Spring 2008 Speaker Series:

Commemoration: The University in the Twenty-First Century

How has the mission of higher education in the United States or elsewhere changed in the past century? How have research and teaching at UH been shaped by its institutional nature as a land-grant university in a colonial setting? In what ways have universities responded to—and/or shaped—the flows of knowledge, people, and capital in the age of globalization? Whatever happened to the Culture Wars? How has the nature of knowledge production changed in the twenty-first century? What are the roles of the classrooms, laboratories, studios, libraries, and archives in today’s university? How can cultural studies effectively address these questions? All presentations are free and open to the public.

Time: 12:00pm – 1:20pm Place: East-West Center, Burns Hall 2118

Wed. Feb. 6^th – Wimal Dissanayake, Academy for Creative Media, UH Manoa

“Cultural Studies and the University: My Hong Kong Experience”

Wed. Feb. 20^th – David Kahane, Department of Political Science, University of Alberta

"Teaching in the Life of a Great University"

Burns Hall 4005

Wed. Feb. 27^th –James Horton, Department of American Studies and History, George Washington University & Department of American Studies, UHM,

Lois Horton, Department of History, George Mason University & Department of American Studies, UHM

"Commemorating Slavery: The Tough Stuff of American Memory"

Burns Hall 4005

Wed. Mar. 5^th – Kanalu Young, Kamakakuokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies, UH Manoa

"UH Centennial: More than a Reflection on Institutional Progress"

Burns Hall 4005 ~CANCELLED~

Wed. Mar. 12^th – ICS Roundtable Discussion, Moderator: Ming-Bao Yue

Geoffrey White, Department of Anthropology and East West Center,

Wimal Dissanayake, Academy of Creative Media, Richard Nettell, Department of English,

Kathy Ferguson, Department of Political Science and Women’s Studies

"UH-Manoa in the Age of Globalization: The Impact of the 'Military-Industrial-Academic' Paradigm'"

Burns Hall 2125

Wed. Mar. 19^th – Himanee Gupta, Humanities and Sciences Department, Cornish College of the Arts

“U.S. Diasporas After Katrina: Stories of Displaced Hurricane Survivors in Seattle”

Wed. April 2nd – Cynthia Franklin, Department of English, UH Manoa

"Academic Lives: Memoir, Cultural Theory and the University Today"

Wed. April 16^th – Mamo Kim, Department of Political Science, UH Manoa

"Public Health as a Lens for Education"

Wed. April 23^rd – Sankaran Krishna, Department of Political Science, UH Manoa

“Comparative Assassinations: The Change in Moral Economy of Political Killing in South Asia”