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From: Andrew De Lisle <andrew.delisle at anu.edu.au<mailto:andrew.delisle at anu.edu.au>>
Subject: [Chl.all] PAH seminar Tuesday, 28 Apr
Date: 21 April 2015 10:28:59 AM AEST
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Dear All,
Please be advised of next week's Pacific and Asian History seminar.
With apologies for cross-posting.

School of Culture, History and Language
ANU College of Asia and the Pacific

Department of Pacific and Asian History
2014 Seminar Series


Tuesday, 28 April 2015, 3:00pm - 5:00pm



Seminar Room A, Coombs Building (9), Fellows Road, ANU

Lo'au University and 'Education for Thinking'

Siosiua Lafitani (aka Tōfua’ipangai)
School of Social Philosophy, Ethno-science and Humanities
Lo'au University, Nuku'alofa, Kingdom of Tonga


This seminar will be based and conducted on the traditional Moanan-Tongan principle of Talanoa. It examines the formation and development of Lo’au University (LU) as the first full online higher learning system in the Kingdom of Tonga and among the Moanan (Pacific Island) countries since January 2014. The discussion consists of three parts. The first discusses and highlights the reasons behind the formation of LU as an online higher learning system. The materialization of the vision of His Majesty King Tupou V on the advancement of education in cyberspace was one reason. The second part deals with the core curriculum and educational programs of LU. We have developed our degrees in the light of the notion of ‘proficiency’, that is, students must be proficient, efficient and wise in learning, discussing and applying knowledge. The last part explains the philosophy of LU, based on ‘Education for Thinking’, and the motto, ‘Omnipresence-in-Ma’ananga’. Education for Thinking is an extension of the classical Western concept of ‘Education for Knowledge’ and the motto is a direct Tongan translation of the proverb, ‘Toka-‘i-Ma’ananga’. It is a ’worldview to life’ that was used only for the Ha’a Lo’au, ‘Lo’au Lineage’, in ancient Tongan society. In conclusion, the discussion reflects on the importance of merging the Western philosophy of education and the Lo’auan and Tongan-Moanan worldview to life.

Siosiua Lafitani gained his BA from ‘Atenisi University in Tonga and his PhD from the Australian Catholic University on the relationship between Graeco-Roman and Tongan forms of obligation. Resident in both Canberra and Tonga, he is now Dean of Lo’au University, which was formed in 2013 by former graduates of ‘Atenisi and which promotes a Moanan-Tongan philosophy and approach to research. A public intellectual in Tonga, where he is a regular radio speaker, Professor Lafitani is a committed advocate of Pacific community groups in Tonga and Australia.
All welcome. You are invited to join the speaker for drinks after the seminar at Fellows Bar, University House

Enquiries:
Andrew De Lisle <andrew.delisle at anu.edu.au<mailto:andrew.delisle at anu.edu.au>>
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Andrew De Lisle
PhD Candidate (East Asian History)
School of Culture, History and Language
College of Asia and the Pacific
Australian National University

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