Asia and the Pacific in German Culture

Great news! A two day conference on Asia and the Pacific in German culture will take place on Friday, Feb. 14 - Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014 at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa's Center for Korean Studies.

Details and program: facebook.com/asiapacificgermany

All events are free and open to the public.

Asia and the Pacific in German Culture

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Center for Korean Studies

February 14-15, 2014

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is thrilled to announce a two-day conference on Asia and the Pacific in German Culture taking place at University of Hawai'i at Mānoa on Friday, Feb. 14 and Friday, Feb. 15, 2014. 

All events are free and open to faculty, students and staff, as well as to members of the community.

   Friday, February 14, 2014 - 9:00 - 5:30 pm

9:00 - 9:30 am - Welcoming Remarks: Dean Robert Bley-Vroman (LLL)

    Opening Address - Prof. Niklaus Schweizer (LLEA / German)

9:30-10:30 am Keynote: James Bade, Prof. of German, University of Auckland

The German Connection with the Pacific, 1843-1918: Samoa, New Zealand + Tonga.

10:45 am - 5:00 pm - Conference panels:

Panel 1. The Pacific - Anthropology, Travel and Art

Panel 2. The Pacific - Travel and Politics

Panel 3. The Pacific and Beyond

5:00 - 5:30 pm - Reception and performances:

    Aaja Nachle Hawaii Indian Dances, German Club, Samoan Club, South Asian Club

    Saturday, February 15, 2014 - 9:00 - 5:00 pm

8:00 - 9:00 am - Royal Hawaiian Band

9:30-10:30 am Keynote: Doug McGetchin, Prof. of History, Florida Atlantic Univ

The Specter Haunting German Orientalism: Edward Said's Influence on the Study of Germans, India and the British Empire

10:45 am - 5:00 pm - Conference panels 

Panel 4. India: Philosophy

Panel 5. Southeast Asia - Race and Otherness

Panel 6. Southeast Asia  and China: Literature and Cinema

5:00 - 5:30 pm - Endnote Address

Prof. Sai Bhatawadekar (IPLL / Hindi) - The Present + Future of German Orientalism

Conference Co-organizers: 

Professor Sai Bhatawadekar (IPLL / Hindi) 

Professor Christina Gerhardt (LLEA/German)

Professor Fata Simanu-Klutz (IPLL/Samoan)

Generously co-sponsored by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD); the Office of the Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs (OVCAA); Student Equity Excellence Diversity / Diversity Equity Initiative; the College of Arts and Humanities; the College of Languages, Linguistics and Literature; International Cultural Studies; Center for Pacific Island Studies; Center for South Asian Studies; Center for Southeast Asian Studies; Departments of Indo-Pacific Languages and Literatures; Department of Languages and Literatures of Europe andthe Americas.