{"id":226050,"date":"2025-11-26T12:55:41","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T22:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=226050"},"modified":"2025-11-26T12:55:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T22:55:41","slug":"tanahashi-peace-fellowship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/11\/26\/tanahashi-peace-fellowship\/","title":{"rendered":"Fulfilling Nobumoto Tanahashi\u2019s vision of peace: From Bali to musical composition"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Wiwik Dharmiasih helps with harvesting rice during her field research at the Subak Jatiluwih in Bali, Indonesia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Two University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at Mānoa doctoral students are advancing their dissertation work in peace studies as 2025 Nobumoto Tanahashi Peace Fellows.<\/p>\n

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Emi Obana is completing her PhD<\/abbr> with the Department of Music. She specializes in jazz composition.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Wiwik Dharmiasih, a PhD<\/abbr> student in geography and environment<\/a>, is researching efforts to protect Bali\u2019s subak—thousand-year-old, cooperative rice terraces that utilize an ecologically sustainable irrigation system. Her work examines how local farmers view the sustainability of UNESCO<\/abbr> protections and how community driven decision making can help preserve the cultural landscape.<\/p>\n

Fellow recipient Emi Obana, a PhD<\/abbr> student in music composition and graduate certificate candidate in conflict resolution, is exploring peace through musical composition. Her dissertation centers on how personal transformation can inspire community peace, and she plans to use the fellowship to support a live performance of her final piece.<\/p>\n

“I was deeply inspired by Nobumoto Tanahashi and his vision,” Obana said. “He made world peace his personal mission. Going through the application process helped me reflect on what peace truly means for me, and it strengthened my resolve to make world peace my own personal mission.”<\/p>\n

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The Hawaiʻi<\/span> Peace Memorial honors Japanese immigrants and their descendants.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The fellowship honors the legacy of Reverend Nobumoto Tanahashi, a Japanese businessman and spiritual leader, and founder of the Heiwa Kyokai (Order of Peace Congregation).<\/p>\n

His 1986 gift to 糖心视频<\/abbr>, the Hawaiʻi<\/span> Peace Memorial outside Kennedy Theatre, reflects his vision for global harmony and recognizes the contributions of Japanese immigrants to peace in Hawaiʻi<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The Matsunaga Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution<\/a> awards the fellowship each spring. For the entire story and more information on the fellowship, visit the School of Communication and Information website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Matsunaga Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution awards the fellowship each spring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":226051,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[301,38,1466,330,1026,660,9],"class_list":["post-226050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-college-of-social-sciences","tag-geography","tag-manoa-enhancing-student-success","tag-matsunaga-institute-for-peace","tag-social-science","tag-student-recognition","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t