Monday, December 5 to Sunday, December 11, 10 - 4pm
Commons Gallery, ART Building
This will be the first Christmas Sale in the Commons for nearly 3 years! Join us and thank you for all your many years of support!
Questions: rlmills@hawaii.edu
lecture
Humboldt’s Exploration of the Americas and his Interest in the Pacific
{ a talk by Sandra Rebok }
Monday, December 5, 12:30 - 2:00 pm
Sakamaki Hall A201
The Prussian explorer and naturalist Alexander von Humboldt is famous for the scientific exploration voyage through large parts of Spanish America, carried out in the years 1799-1804 with an exceptional authorization of the Spanish Court. Though mostly known in the Atlantic World, Humboldt’s growing interest for the Pacific was awakened in his early years by his friend and mentor Georg Forster, the German naturalist and writer who had accompanied James Cook on his second voyage to the Pacific (1772-1775). Dr. Rebok will show how Humboldt’s fascination for this part of the world developed over time and in which way he contributed to the exploration of the Pacific beyond his own direct observations.
Sandra Rebok ́s research focuses on exploration voyages, intellectual networks and transnational collaborations during the 19th century. She has over 20 years of experience in Humboldtian scholarship, she is the author of several books on Humboldt and the editor of three of his works in Spanish. One of her recent books examines his intellectual exchange with Thomas Jefferson (Jefferson and Humboldt, 2014), while her forthcoming monograph, Humboldt’s Empire of Knowledge, analyzes Humboldt’s position between the Spanish Empire in decline and the expanding United States. Currently she is a Visiting Scholar at the University of California in San Diego and a fellow at the UCSD
Center for US-Mexican Studies.
lecture
Interactive Reading with Perusall: Engaging Students Through Social Annotation
organized by the Center for Language & Technology
{ a talk by Mee-Jeong Park, UHM Associate Professor & Chair of the Department of East Asian Languages & Literatures }
Wednesday, December 7, 2:30 - 3:30 pm HST
In-person: Moore Hall 258, or
Zoom http://go.hawaii.edu/2Bp
Students often neglect to complete assigned readings before class and instructors are left frustrated. There can be various factors that contribute to this issue. So, what’s the solution? Make assigned readings interactive with Perusall! In this session, Dr. Mee-Jeong Park will share her experience using Perusall in the courses she teaches.
Honoring Dr. Betsy Fisher - Retirement Celebration
organized by the Department ofTheatre & Dance
Thursday December 8, 6pm
Dance Studio Building
UHM Dance Faculty invites you to a retirement celebration of Dr. Betsy Fisher's outstanding contributions to the field of dance and 28 years of service to the community of UHM. Please RSVP by emailing jhalak.miller@hawaii.edu
auditions
for 20,000 Leagues Deep #hawaii_ascending
organized by the Department of Theatre & Dance and Kennedy Theatre
Saturday, December 10, 10am – 2pm
Sunday, December 11, 4pm – 8pm
Studio S at Kennedy Theatre (enter from the back of Kennedy Theatre, and turn right, just before the costume shop)
Come in comfortable clothing and be ready to move. Auditions will consist of theatre games, as well as cold readings of sides from the script. No monologue needed.
In this segment of the Luce Southeast Asia in Transition Webinar Series, we explore the story of development from varied perspectives, putting local interactions with the development paradigm and the more-than-human world into a broad conversation. Our speakers include academic, practitioner, and local voices. In this final webinar, we will foreground the vegetal landscape, looking at how forests and agricultural taskscapes are affected by the discourses and projects of development. Indigenous perspectives on landscapes and their alteration in the name of development will be our primary focus here.
Speakers
Carl Grundy-Warr: Senior Lecturer of Geography, National University of Singapore
Walker DePuy: Visiting Fellow in the Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University
Armand Camhol: PhD Candidate in the International Doctoral Program in Asia-Pacific Studies, Chengchi University
Ek Sovanna: Kratie Representative of the Prey Lang Community Network, Cambodia
Continuing Exhibitions
art exhibition
TADASHI SATO : ATOMIC ABSTRACTION IN THE FIFTIETH STATE, 1954 - 1963
organized by the Department of Art & Art History
The Art Gallery, Art Building
exhibition: until December 11, 2022 (new closing date)
Gallery Hours: Wednesday – Sunday 12:00 – 4:00 pm
This exhibition examines the work of Tadashi Sato (1923–2005), one of the most significant and visible Hawaiʻi-born painters of the twentieth century. From early Precisionist-mentored studies celebrating urban life during the 1940s, to luminous large-scale abstract canvases of the 1950s, to monumental public art commissions, the show looks at Sato as an artist whose painting sprang from post-war aspirations towards modernity and democracy and whose unique position as a Japanese-American veteran born in Hawaiʻi gives us a greater understanding of the complexities of American identity during a decade of intense cultural change and transition. The first major exhibition of Sato’s works in over twenty years, the show features never-before-seen artworks and archival materials to demonstrate that Sato’s painting was the site of significant and ongoing public conversations in Hawaiʻi pitting abstraction against representation, debating the value of public art, and speculating on who audiences would be for art in the new state of Hawaiʻi. MORE INFO
Curated by Maika Pollack, Director and Chief Curator, John Young Museum of Art and University Galleries.
art exhibition
THE GRAPHIC WORKS OF TETSUO OCHIKUBO, 1956 – 1970
until December 7, 2022
Hours: Wednesday – Sunday 12:00 – 4:00 pm
John Young Museum (Krauss Hall)
This is the first solo exhibition to examine the work of Hawaiian-born artist Tetsuo Ochikubo (1923–1975) in almost 50 years, and the only one to focus exclusively on his printmaking. MORE INFO
Opportunities
open enrollment self-study course
Envisioning Project-Based Language Learning
organized by the National Foreign Language Resource Center
Registration : until February 24, 2023
Online course : October 22, 2022 – March 31, 2023
Envisioning Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL) is designed as a 5-module open-enrollment self-study course for language educators beginning to learn about Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL). Successful learners will be able to describe essential features of high quality PBLL and to generate high-quality ideas for projects using the Product Square. A digital badge is available for candidates fulfilling course requirements.
Registration and the content for this MOOC (massive open online course) is FREE. MORE INFO + REGISTRATION
EARLY REGISTRATION : virtual conference
8th International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation: Centering Justice in Language Work
organized by the Department of Linguistics & the National Foreign Language Resource Center
Early registration with discounted rates is officially open and ends on January 31, 2023. Conference is March 2-5, 2023. MORE INFO
Faculty & Staff Opportunities
Travel awards, fellowships, and research stipends...
The Dean's Travel Fund reopens for the new academic year for both faculty and staff. See LINK for this and other funding opportunities. If you do not know or have forgotten the password, email <gchan@hawaii.edu>
Faculty Opportunities
there is still time to apply!
National Endowment for the Humanities & National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Humanities 2023
Public Humanities Projects Program (deadline: January 11, 2023)
National Endowment for the Arts 2023 Translation Projects Fellowships (deadline:January 12, 2023)
See LINK for these funding opportunities. If you do not know or have forgotten the password, email <gchan@hawaii.edu>
Interdisciplinary Conference Awards
CALL encourages and supports multidisciplinary collaboration and partnerships among its faculty in order to learn more about the disciplines and areas within the college. The CALL Interdisciplinary Conference Awards program was established in order to provide funds for conferences that are hosted/organized collaboratively by CALL departments and areas. Application deadline is January 25, 2023 (for conferences that take place in Spring 2023 semester or Summer 2023 sessions).
See LINK for this and other funding opportunities. If you do not know or have forgotten the password, email <gchan@hawaii.edu>
Student Opportunities
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!
The East-West Center, through the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State, provides educational opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students from South Pacific Island nations to pursue degrees in fields of study meeting regional development needs, and to participate in the Center's residential, educational and leadership development program.
Type of study: Bachelor's degree study or Master's degree study
Eligibility: Citizens from the Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu. Deadline: January 15, 2023
The East-West Center, through USAID PROJECT Governance, provides funding for promising young leaders from Pacific Island countries to pursue a graduate degree at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and to participate in the East-West Center's residential, educational and leadership development programs.
Type of study: One-year professional degree in accounting, finance, information systems, or law
Eligibility: Applicants must be a citizen of one of the following Pacific Island countries: Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, or Vanuatu Deadline: March 1, 2023
CALL WEEKLY focuses on CALL-organized events & opportunities at UH Mānoa
To submit content for future WEEKLYs, send information in the following format to call101@hawaii.edu in the body of an email, or a word .doc attachment. The WEEKLY will include content received by noon on the previous Thursday. DO NOT send a copy of your pdf flyer or newsletter.
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