How are the Pacific Islands historically linked to the Atlantic seaboard? How are they connected in the contemporary moment? Can Pacific Islands Studies be stretched beyond Oceanic sites to the far reaches of the Atlantic? Pacific Islands, Atlantic Worlds will explore zones of artistic, academic, and political contact between Pacific Islands and Atlantic Worlds. Buwilding on other diasporic and institutional initiatives, this symposium emphasizes resource-sharing for scholars researching and teaching about the Pacific Islands on the East Coast and U.S. continent. The symposium will provide an introduction to a broad range of developments in Pacific Studies to an East Coast audience, bringing together faculty from the Pacific region with scholars and students on the U.S. continent.

Symposium Organizing Committee

Adria L. Imada, convener, New York University
Dr. J. Kehaulani Kauanui, Wesleyan University
Dr. Anne-Marie Tupuola, New York University and Columbia University
Dr. John Kuo Wei Tchen, New York University

 

Pacific Islands, Atlantic Worlds is made possible by the generous support of the Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawai`i, Manoa, and serves as its twenty-sixth annual conference. This symposium is also co-sponsored by the following New York University programs & departments Ü American Studies, Anthropology, Center for Media, Culture, & History Ü as well as the Center for Place, Culture, and Politics at the City University of New York.