Colloquia

For more information, contact the Department of Anthropology at anthprog@hawaii.edu.

The Power of Remainder: Politics and Poetics of Healing in Buddhist Myanmar

  • Speaker: Céline Coderey, Visiting Researcher and Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, UH Mānoa
  • Date/Time: Thursday, April 30, 2026, at 3:00 PM
  • Place: Crawford Hall 115, UH Mānoa

Slow Burns: Film Screening & Discussion

  • Speaker: Pollie Bith-Melander, Medical Anthropologist and Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work at California State University, Stanislaus
  • Date/Time: Thursday, April 16, 2026, at 3:00 PM
  • Place: Crawford Hall 115, UH Mānoa

Wai Community Matters: The Imperative of Place-based Water Research and Education for Hawaiʻi

  • Speaker: Aurora Kagawa-Viviani, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Environment, UH Mānoa
  • Date/Time: Thursday, April 2, 2026, at 3:00 PM
  • Place: Crawford Hall 115, UH Mānoa

Message in a Bottleneck: Founder Effects & Clinical Insight in Polynesia

  • Speaker: Keolu Fox, Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, San Diego
  • Date/Time: Thursday, January 22, 2026, at 3:00 PM 
  • Place: Crawford Hall 115