Pacific Worlds and the American West Conference
February 08 & 09, 2008
University of Utah
Press Release
For Immediate Release:
Salt Lake City, Utah. January 22, 2007. The University of Utah’s American West Center will be hosting an international, interdisciplinary conference on Pacific Worlds and the American West on February 8th and 9th, 2008. As the home to one of the largest and oldest Pacific Island communities in the United States, Salt Lake City provides an ideal location for this interdisciplinary gathering. Over 70 scholars from around the Pacific, the US and Europe will consider the intersecting histories of these two regions and the people that call them home. The highlight of the conference will be keynote speeches from four of the most renowned scholars of the Pacific: Dr. Haunani Kay Trask, a prominent Hawaiian native leader and activist; Dr. Linda Tuhiwai-Smith, a leading Pacific indigenous researcher; Dr. Peter Brunt, an authority in Pacific Art and tattoos; and Dr. Vicente Diaz, an expert in traditional Micronesian seafaring practices. Â
Please join us at the Fort Douglas Officers’ Club and the Post Theater for any of the 17 panels or 4 keynote addresses. We welcome all who are interested in research and dialogue about the Pacific World and its relationship with the American West, especially teachers who are interested in Pacific pedagogies and adding Pacific content to their courses.
For more information, directions, and a full schedule, please visit www.awc.utah.edu
Contact Information:
‘Anapesi Ka’ili
anapesi.kaili@utah.edu
Office (801) 581-7611
Fax (801) 581-7612
Cell (801) 673-3034
The conference was inspiring and gut-wrenching.. and I only hope that California will follow
the example that the U of U has set.
THAT IS SOOOOOO wonderful!!!!! I, myself, would like to pursue my dream as being a singer later in life, and one of my biggest goals for doing so would be to preserve the traditional tongan sounds and lyrics in an album of my own! Seeing Neti Taumoepeau accomplish this same goal just inspires me so much! I’ve listened to her “Mo’ui Honge Ifo” single, and I think she did an exemplary job!! It’s just wonderful and exactly how I would have done it..Bravo…or rather, brava!! hahaha malo ‘aupito