We’ve made a YouTube channel so you can access our research seminars and special lectures (like our two professorial inaugurals!).
Take some time to check out the channel at youtube.com/@PacificStudiesU… and hit subscribe so you can be notified when our next videos drop in 2025!
We are so excited to share that ‘Weaving connections: mapping histories and futures of Pacific Research Methodologies’, led by Pacific historians Dr Marcia Leenen-Young & Assoc Prof Lisa Uperesa (now at UCLA), has been awarded a standard grant of $870k.
Pacific feminist scholar, Prof Yvonne Underhill-Sem MNZM, has been a trailblazer in the field of development & Pacific Studies. Her work was recognised in 2022 with the Dame Joan Metge Medal.
auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2024/…
Our superstar Dr Marcia Leenen-Young and her research team are looking for individuals who were in Nauru at the time of Independence (1968).
Please see the flyer for more details & circulate. #FollowThePAC
We’re seeking a Professional Teaching Fellow/Lecturer to teach Samoan language & culture in our Stage 1, 2 & 3 Samoan courses, as well as select Pac Studies courses.
This role will play a key part in curriculum development as a champion & leader of the Samoan language on campus.
Alongside teaching, you will coordinate the undergraduate programme and provide guidance to students in the Pacific Studies programme. If appointed at the Lecturer level, you’ll contribute to our research output through original research of academic and social significance.
Please share this role with anyone whom you think would be suitable. The link to the ad is: smrtr.io/nRvfM
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Talofa! Vaiaso o te Gana Tuvalu – Tuvalu Language Week is here!
This year, the community have chosen the theme of: "Taofi mau ki tau ‘gana, mo tou gaugaleo, me ko tou iloga tena", which means "uphold your language and dialect, for it is your identity"
Please join us for Yvonne Underhill-Sem’s inaugural lecture, reflecting on 3 decades of working w/ the dynamic tensions between gender, culture, & development in the climate-changed Pacific, w/ a particular focus on what happens when practices of respect & care are disregarded /1
Her niece, Melia, is a significant inspiration behind her work, whose short life motivated Yvonne’s research, teaching, & governance.
Register for the lecture 3 Oct, from 5pm in the Fale. This event will be recorded & video will be available online once edited.
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Sending an invite to you all for the PAC 210 - Student Presentations.
This semester, we have four well-crafted presentations focused on themes of language loss, Blackbirding, the Mauna Kea protest, and women's empowerment.
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Don't forget, the Call for Panels for our 2025 AAPS Conference is now open! The conference will be at Sydney University, 3-6 June, convened by the awesome @JiojiRavulo. Get your panel proposal in by 28 Oct, on the theme "Pacific Discourses and Destinies"! pacificstudies.org.au/2024/0…
