American Studies- University of Hawaii, Manoa

05/06/2024

Wonderful news! Ya-Chu (Yana) Chang, AMST PhD '23, has accepted the position of assistant professor specializing in American literature in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature at National Taiwan University, where she will start teaching in August.

We are extremely happy and proud of Yana and are certain that she will launch an exciting scholarly career that enriches and transforms critical transpacific studies. Congratulations, Yana!

(The photos are from her graduation and post-commencement drive around island with her proud advisor in May 2023 .)

05/04/2024

Some AMST graduate students are part of Kūkulu Pōhaku Workshop at Native Books at Arts and Letters TONIGHT, Friday, May 3, 6-8pm! Join the celebration of pōhaku and aloha for your place

04/09/2024

Be sure to participate in "The 1898 Project Summit," an extremely important two-day summit of leading scholars and activists on American imperialism, including colleagues and alum of AMST!

See the full program here:

04/05/2024

Come join us for AMST Movie Night! We'll eat pizza while watching Bradley Cooper's film "Maestro"! The viewing will be followed by a casual talk-story session. Students who have learned a lot about Leonard Bernstein in Professor Yoshihara's AMST 383 (Critical Research Methods) will take the lead in what promises to be a lively conversation!

Friday, April 12, 6pm
Moore Hall Rm 319 (Tokioka Room)

All are welcome. AMST majors are especially encouraged to bring non-AMST friends so that we can show off how fun our major is!

RSVP so that we can order the right amount of pizza, but walk-ins are also welcome.

04/03/2024

Join us for the last of the Spring 2024 Colloquium jointly sponsored by Departments of American Studies, Ethnic Studies, and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies!

Dr. Maiko Le Lay and Dr. Ethan Caldwell will have a conversation on "Moving In-Between: How Black and Japanese Hafus Navigate Polyculturalism On and Offline."

Friday, April 12, 12:00-1:15pm
Gartley 103

03/16/2024

Congratulations to Professor Jonna Eagle, who has been selected as the 2024 recipient of the Peter V. Garrod Distinguished Graduate Mentoring Award!!! This is a wonderful recognition of the excellent work she has done in working with our graduate students.

Professor Eagle's award will be recognized at the 2024 Mānoa Awards Ceremony on May 8.

03/15/2024

Read "Unpinning Madama Butterfly," a review essay of Boston Lyric Opera's production of Madama Butterfly, co-authored by AMST Professor Mari Yoshihara and Professor Kunio Hara of the University of South Carolina ! The production created by a team of Asian American artists audaciously re-interprets and re-envisions this canonical opera with fraught legacies and tells a powerful story of race in America.

The essay is in American Quarterly 76.1 (March 2024), available through Project MUSE at UH and many other libraries.

03/01/2024

If you were enthralled by Gina Apostol's keynote address as the Inouye Chair, or if you unfortunately had to miss that address, you have another chance to hear her speak soon!

Gina will be in conversation with our very own Joyce Mariano in the colloquium co-sponsored by American Studies, Ethnic Studies, and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies on March 8, 12:00-1:15pm. Hope you will join us!

02/20/2024

Gina Apostol, award-winning author of many novels, including _Insurrecto_, is spending the Spring 2024 semester at the UHM American Studies Department as the Dan and Maggie Inouye Distinguished Chair in Democratic Ideals. She will be giving her keynote address, "No Democracy Left Behind: On Novels, Nation, and Resistance" on Thursday, February 22, at 6:30pm at the Art Auditorium on UHM campus. The event is free and open to the public. Register below and join us for this special and important occasion!

We are pleased to announce a major public address by acclaimed novelist Gina Apostol, this semester’s Dan and Maggie Inouye Distinguished Chair in Democratic Ideals.

01/28/2024

Come join us for the third presentation for the faculty search in Korean diaspora, migration, and/or transnationalism:

Young Oh Jung (ABD in History, University of California, San Diego)

"Diaspora Dignified: Histories of Cross-Racial Solidarities and Radical Struggles of Resistance in the Korean American Diaspora, 1905-1932"

Wednesday, January 31
4-5pm
Moore Hall Rm 423

01/26/2024

Second presentation for the faculty search in Korean diaspora, migration, and/or transnationalism:

Hyo Kyung Woo (Assistant Professor of English, Edward Waters University)

"Korean Englishes and Interacting Empires through Transpacific Circulation, 1895-1945"

Friday, January 26, 4-5pm
Moore Hall Rm 423

01/18/2024

The Department of American Studies in the midst of a search for an assistant professor specializing in Korean diaspora, migration, and/or transnationalism. Three finalists will be coming for campus visits in the next two weeks. Come join us for their job talks to learn about their work!

First up:

Mi Hyun Yoon (ABD in American Studies, Rutgers University)
"'Angry Moms': Grassroots Activism of MissyUSA Members to Reveal the Truth of the Sewol Ferry Sinking"

Wednesday, January 24, 4-5pm
Kuykendall Hall Rm 305