Unlearning the "American Pacific": A Symposium on Anti-Colonial Pedagogies

I will be in UCLA for the Pacific Islander symposium this week!

If you are in town, please join us at the symposium!



Unlearning the "American Pacific": A Symposium on Anti-Colonial Pedagogies
2nd Floor Lounge, Ackerman Student Union, UCLA
Friday, April 10, 2009
8:00 am - 5:30 pm
Schedule

8:00 - 8:30 Coffee and Registration
8:30 - 9:00 Opening Remarks
9:00 - 10:00 Keynote speaker: Vicente M. Diaz University of Michigan
10:00 - 10:15 Break

10:15 - 12:00 Panel One: Empire and Sovereignty
Iosefa Aina, Pomona College
Elizabeth DeLoughrey, UCLA
Erin Wright, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
Discussant: Duane Champagne, UCLA

12:00 - 1:30 Lunch

Keynote speaker: Maenette Benham, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa

1:30 - 3:15 Panel Two: Gender and Sexuality
Fuifuilupe Niumeitolu, UC Berkeley
Dan Taulapapa McMullin, Independent Scholar and Artist
Michelle Erai, UC Riverside
Discussant: Victor Bascara, UCLA

3:15 - 3:30 Break

3:30 - 5:15 Panel Three: Indigeneity and Race
AnnaMarie Christiansen, Brigham Young University (Hawai'i)
'Anapesi Ka'ili, University of Utah
Addie Rolnick, UCLA
Discussant: Lori Pierce, DePaul University

5:15 - 5:30 Closing Remarks

5:30 - 7:00 Networking and Light Appetizers