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CALL WEEKLY (1-17-2022)

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lecture

Nuclear Weapons and the Unsettling of Sovereignty in the Marshall Islands, 1944-1963

sponsored by the Pacific Circle and the Department of History
 
Wednesday, January 19, 10 pm
 
Prof. M X Mitchell, University of Toronto, will discuss the political, legal, and cultural meanings and consequences of U S nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands, territories not part of the U S. These issues will be explored using indigenous and governmental sources.

Contact Peter H Hoffenberg peterh@hawaii.edu for the Zoom link and further information.

 

webinar : Alumnus Voice

The Confucian Philosophy of Family Feeling as a Resource for a New Geopolitical Order

organized by the Center for Chinese Studies

Wednesday, January 26, 12 - 1:30 pm 

The Center for Chinese Studies kicks off its Spring 2022 Seminar series with an Alumnus Voice webinar by Professor Emeritus of Philosophy Roger Ames. Prof. Ames is currently the Humanities Chair Professor at Peking University and Academic Director of the Peking University Berggruen Research Center. While at UHM, Dr. Ames also served as Director for the Center for Chinese Studies from 1991 to 2000 and played a key role in making the university the hub for non-Western and comparative philosophy and intellectual exchange in the US. At his webinar, Prof. Ames will discuss the seismic sea change in the geopolitical order of the world that has accelerated over the first two decades of the 21st century. In looking to Confucian philosophy as a possible resource for a new geopolitical order, he begins by joining Michael Walzer in common cause in his search for a universal minimalist morality that can provide a basis for a limited but important solidarity and for mutual critique among the world’s peoples and cultures.

Zoom + More Info

live in-person Theatre performance

Eddie Wen' Go: The Story of the Upside-Down Canoe

organized by the Kennedy Theatre and the Department of Theatre + Dance

co-Directed by Mark Branner and Annie K. L. Lipscomb 

Friday, January 28 – Sunday, February 6

A Theatre for Young Audiences (TYA) tribute to Eddie Aikau. This imaginative TYA production incorporates giant puppetry, dance, ‘ōlelo Hawai’i, pidgin, and hula to tell the story of Eddie Aikau’s act of courage through the eyes of sea creatures who watched from underneath the upside-down canoe. Celebrating the story of one local hero who dared to dream big and who put the lives of others before his own, this production shares Aikau’s legacy of hope and service to others. Suitable for the whole family.

ADVISORY: Patrons ages 5 and up must show proof of completed COVID19 vaccination and comply with all UHM and Kennedy Theatre COVID19 prevention protocols including but not limited to wearing a CDC approved mask over the nose and mouth at all times inside Kennedy Theatre. 

Tickets + More info

 

live online event

Transforming the ‘Other’ to ‘Us’: The Power of Unity and Re-Envisioning America

Dan and Maggie Inouye Distinguished Chair in Democratic Ideals

Powerful and influential activist, author, and journalist Helen Zia is in residency at UHM during the first six weeks of Spring 2022.

Thursday, February 3, 5pm
REGISTER for zoom talk


The daughter of immigrants from China, Zia was a member of the first class of women graduating from Princeton University. She worked as a construction worker, an autoworker, and a community organizer and became an outspoken advocate on issues ranging from human rights and peace to Asian Americans, women, and the LGBTQ community. Zia played an instrumental role in bringing federal civil rights charges against the perpetrators of the 1982 murder of Chinese American Vincent Chin. The case became a catalyst for the broad mobilization of the Asian American community and the movement against hate violence. Zia is featured in Who Killed Vincent Chin?, the now classic documentary film about the case and its implications.

Zia was the executive editor of Ms. Magazine from 1989 to 1992 and a founding board co-chair of the Women’s Media Center. Her first book, Asian American Dreams: The Emergence of an American People was published in 2000, and she also co-authored My Country Versus Me with Wen Ho Lee, the Los Alamos scientist falsely accused of being a spy for China. She has received numerous awards for her ground-breaking articles, essays, and reviews on a range of issues. In 2019, Zia published Last Boat out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao’s Revolution, which traces the lives of migrants and refugees from Shanghai based on extensive archival research and interviews with more than a hundred survivors of the exodus.

exhibition

Vie Du Pacifique III: Pacific Perimeter Exchange Print Folio 2020-21

organized by the Department of Art & Art History

January 9 – 25
Gallery Hours: Sunday – Thursday 12 – 4pm
Art Building Commons Gallery  [map]

The 2020–21 print collection Vie Du Pacifique III features the works of 37 artists from five countries in and around the Pacific Ocean: Australia, the United States, Fiji, the Philippines, and New Zealand. The theme for this exchange is climate change, global warming, and the environmental damage from our continually-growing consumption of fossil fuels and over-production of plastics and waste. This is the third time the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa has exhibited the ongoing Vie Du Pacifique print exchange. MORE

art exhibition

KEN OKIISHI: A MODEL CHILDHOOD 

organized by the Department of Art & Art History

through May 6, 2022 
Closed December 10, 2021 – January 9, 2022 for winter break
The Art Gallery, Art Building [map]
Gallery Hours: Sunday – Thursday 12 – 4pm

The exhibition focuses on ruptures and paradigm shifts that destroy not only continuity in living one’s life, but the ability to think in coherent streams of thought, and conjectures that these modes of dis-formation are important central dis-organizing principles of writing American history. In A Model Childhood, Okiishi approaches history through the lens of family and oral history, bringing both an intimacy and complexity to official narratives of the time period. Immediately after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, Okiishi’s grandfather, following a frantic phone call from his brother, whose house had just been searched by the Honolulu police looking for connections to Japan, decided to suddenly unload all traces of the family’s Japanese possessions by dumping them into Māmala Bay. This leitmotif of American identity formation haunts what ensues. MORE

 

DEAN'S TRAVEL FUND

2021-22 Dean's Travel Awards are available for CALL faculty and staff. With fewer travel restrictions, now is a good time to plan your professional travel. Guidelines + Application

Fellowships, Scholarships, & Internships

The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP)

Accepting applications for Project funding (up to $5000 per individual, $10,000 per group) from February 2 to March 3, 2022 and encourages all undergraduate students from all disciplines at UH Mānoa to apply. UROP also accepts applications for Presentation funding (up to $2000 per individual, $4000 to $5000 per group) every month (UROP is only funding virtual presentations until further notice).
For detailed information on funding opportunities, please attend an online UROP information session on one of the dates via Zoom.

-    January 28, 2022 (F)        12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
-    January 31, 2022 (M)         10:30 am – 11:30 am
-    February 2, 2022 (T)         12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Registration is required 
Open for students, staff, and faculty. Please attend to learn more about:
•    Project & Presentation funding
•    Cohort-based Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) and accompanying Summer Symposium
•    Undergraduate Showcase in Fall and Spring (in collaboration with the Honors Program)
•    Clearinghouse of available undergraduate student opportunities on/off campus

manoa.hawaii.edu/urop
Instagram and Facebook: @urop.uhm
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2022-2023 Center for Japanese Studies (CJS) Fellowships & Scholarships



The Center for Japanese Studies offers various funding opportunities to support both U.S. and international full-time graduate students seeking a degree in any UH Mānoa department/program with a focus in Japanese studies. Financial support ranges between $2,000 to $15,000. To apply for all CJS funding opportunities via one application, go to the STAR Scholarship site and search for ”Center for Japanese Studies." Most Deadlines: February 1, 2022



Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships - East Asia, Southeast Asia & Pacific Islands


U.S. citizen or permanent resident full-time graduate and undergraduate students studying an eligible East Asian, Southeast Asian, or Pacific Islands language with area studies in any UH Mānoa degree program are encouraged to apply for the 2022-2023 Academic Year FLAS Fellowship. The fellowship includes a $20,000 stipend for graduate students or $5,000 stipend for undergraduate students. Recipients also receive tuition assistance. Opportunities are also available for Summer 2022 fellowships. Please note that 2022-2023 FLAS fellowships are pending federal funding decisions just prior to Fall 2022. 

Deadlines: 
January 17, 2022
 - Southeast Asia more info
February 1, 2022 - East Asia more info
February 1, 2022 - Pacific Islands Studies more info



Dai Ho Chun Graduate Fellowships (2022-2023)


The Dai Ho Chun Fund for Graduate Fellowships supports outstanding graduate students in good academic standing who are enrolled at least part-time in any Graduate Division program. Funds may be used for travel. Students should apply via the STAR Scholarship site and use keywords "Dai Ho Chun" to search for the fellowship. Deadline: February 15, 2022



Jack and Patricia Semura Endowed Graduate Student Scholarship (2022-2023)


The Semura Graduate Student Scholarship is open to full-time graduate students enrolled in any Graduate Division program and in good academic standing. Applicants must be able to demonstrate commitment, research, and advocacy toward social justice and/or intercultural communications, and potential to build community (locally or globally). Students should apply via the STAR Scholarship site and use keyword "Semura" to search for the scholarship. Deadline: February 15, 2022



Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii Graduate Fellowship (2022-2023)


The RCUH Graduate Fellowship supports full-time, doctoral students enrolled in a Graduate Division program. Applicants must be in good academic standing. Funds may be used towards costs associated with attendance, including dissertation completion. Students should apply via the STAR Scholarship site and use keywords "Research Corporation" to search for the fellowship. Deadline: February 15, 2022



2022–2023 academic year UH System Common Scholarship

Open to students attending any UH campus
questions: scholars@hawaii.edu / (808) 956-6203

Deadline: March 1, 2022 4pm



Global Opportunities Scholarship


The purpose of this Fund is to provide support to students in a study abroad and/or international exchange program at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. Funds shall be used for costs associated with attendance (e.g. tuition, books, fees, etc.), and expenditures associated with study abroad and exchange (airfare, lodging, meals, etc.). The prospective recipient should also have been accepted into a qualified study abroad or international exchange program and intend to complete a full semester or academic-year-long program abroad. Students should apply via the STAR Scholarship site and use keywords "Global Opportunities Scholarship" to search for the scholarship. Deadline: April 1, 2022

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