[ANU Pacific.Institute] Indigenous Politics Masterclass with Prof. Noenoe Silva (UH) - September 17

[Nicholas Mortimer]

Indigenous Politics Masterclass
Coombs Extension Room 1.04
September 17, 2013
10:00am-14:00
 
Professor Noenoe Silva (University of Hawai‘i)
Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies Distinguished Visitor
Noenoe Silva was born on O‘ahu of Kanaka Maoli descent and she teaches courses in indigenous politics at the University of Hawai‘i. Her book Aloha Betrayed: Native Hawaiian Resistance to American Colonialism (Durham: Duke University Press, 2004) received the “Most Influential Book in Native American and Indigenous Studies in the First Decade of the Twenty-First Century Prize” at the Annual meeting of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association in Sacramento in 2011. The book is a ground-breaking critique of Hawai'i’s colonial history and has been described by scholar J. Kehaulani Kauanui as “a superb contribution to the ongoing process of decolonization, recovery, and overcoming the suppression of Kanaka Maoli knowledge.”

This Masterclass is open to Honours, Masters and PhD students, and Early Career Researchers across the ANU. It will focus on Professor Noenoe Silva’s areas of expertise including indigenous languages and concepts, indigenous expressions of culture, pre and post-colonial political histories, and contemporary indigenous politics in Hawai‘i and Oceania.

Applicants should send their name and a brief paragraph outlining their current research project to nicholas.mortimer at anu.edu.au by September 13, 2013.  Later year undergraduate students in Pacific Studies and other relevant indigenous topics courses are also welcome to participate in the discussions. Everyone will be expected to complete a selection of readings focused on Prof. Silva’s research.

As part of her visit to the ANU, Prof Silva will be delivering the keynote address at the conference New Mana: Transformations of a Classic Concept in Pacific Languages and Cultures, 11:00 am, 19 September, Hedley Bull 2.

The Indigenous Politics Masterclass is presented by the Pacific Studies program in the School of Culture, History and Language, The Australian Association for Pacific Studies, and the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies (RSAP) in the College of Asia and the Pacific. 



Nicholas Mortimer | ARC Laureate Administrator | HC Coombs Building (#9) | The Australian National University | Canberra ACT 0200 | Australia | Tel: +61 2 61253148 | Mobile: +61 (0)416 625 145 






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