Universal Design for Learning is a research-based framework that aims to meet the needs of all learners. This workshop series guides language educators in creating inclusive and engaging learning environments using the recently updated UDL 3.0 guidelines. Additionally, it will explore ways in which instructors can leverage technology to support language learners.
Unsettlement and Mana Unuhi: Kaona, Refusal, and Disappearing Hawaiians
Date, time, place: January 28, 2025, 3:00 – 4:30 PM, Kuykendall 410
Organized by: Center for Biographical Research
In The Mana of Translation: Translational Flow in Hawaiian History from the Baibala to the Mauna, Bryan Kamaoli Kuwada makes visible the often unseen workings of translation in Hawaiʻi from the advent of Hawaiian alphabetic literacy to contemporary struggles over language and land. Translation has had a massive impact on Hawaiian history, both as it unfolded and how it came to be understood, yet it remains understudied in Hawaiian and Indigenous scholarship. This particular talk will focus on the refusal to translate and how it shapes understandings of kānaka through the analytics of mana unuhi and unsettlement.
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Necropolitics of the Ordinary: Death and Grieving in Contemporary Singapore (a Book Talk)
Date, time, place: January 29, 2025, 3:00 – 4:30 PM, Moore Hall 258 and via Zoom
Organized by: Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Moderated by: Dr. Cathy Clayton, Asian Studies Department
Speaker: Dr. Ruth Toulson, Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Studies, Faculty Member in the Division of Liberal Arts, Maryland Institute College of Art
Can a state make its people forget the dead?
Cemeteries have become sites of acute political contestation in the city-state of Singapore. Confronted with high population density and rapid economic growth, the government has ordered the destruction of all but one burial ground, forcing people to exhume their family members. In this ethnography of Chinese funeral parlors and cemeteries, anthropologist and trained mortician Ruth E. Toulson uses death ritual and grieving as interrogative lenses, exploring the scope of and resistance to state power over the dead, laying bare the legacies of colonialism and consequences of whirlwind capitalist development. She offers a new anthropology of death, one both more personal and politicized.
Date, time, place: February 5, 2025, 3:00 – 4:30 PM, via Zoom
Organized by: Center for Southeast Asian Studies and Michigan State University Moderated by: Dr. Meredith Weiss
Speakers:
Dr. Thanet Aphornsuvan, Professor, Pridi Banomyong International College, Thammasart University, Thailand
Parker Novak, Nonresident Fellow, Indo-Pacific Security Initiative and Global China Hub, Atlantic Council
Dr. Sam Seun, Policy Analyst, Royal Academy of Cambodia
Dominggus Elcid Li, Executive Director of the Institute of Resource Governance and Social Change, Indonesia
Elections have long been a cornerstone of democratic values, and this webinar will concentrate on elections in Southeast Asia, from local to presidential/general. Speakers will examine electoral politics, including the fairness of ground rules, the role of union election bodies, political parties, election monitoring methods, and other forms of electoral manipulation in Southeast Asia. Panelists will discuss key issues related to recent or forthcoming elections in their respective research nations.
Date, place: January 29 – February 2, 2025, Earle Ernst Lab Theatre
Organized by: Department of Theatre & Dance and Kennedy Theatre Directed by: Sami L.A. Akuna
The Department of Theatre and Dance and Kennedy Theatre present the MFA/BFA Dance Concert: Introspection, a dynamic dance concert consisting of original Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Creative Projects and Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) Senior Projects choreography. This dance production is a celebration of the creativity of our undergraduate and graduate dancers and highlights their artistic development. The concert features selected works and new premiere performances for both the stage and screen.
Everything but the Bomb: South Korea’s Nuclear Hedging Strategy
Date, time, place:January 31, 2025, 3:00 – 5:00 PM, Center for Korean Studies Auditorium
Organized by: Center for Korean Studies
Despite the growing concern for South Korea’s nuclear armament due to its deteriorating security environment, Seoul is pursuing “nuclear hedging”—the option to build nuclear weapons in short order—instead of nuclear armament, due to the latter’s prohibitive costs. Given its sophisticated nuclear technology, expertise and know-how acquired through its civilian nuclear program, and advanced dual-capable delivery systems that can carry both conventional and nuclear weapons, South Korea can build a workable nuclear arsenal relatively quickly. The only thing that is missing for its nuclear hedging strategy is the ability to produce nuclear fissile materials through enrichment or reprocessing. In order to acquire such capability, South Korea has been pursuing through both civilian and military routes.
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Language Documentation & Conservation –
Publishing Success: Insights from Journal Editors
Date, time, place: February 5, 2025, 1:00 – 1:45 PM, Moore Hall 257 and via Zoom
Organized by: Center for Language & Technology and the National Foreign Language Resource Center Facilitated by: Center for Language & Technology Faculty
Want to get your articles published in academic journals? Come join the editorial staff of Language Documentation & Conservation at this special presentation. They will discuss their journal and their own submission & review process, while also providing strategies and tips for getting published in refereed journals in general.
Date, time, place: February 7, 2025, 9:00 AM – 1:30 PM, Imin International Conference Center (Keoni Auditorium)
Sponsored by: Center for Chinese Language Education, Center for Chinese Studies, Department of East Asian Languages & Literatures (Chinese Section), College of Arts, Languages & Letters
We welcome everyone from the UH community and beyond. Whether you are already studying Chinese language and culture or just curious, this is a wonderful opportunity to have a glimpse of the Chinese way of life alongside hundreds of UH students and visitors from the communities attending this special event. Come enjoy the fun and educational activities we have prepared for you and experience diverse aspects of Chinese culture.
Faculty and Staff Funding Opportunities
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
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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