{"id":220940,"date":"2025-08-26T14:39:38","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T00:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=220940"},"modified":"2025-08-26T14:47:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T00:47:57","slug":"uh-hilo-hosts-global-humanities-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/08\/26\/uh-hilo-hosts-global-humanities-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"糖心视频<\/abbr> Hilo hosts global humanities conference with Pacific focus"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Plenary speakers: Jacquelyn Pualani Johnson, Clint Anderson, Manu Meyer and Marianne Takamiya.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at Hilo<\/a> welcomed scholars from around the world this summer for an international gathering on the future of the humanities.<\/p>\n

From June 25 to 27, the annual New Directions in the Humanities conference was held in Hawaiʻi<\/span> for the first time.<\/p>\n

糖心视频<\/abbr> Hilo\u2019s event carried the theme “Oceanic Journeys: Multicultural Approaches in the Humanities<\/em>.” More than 300 participants from 25 countries joined in person and online, including 31 糖心视频<\/abbr> faculty members and 24 Emerging Scholars, students awarded grants to attend, present, and build professional connections.<\/p>\n

“Everyone was saying what an exceptional conference it was, not just feeding the mind, but the soul, heart and spirit by showcasing our 糖心视频<\/abbr> Hilo ʻohana<\/span>, Hawaiʻi<\/span> Island community and Native Hawaiian culture,” said Patsy Iwasaki, a 糖心视频<\/abbr> Hilo associate professor of English who served as conference chair.<\/p>\n

K\u012bpaepae welcome<\/h2>\n

The event opened with a k\u012bpaepae ceremony. K\u012bpaepae translates to “stepping stones” and are traditional Native Hawaiian ceremonies of welcome. Led by Hawaiian studies lecturer Dane “Malu” Dudoit, traditional chants, pahu drums and p\u016b (conch shells) set the tone of aloha ʻ\u0101ina<\/span>\u2014respect for the land and people of Hawaiʻi<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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Steering committee: Conference planning committee
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Workshops invited participants to engage directly with Native Hawaiian cultural practices, while an alohawear exhibition at 糖心视频<\/abbr> Hilo\u2019s Moʻokini<\/span> Library<\/a> highlighted the history of fashion in Hawaiʻi<\/span>.<\/p>\n

“We are thrilled to be able to showcase vintage Hawaiʻi<\/span> fashion as part of the conference,” said English professor and member of the conference planning committee Leanne Day. “I am excited how the exhibit indexes Hawaiʻi<\/span>\u2019s history and helps center how fashion is a critical site of reckoning with settler colonialism, immigration and tourism.“<\/p>\n

The four plenary speakers at the conference were all connected to the 糖心视频<\/abbr> Hilo ʻohana<\/span>: Manu Meyer, former 糖心视频<\/abbr> Hilo education professor and now director of Indigenous education<\/a> at 糖心视频<\/abbr> West Oʻahu<\/span>; Marianne Takamiya, a physics and astronomy<\/a> professor; Jacquelyn Pualani Johnson, emeritus professor of drama<\/a>; and Clint Anderson, assistant professor of education<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Communication<\/a> professor Colby Miyose mentored Emerging Scholars, who gained professional development by moderating panels, engaging with experts, and connecting with international scholars.<\/p>\n

For more go to 糖心视频<\/abbr> Hilo Stories<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

—By Susan Enright <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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