University of Hawaii at Manoa
Department of English
Fall 2015
Colloquium Series & Department Meetings Schedule
(3:00 – 4:30 pm in KUY 410 unless otherwise noted)
AUGUST
AUGUST 27:
Department Meeting
SEPTEMBER
SEPTEMBER 3:
“Simulation, Metaphor and an Obese Pink Monster”
Dave Ciccoricco, University of Otago-Dunedin, Aotearoa/NZ
SEPTEMBER 4:
Limbo: A Novel About Jamaica – book launch
Esther Figueroa with Shawna Yang Ryan, Rajiv Mohabir and Rain Cannon Wright
(5:30 – 7:30 pm)
SEPTEMBER 10:
“Literatures of the World: An Inquiry”
S. Shankar, UHM-English
SEPTEMBER 17:
“Creating Futures Rooted in Wonder” Symposium Opening Roundtable
Speakers: Cristina Bacchilega, Grace Dillon, Kamuela Enos, Jon Osorio, Nisi Shawl (Moderator Bryan Kamaoli Kuwada)
SEPTEMBER 22:
“Working With Students in Distress”
Katherine Fast & Jesse Hutchison (Counseling & Student Development Center) organized by Daphne Desser, Director of First-Year Writing and Mentoring
SEPTEMBER 24:
Graduate Program Concentration Group Meetings
OCTOBER
OCTOBER 1:
Department Meeting
OCTOBER 8:
Rank Meetings of the Policy Committee
(I-5 in KUY 410, 1-4 in KUY 412A, I-3 in Kuy 409 and grad students in KUY 415)
OCTOBER 15:
Memorial Poetry Reading in Honor of Nell Altizer
Organized by Joe OʻMealy and Mark Wilson
OCTOBER 20:
“Pacific Currents” – a special issue of American Quarterly launch
Paul Lyons, UHM-English and Ty P. Kāwika Tengan, UHM-Ethnic Studies
Co-sponsored with American Studies and Ethnic Studies
(3:00 – 5:00 pm KUY 410)
OCTOBER 22:
English 625 Colloquium on Citizenship
OCTOBER 29:
English 625 Colloquium on Citizenship
“Life in Occupied Palestine” – a special issue of Biography launch
Ibrahim Aoude, UHM-Ethnic Studies, Morgan Cooper & Cynthia Franklin, UHM-English
(6:00 – 8:00 pm in KUY 410)
NOVEMBER
NOVEMBER 5:
Department Meeting
NOVEMBER 12:
“Tokyo Apocalypse: The Ends of Neon Genesis Evangelion”
Steven Holmes – PhD Graduate Student in English
NOVEMBER 19:
Distinguished Writer-in-Residence Reading
Emelihter Kihleng
DECEMBER
DECEMBER 3:
Department Meeting
DECEMBER 10:
CW Graduate Students Reading
Organized by Joseph Han & Rajiv Mohabir, PhD Grad Students in English
DECEMBER 11:
End of the Semester Celebration
(Noon in KUY 410)