:30 PM, Sakamaki C-308 Organized by: Department of Philosophy
The launching of philosophical pursuits undertaken in an East-West trajectory at the first East- West Philosophers’ Conference in 1939 represents a turning point in philosophy. However, as groundbreaking as this approach was, it left out all philosophical cultures that did not fit the initial framework. Islamic philosophy, being viewed as neither Western nor Eastern (Asian), was thus marginalized from the start. Dr. Albertini introduces “Bricolage” – a method emphasizing curiosity, humility, and playfulness – as a more nuanced way of engaging with diverse philosophical traditions. “Bricoleurs” are interculturalists who remain open to the use of different methodologies: they are “flâneurs” walking through diverse philosophical landscapes for sheer intellectual pleasure.
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The Transformation of National Security in Asia by Glen S. Fukushima
Date, time, place: March 25, 2025, 12:00 – 1:30 PM, Bachman Hall 107 (Loulu conference room) and via Zoom, (reception to follow) Organized by: Center for Japanese Studies
National security in the Indo-Pacific has changed significantly over the last decade, with the rise of China being the central focus of the United States, which has enhanced security ties with the Quad (Japan, Australia, India), South Korea, the Philippines, and others, including Europe. In addition to military assets, economic competitiveness has emerged as a critical component of national security. Where is the U.S.-China rivalry headed, and what is Japan’s role?
UH Endowment for the Humanities 2025 Summer Research Awards
CALL Faculty are invited to apply for funds to support summer research projects that fall within a humanities discipline. Deadline: Thursday, April 3, 2025. TO APPLY
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Travel Awards, Fellowships, and Research Stipends…
Links to currently available and annually available funding opportunities (such as travel awards, fellowships, and research stipends) for faculty and staff can be found on the CALL website under the “For Faculty” page. If you do not know or have forgotten the password, email <karinm@hawaii.edu>
As a reminder, staff are also eligible to apply for the Dean’s Travel Awards.
Student Scholarships and Fellowships
Undergraduate and Graduate Scholarships
A multitude of scholarships and their application forms can be found on STAR. Don’t forget to check them out this semester!
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American Council of Learned Societies: Leading Edge Fellowships
Leading Edge Fellowships place recent humanities PhDs with nonprofit organizations committed to promoting social justice in their communities.
Recent PhDs from across all fields of the humanities and interpretive social sciences are encouraged to apply for this fellowship.
Deadline: March 12, 2025, 9:00 PM EDT
ACLS will hold a webinar on March 5, 2025 for applicants to the 2025 ACLS Leading Edge Fellowship, offering real-time feedback on questions about eligibility, the online application, and the fellowship review and selection process. Register here.
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