Spring 2022 Public Lecture Series
Our geography public lectures feature a variety of local, national, and international speakers presenting topics from a diverse range of disciplines.
- Thursdays at Noon (unless noted)
- Location: Saunders Hall 443 (maximum capacity of 25)
- Online/Zoom: Email mkarides@hawaii.edu for access details
Pacific Worlds: Documenting Place-Based Indigenous Knowledge For Internet Dissemination
- Date: Jan. 20
- Speaker: Dr. Doug Herman, The Pacific Worlds Institute, HI
- Co-sponsor: Center for Pacific Island Studies
The Unboxing of the Kumulipo
- Date: Feb. 3
- Speaker: Dr. Huihui Kanahele-Mossman, Edith Kanakaʻole Foundation, HI
- Co-sponsor: Center for Pacific Island Studies
The Impacts of Covid-19 Pandemic on Women’s Work in Tourism in Indonesia
- Date: Feb. 10
- Speaker: Dr. Wiwik Suhartami, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia
- Co-sponsor: East-West Center
A SHARED Future: Achieving Strength, Health, and Autonomy through Renewable Energy for the Future
- Date: Feb. 17
- Speaker: Dr. Heather Castleden, University of Victoria, Canada
Understanding the potential for restoration through agroforestry in Hawai'i
- Date: Mar. 10
- Speaker: Dr. Zoe Hastings, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
- Co-sponsor: Center for Pacific Island Studies
The Contested Production of Property: State Land and Plantations in Laos
- Date: Mar. 24
- Speaker: Dr. Miles Kenney-Lazar, National University of Singapore
- Co-sponsor: Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Ungrounded Sovereignty: The Nexus between Indigenous Sovereignty and Settler State Violence in Aotearoa New Zealand
- Date: Mar. 31
- Speaker: Dr Pounamu Jade Aikman, Fulbright Scholar with Harvard University and the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
- Co-sponsor: Center for Pacific Islands Studies
“Restoring Indonesia’s Forests? [Re]placing Trees and People on the Landscape”
- Date: Apr. 7
- Speaker: Dr. Micah Fisher, East-West Center
- Co-sponsor: Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Tea and Culture in Taiwan
- Date: Apr. 28
- Speaker: Dr. Hong Jiang, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa