Spring 2026 Public Lecture Series

Our geography public lectures feature a variety of local, national, and international speakers presenting topics from diverse disciplines.

• Alternating Thursdays, 12 noon - 1 pm
• Location: Saunders Hall Room 443 or Zoom (registration required)
• Contact: Aurora Kagawa-Viviani, kagawa@hawaii.edu

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January 29

• Geospatial Careers Panel: Careers in GIS and Survey

• Clare Mamura, Beverly Pascual, Joey Furlett — Presidents of HIGICC and HLSA

February 12

• Leteisha Te Awhe-Downey, University of Otago

February 26

• Economic Gravities in Pre-Industrial Hawaiiʻi

• Seth Quintus, Anthropology, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

March 5 | Wednesday

• Claudia Fry, University of Exeter

• Co-sponsored by the Center for Pacific Island Studies

March 12

• Jason Lewis, Concordia University

March 17–21

• AAG Annual Meeting

April 2

• Russell Fielding, Coastal Carolina University

April 16

• Meagan Harden, Maritime Washington National Heritage Area

May 8

• Annual Department Symposium

• Geography and Environment, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa