School of Pacific and Asian Studies

The Annual SPAS Graduate Student Conference is nearly here! Please join us for a talk by keynote speaker Thogchai Winichakul at 3pm on Thursday, April 11 in the Center for Korean Studies.

Thongchai Winichakul is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison , and currently Senior Researcher at the Institute of Developing Economies (ジェトロ アジア経済研究所(IDE-JETRO)) in Japan. His book, Siam Mapped (1994), was awarded the Harry J Benda Prize from the Association for Asian Studies, Inc. (AAS). He was a recipient of the John Simon Guggenheim Award in 1994 and was President of the Association for Asian Studies by its members in 2013/14. His research interests are in the cultural and intellectual history of Siam focusing on the intellectual foundation of modern Siam (1880-1930). His forthcoming book is, however, on the history of memories of the 1976 massacre in Bangkok, the tragedy in which he was a participant. He is also a well-known critic of Thai political and social issues and has published six books and several articles in Thai.

UH Manoa Asian Studies Program Professor Patricio N Abinales has published an analysis of last week's arrest of journalist Maria Ressa of the Philippines.

Ms. Ressa is CEO and Executive Editor of Rappler, the Philippines' most successful online news outlet and one that has not shied away from publishing stories that are critical of President Rodrigo Duterte and his associates. Dr. Abinales points out similarities between Duterte's attacks on the free press and similar attacks made by dictator Ferdinand Marcos in the 1970s.

The article appears in the Australian Outlook, published by the Australian Institute of International Affairs. Click below to see the full text.

The Arrest of a Journalist in the Philippines - AIIA In Duterte’s Philippines, laws intended to combat cybercrime are being used to stifle the media. Maria Ressa's arrest shows the threat to the nation's democracy.

BBC World Service - The Inquiry, What’s so scary about Huawei? Smartphones, sanctions and death sentences: what's going on with Huawei?

The 10th Center for Korean Studies Forum on Critical Issues in Korean Studies presents...

Sexuality and Public Politics: Temporal Contingency of the movement in Contemporary South Korea.

February 7: 4pm to 6pm
Center for Korean Studies
University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Now that the US midterm elections are over, how will President Trump react?

UH Manoa Asian Studies Program's Assistant Professor Kristi Govella at the University of Hawaii at Manoa spoke with The Japan Times about some different possibilities on the foreign policy front:

With GOP's loss of House, should Japan anticipate a more hard-line Trump? | The Japan Times Tokyo may see President Donald Trump accelerate his war on what he considers “unfair” trade, as he seeks ways to fire up his political base.

"...They can’t just say that they’re ending aid, because it would be a negative thing on the 40th anniversary of the Sino-Japanese friendship.”

Dr. Kristi Govella of the UH Manoa Asian Studies Program weighs in on China-Japan relations in this The New York Times:

Shinzo Abe Says Japan Is China’s ‘Partner,’ and No Longer Its Aid Donor For 40 years, Japan has quietly given foreign aid to China. Visiting Beijing, its leader said that would end, announcing a “new phase” in the relationship.

Please join us at the 24th Annual Men's March Against Violence, Hawai'i on Thursday, October 4, at the Hawaii State Capitol. The event will begin at 11:45am until 1:30pm.

A UH group photo is planned to occur immediately prior to the start of the event. The event itself will consist of a roughly 20-minute walk followed by a rally at Iolani Palace.

If you have a UH Mānoa "Aloha" T-shirt from previous years, please wear it to this event. If you do not already have a UH Mānoa "Aloha" T-shirt, free t-shirts are available (while supplies last) by filling out this form:
https://goo.gl/forms/dFZFYtXHx9m4Mufn2

A shuttle service organized by UH Mānoa is available; however, seats are limited. To RSVP for a ride from University of Hawaii at Manoa to ʻIolani Palace and back, please fill out THIS Google Form:
https://goo.gl/forms/osTXOirtNBIOJOyj2

Once your spot is confirmed, you will receive an email with further details regarding pick-up location and time. Hope to see you there!

Our own Dr. Kristi Govella, assistant professor for UH Manoa Asian Studies Program weighs in on a New York Times article today.

Click below to see the full article.

With a Submarine, Japan Sends a Message in the South China Sea A Japanese submarine participated in war games in the crucial waters and is now visiting Vietnam, signaling a more assertive pushback against China.

UHM’s own Christine Yano of Anthropology has been nominated as a candidate for the Association for Asian Studies, Inc. (AAS) Vice-Presidency.

As many of you may know, under AAS rules the VP serves for a year’s “apprenticeship” and is then promoted the next year to AAS President.

If you are an AAS member eligible to vote, you will receive an email with your ID and password along with a link to the voting page.

Christine is certainly well qualified for the position and it would wonderful to have someone from University of Hawaii at Manoa in the AAS presidency! (The last such person was Barbara Andaya in 2005-2006) Please vote!

Remember, the link will arrive via email! This link is some information for our UHM candidate, Christine Yano. Mahalo!

Department of Anthropology | Christine Yano, PhD | University of Hawaii at Manoa I have undergraduate degrees in Communication (Film) from Stanford University and Musicology (Ethnomusicology) from the University of Michigan. My graduate degrees are all from the University of Hawai'i, M.A. in Musicology (Ethnomusicology) and Anthropology, and Ph.D. in Anthropology. My Ph.D. work....

2018 Andrews Chair Lecture
September 27, 2018
Center for Korean Studies
4:30 pm

“Between the Streets and the Assembly: Protests, Activists, and Political Parties in Korea.”
by Professor Yoonkyung Lee of University of Toronto.

Koreans frequently take to the streets to articulate political demands, but these expressions of collective energy generally fail to lead to strengthening political parties.

An examination of this enigmatic reality will be at the heart of the 2018 Andrews Chair Lecture.

Lee is a political sociologist who specializes in labor politics, social movements, political representation, and the political economy of neoliberalism. She is the University of Hawaii at Manoa School of Pacific and Asian Studies 2018 Arthur Lynn Andrews Visiting Professor of Asian and Pacific Studies.

Lee is a political sociologist who specializes in labor politics, social movements, political representation, and the political economy of neoliberalism. She is the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa School of Pacific and Asian Studies 2018 Arthur Lynn Andrews Visiting Professor of Asian and Pacific Studies. The title of her lecture is “Between the Streets and the Assembly: Protests, Activists, and Political Parties in Korea.”

Audition for a spectacular production on Kennedy Theatre Mainstage: A Midsummer Night's Bollywood Dream. A song-n-dance marriage of Shakespeare and Bollywood!

If you are interested in singing, dancing, acting or all of the above, please come audition for the play!

September 4th and 5th.
Studio S - Kennedy Theater
Callbacks September 6th, 5.30pm onwards.
Details: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PNTSMp1oaP45pittpZhR-t2O7l6fLlBf/view?usp=sharing

http://manoa.hawaii.edu/liveonstage/dream/