Registration
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[Updated 03/29/2022 HST]
Pacific Studies: A Transformational Movement explores the ways in which students, scholars, and activists have "imagined and made" (following Teaiwa 2014) Pacific Studies across campuses, disciplines, movements, and oceans. Foundational scholars such as Epeli Hauʻofa, Walter Lini, Teresia Teaiwa, Haunani-Kay Trask, Albert Wendt, Terence Wesley-Smith, and Steven Edmund Winduo, in conversation with many others, articulated a vision for scholarship not merely about Oceania, but for Oceania: this is a scholarship engaged in struggles for decolonization and everyday acts of resistance, and a scholarship that is both inclusive and empowering.
It is from this broader vision that we invite you to join us at the conference in dialogue on 11 April 2022. The conference will feature Pacific scholars, cultural practitioners, artists, activists, community organizers, performers, and others.
Students of all academic levels and from any institution have been invited to present. The general public is invited and welcome to attend.
*This year’s CPIS Student Conference will be held in a hybrid format--our keynote with Dr. Keith Camacho and the closing plenary will be hosted in person and online. All student presentations will be completed on Zoom.
Please register at http://go.hawaii.edu/xmW. Deadline for registration is 8 April 2022 at 10pm HST.
For disability access, please contact cpiscon@hawaii.edu. The University of Hawaiʻi is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution.
More Information
On behalf of the student planning committee, we invite submissions to “Pacific Studies: A Transformational Movement.” The conference is scheduled for 11 April 2022 and will be held primarily online. It will feature student work focused on the Pacific from across academic disciplines as well as an exciting roundtable bringing into view a timely conversation about the nexus of Pacific Studies and community activism.
Additionally, we are excited to share that CPIS alumnus Dr. Keith Camacho will provide the conference keynote. With graduate degrees from CPIS and Department of History at the University of Hawai‘i–Mānoa, Dr. Camacho is Professor of Asian American Studies at University of California–Los Angeles and winner of the prestigious 2021 Guggenheim Fellowship. Dr. Camacho’s recent works include Sacred Men: Law, Torture, and Retribution in Guam (2019, Duke University Press) and the edited volume Reppin’: Pacific Islander Youth and Native Justice (2021, University of Washington Press).
While the horrors of inequity and injustice under colonialism and neocolonialism have been made grossly apparent in recent years, we are also reminded of the many social justice movements that have sought and won our liberation. In Oceania, these transformational movements have been demanding decolonization for decades, and have also shaped the academic field we now know as Pacific Studies. This year’s conference engages, critically examines, and celebrates social justice movements and organizing, as well as all the ways our work within and beyond the academy has been transformational in the Pacific. We invite submissions that explore this theme in any way, but are especially interested in those that speak to the following topics:
Social justice movements in Oceania
Decolonization, demilitarization, and sovereignty
Transformational Pacific leadership
Transboundary relations and Oceanic solidarities
Indigenous resistance and resilience
Activism within and beyond the disciplines
Students of all disciplines and at all degree levels are encouraged to submit proposals for a range of presentation formats from research paper presentations to creative/performative presentations or panels. Proposals should include a presentation title, a 250-word abstract, and a short biography of the author.
Send all inquiries directly to cpiscon@hawaii.edu and please share this call with your networks. We look forward to your submissions!
The 10th Annual Center for Pacific Islands Studies Student Conference is co-sponsored by the Center for Pacific Islands Studies (CPIS) and the Pacific Islands Development Program (PIDP).
Online Conference Etiquette
Rules of Engagement
Zoom display name must match name on registration
Any form of recording (ie screenshots, Zoom recording, audio recording, etc) is NOT permitted due to lack of explicit permission and to respect the privacy of presenters and participants
Remain positive, friendly, and welcoming
Encourage diversity of thought, organization, and individuals;
Be respectful and inclusive
Please participate in questions and comments
Avoid disruptive speech or behavior that interferes with another individual’s participation
Unacceptable behavior: Intimidating, harassing, abusive, discriminatory, derogatory, or demeaning conduct
Participants will be removed from the conference for misconduct.
In order to ensure swift entrance into the conference, please ensure that your Zoom name matches the name you entered when you registered for the conference.
Please note that the names of conference participants may be included in CPIS conference-related materials that are available to the public.
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Please note that the names of conference participants may be included in CPIS conference-related materials that are available to the public.