Department of English, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa University of Hawaii Department of English

Time 2020-09-15 23:06:22

Web Name: Department of English, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa University of Hawaii Department of English

WebSite: http://www.english.hawaii.edu

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Recent News Congratulations to Associate Professor Craig Santos Perez! Recipient of the Mellon/ACLS Scholars & Society Fellowship. Congratulations to Associate Professor Candace Fujikane, 2020 winner of the Engaged Scholar Award from the Association for Asian American Studies! Congratulations to Associate Professor Anna Feuerstein! Recipient of the Presidential Citation for Meritorious Teaching. Former UH Mānoa English Professor Caroline Sinavaiana Gabbard was recognized as one of the influential women from U.S. territories on USA Today’s Women of the Century list.[As always, please be on the lookout for adjustments/additions.] Unless otherwise intimated, all events through the Fall 2020 semester will be at 3:00 PM on Thursday via Zoom (link will be shared a few days before the event); unusual dates/times are underscored.9/10 Building on the Retreat Part I: 1898: Significance of Date for Department The department voted to change the period marker 1900 to 1898 in 2018. At the retreat in Fall 2019, clarifying the significance of the date for the department was identified as an action item. This panel initiates department discussion in this regard.Anna Feuerstein, ku’ualoha ho’omanawanui, Craig Howes10/1 Drop-In Session: Supporting Students in CrisisFacilitators: Sarah Allen Dax Garcia10/15 Building on the Retreat Part II: Future of the Department in a Changing Market for PhDs At the retreat in Fall 2019, the department identified the above topic as worthy of further discussion. This panel initiates that discussion. Derrick Higginbotham, Darin Payne, Tiana Kahaukawila10/22 Joseph Keene Chadwick Lecture “A Queer Theirstory of Polynesia” Dan Taulapapa McMillinMembers of the two groups that received Research Outcomes Grants in 2019-2020 will present their work. Cristina Bacchilega and Cynthia Franklin, conveners of the two groups, will facilitate.Left to Right: Kristiana Kahakauwila, Hannah Manshel, and Danielle SeidSpecializations: fiction, creative nonfiction, contemporary literatures of Hawai`i the Pacific, Indigenous literatures of North America, magazine editing; publishingSpecializations: American literature pre-1900, law, Black studies literatures, Indigenous studies literatures, queer studies, decolonization, abolition.Specializations: American film television history; film theory; narrative studies; feminist and queer media studies; critical race and ethnic studies; Marxist cultural studies; Asian American literature and culture; transgender studies STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF ACADEMIC LABOR UNITED S WORK IN SUPPORT OF BETTER LABOR CONDITIONS The following statement was approved by the English Department as a whole. As such it is a departmental statement and should not be taken to represent the personal opinion of every single member of the department. The UH English Department recognizes the necessary work being done byAcademic Labor Unitedto organize for better labor conditions for graduate student workers (graduate assistants, research assistants, and teaching assistants). The Families First Coronavirus Response Act requires the University to provide employees including GAs and lecturers who are unable to work from home with paid sick leave and expanded family and medical leave for specified reasons related to COVID-19 through December 2020. However, as we enter times of increasing hardship, especially for those working as adjuncts or GAs, we need to do more.We support the demands being made byAcademic Labor United, including for sick leave that extends beyond Covid-19. As we prepare to teach face-to-face this fall, we recognize ever more clearly that the need for sick leave and collective bargaining rights, as well as for guaranteed mental and physical health care, is a matter of public health and safety, as well as a way to support graduate students’ basic needs and well being. further urge the University Administration to take into account the similar needs of adjunct faculty, including for comprehensive health care and sick leave.

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