Facilities
Announcements
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2009
November
- Prof. Yano to speak on “Post-racial Obama in Japan? Struggles of Blood Ideology amid Calls for Change”, Nov. 18, 12:00, Burns Hall 2118
- Prof. Tengan to speak in Fall Festival of Writers, Nov. 19
- Anthropology Alumnus Prof. Puakea Nogelmeier to be interviewed on PBS television Tuesday November 3, 7:30 pm
October
- Congratulations to UH graduate student Kelley L. Uyeoka for receiving a First Nations Future Fellowship award
- The Department remembers Roger Green, UHM Pacific Island Chair, 1981-1982
- Tanya Souza's Hawaii Jr. Archaeology Program is bringing archaeology education to the local school system
- Community radio program launched by Professor Christine Yano in collaboration with others at the JCCH
- On October 24th, the Department will be hosting a day-long symposium and evening dinner banquet as part of our 75th Anniversary events
September
- UH Anthropology PhD Student Kekuewa Kikiloi has recently been recognized in the news for a recent archaeological project on Mokumanamana (or Necker Island) in the NW Hawaiian Islands
- Registration materials and preliminary program information are now available for the Society of Hawaiian Archaeology's (SHA) 23rd annual Hawaiian Archaeology Conference
May
- Duke Press to Publish posthumous book of Ann Dunham, revised and edited by Alice Dewey and Nancy Cooper; Dunham was a graduate of the UHM doctoral program and mother of President Obama
- Tree planting memorial for Dr. Etkin, May 7th
April
- Join the Hawai'i Junior Archaeology Outreach Program
- The April 2009 issue of the International Society for Ethnopharmacology Newsletter is dedicated to the memory of Prof. Nina Etkin.
- Dr. Christine Beaule is organizing a Latin American and Iberian Studies Undergraduate Research Seminar to be held 5/1/0; click here for the call for contributions flyer; submissions due by 4/13/09
- Dr. Alice Dewey to present on Ann Dunham at Distinctive Women in Hawaiian History conference, 4/25/09, 2:30 pm at the Hawai'i Convention Center
March
- Dr. Victor Paz presents "History and the History of Archaeology in the Philippines," 4/3/09, 12:00 in Moore 315
February
- Department cosponsors Pacific conference
- New Takie Sugiyama Lebra Anthropology Scholarship for graduate students focusing in Japan
- Nina L. Etkin Memorial Fund established to sußpport graduate students [click to donate]
January
- Memorial gathering planned for Prof. Etkin
- Prof. Nina Etkin honored with national award as Distinguished Economic Botanist for 2009
- Prof. Alex Golub's research featured in WoW Insider
- Anthro. Ph.D. Candidate Stephen Acabado to give Phillipine Studies Colloquium on Ifugao Rice terraces, 2/2/09, 12:00, Moore 319
2008
December
- Dr. Ty Tengan publishes new book, Native Men Remade: Gender and Nation in Contemporary Hawai'i
- Department plans 75th anniversary commemorative events
November
- Ann Dunham, mother of President-elect Barack Obama and UH Anthropology alumnus, in the news
- Stories to Tell and Pacific Clues television series feature UH archaeologists
October
- Department launches redesigned website
August
- Three new faculty take up positions in the Department
page last updated November 13, 2009