"Translating the Human" - Symposium Schedule
THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 2010
Daytime events to be held in the Shramm Room at the John Burns Hall, Room 4005
8:00-8:30 Coffee
8:30-9:00 Opening protocol
9:00-10:15 Keynote Speaker 1:
Konai Helu Thaman, (Pacific Education and Culture, University of the South Pacific)
“The Human in the Context of Pedagogical Practices and Philosophies in
the Pacific”
10:15-10:30 Coffee break
10:30-12:00 Response Panel 1: "Educating the Human."
Moderator: Subramanian Shankar (English and Center for South Asian Studies, UH-Mānoa)
Panelists: Maenette Benham (Dean, School of Hawaiian Knowledge, UH-Mānoa),
Margaret Maaka, (Education, UH-Mānoa)
Cynthia Franklin (English, UH-Mānoa)
12:00-1:30 Lunch
1:30-2:45 Keynote Speaker 2:
Susan Schweik (English and Disability Studies, UC Berkeley),
"The Human, the Person, and Disability Before the Law"
2:45-3:00 Coffee break
3:00-4:30 Response Panel 2: "The Human and the Law."
Moderator: Cynthia Franklin (English, UH-Mānoa)
Panelists: Akira Miyamoto (Political Science, UH-Mānoa)
Julia Morgan (Philosophy, UH-Mānoa)
Kapua Sproat (Law, UH-Mānoa)
Eric Yamamoto (Law, UH-Mānoa)
6:00-9:00 Reception and Cultural Night
(To be held at Kamakakuokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies.)
Program will include music by Jon Osorio and Carlo Andrade; hula; dance from the Pan Pacific
Association; poetry by Kisha Borja-Kicho'cho' and Angela Hoppe-Cruz, Richard Hamasaki, Lyz
Soto, Sage Takehiro, and Konai Helu Thaman; and a brief presentation from the Hawai'i People's
Fund.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 2010
Events to be held in the Shramm Room at the John Burns Hall
8:30-9:00 Coffee break
9:00-10:15: Keynote Speaker 3:
Manu Meyer (Education, UH-Hilo),
“Hawaiian Epistemology and the Human”
10:15-10:30 Coffee break
10:30-12:00 Response Panel 3: "The Human and the Indigenous."
Moderator: Vilsoni Hereniko (Pacific Islands Studies, UH-Mānoa)
Panelists: Shelia Contreras (Chicana Studies, Michigan State University)
Tarcicus Kabutaulaka (Center for Pacific Islands Studies UH-Mānoa)
V. Sanil (Philosophy, Center for South Asian Studies, UH-Mānoa; visiting scholar from IIT Delhi)
Hiwahiwa Steele (Hawaiian Studies, UH-Mānoa)
12:00-1:30 Lunch
1:30-2:45 Keynote Speaker 4:
Salah Hassan (English, Michigan State University),
“Defective Sovereignty: Palestine, National Self Determination and the Global
Order"
2:45-3:00 Coffee break
3:00-4:30 Response Panel 4: "The Human, Human Rights, and the Nation."
Moderator: Jon Osorio (Hawaiian Studies, UH-Mānoa)
Panelists: Joshua Cooper (Leadership Program, East-West Center)
Monisha Das Gupta (Ethnic and Women's Studies, UH-Mānoa)
Bryan Kamaoli Kuwada (English, UH-Mānoa),
Melanie Medalle (Political Science, UH-Mānoa)
4:30-5:30 Concluding Roundtable with Keynote Speakers:
Moderators: Keala Francis (English, UH-Mānoa)
Cheryl Naruse (English, UH-Mānoa)
7:00 Informal dinner
Daytime events to be held in the Shramm Room at the John Burns Hall, Room 4005
8:00-8:30 Coffee
8:30-9:00 Opening protocol
9:00-10:15 Keynote Speaker 1:
Konai Helu Thaman, (Pacific Education and Culture, University of the South Pacific)
“The Human in the Context of Pedagogical Practices and Philosophies in
the Pacific”
10:15-10:30 Coffee break
10:30-12:00 Response Panel 1: "Educating the Human."
Moderator: Subramanian Shankar (English and Center for South Asian Studies, UH-Mānoa)
Panelists: Maenette Benham (Dean, School of Hawaiian Knowledge, UH-Mānoa),
Margaret Maaka, (Education, UH-Mānoa)
Cynthia Franklin (English, UH-Mānoa)
12:00-1:30 Lunch
1:30-2:45 Keynote Speaker 2:
Susan Schweik (English and Disability Studies, UC Berkeley),
"The Human, the Person, and Disability Before the Law"
2:45-3:00 Coffee break
3:00-4:30 Response Panel 2: "The Human and the Law."
Moderator: Cynthia Franklin (English, UH-Mānoa)
Panelists: Akira Miyamoto (Political Science, UH-Mānoa)
Julia Morgan (Philosophy, UH-Mānoa)
Kapua Sproat (Law, UH-Mānoa)
Eric Yamamoto (Law, UH-Mānoa)
6:00-9:00 Reception and Cultural Night
(To be held at Kamakakuokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies.)
Program will include music by Jon Osorio and Carlo Andrade; hula; dance from the Pan Pacific
Association; poetry by Kisha Borja-Kicho'cho' and Angela Hoppe-Cruz, Richard Hamasaki, Lyz
Soto, Sage Takehiro, and Konai Helu Thaman; and a brief presentation from the Hawai'i People's
Fund.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 2010
Events to be held in the Shramm Room at the John Burns Hall
8:30-9:00 Coffee break
9:00-10:15: Keynote Speaker 3:
Manu Meyer (Education, UH-Hilo),
“Hawaiian Epistemology and the Human”
10:15-10:30 Coffee break
10:30-12:00 Response Panel 3: "The Human and the Indigenous."
Moderator: Vilsoni Hereniko (Pacific Islands Studies, UH-Mānoa)
Panelists: Shelia Contreras (Chicana Studies, Michigan State University)
Tarcicus Kabutaulaka (Center for Pacific Islands Studies UH-Mānoa)
V. Sanil (Philosophy, Center for South Asian Studies, UH-Mānoa; visiting scholar from IIT Delhi)
Hiwahiwa Steele (Hawaiian Studies, UH-Mānoa)
12:00-1:30 Lunch
1:30-2:45 Keynote Speaker 4:
Salah Hassan (English, Michigan State University),
“Defective Sovereignty: Palestine, National Self Determination and the Global
Order"
2:45-3:00 Coffee break
3:00-4:30 Response Panel 4: "The Human, Human Rights, and the Nation."
Moderator: Jon Osorio (Hawaiian Studies, UH-Mānoa)
Panelists: Joshua Cooper (Leadership Program, East-West Center)
Monisha Das Gupta (Ethnic and Women's Studies, UH-Mānoa)
Bryan Kamaoli Kuwada (English, UH-Mānoa),
Melanie Medalle (Political Science, UH-Mānoa)
4:30-5:30 Concluding Roundtable with Keynote Speakers:
Moderators: Keala Francis (English, UH-Mānoa)
Cheryl Naruse (English, UH-Mānoa)
7:00 Informal dinner
