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Brown Bag Biography Series
Discussions of Life Writing
by and for Town and Gown
THURSDAYS, 12:00 NOON -1:15 P.M. (unless
otherwise noted)
Brought to you by the
Center for Biographical Research, UH Mänoa,
Henke Hall 325, 1800 East-West Road, 808.956.3774, <http://www.hawaii.edu/biograph/cbrbbspring08.html>
SPRING
2008
January 24 |
False Consciousness
or Alternative Subjectivities: Methodological Reflections
on Musicians from a Different Shore: Asians and Asian Americans
in Classical Music
Mari Yoshihara, Associate Professor of American Studies,
University of Hawaii at Manoa
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January 31
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My Life Journey: Reflections of an Academic
Wai-Fah Chen, Researcher in Civil and Environmental Engineering,
University of Hawaii at Manoa |
| February 21 |
Hung Wai and Shigeo: Heroes in Hiding
Tom Coffman, Filmmaker and Author |
| February 28 |
Choices: Deciding How to Write History, and for
Whom
Alan Howard and Jan Ransel, Department of Anthropology and
Center for Pacific Island Studies, University of Hawaii at
Manoa
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| March 13 |
Joseph Machlis and the Enjoyment of Music
Robert Ball, Professor of Classics, University of Hawaii
at Manoa |
| March 20 |
Master of the Laugh: An Onstage Look at the Life
of Moliere
Paul Mitri, Assistant Professor of Theatre, University of Hawaii
at Manoa
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| April 3 |
Several Ways of Looking at a Musial
Joseph Stanton, Associate Professor of Art and Art History,
University of Hawaii at Manoa |
| April 10 |
A Gift of Stories: CFHT's Oral History Project
Liz Bryson, Librarian, Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope |
| April 17 |
Memories of War: Micronesians in the Pacific War
Suzanne Falgout, Professor of Anthropology, University of
Hawaii at West Oahu |
| April 24 |
Information and Emotion on the Daily Round
Diane Nahl, Professor of Library and Information Sciences,
University of Hawaii at Manoa |
Brownbag lectures of
the past:
Spring 2007
Fall 2006
Spring 2006
Fall 2005
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2003 |
Rita Beamish, freelance journlist
and former Associated Press White House, political and
foreign affairs writer. "Beyond
the Spin: Journalistic Challenges from the Beltway and Beyond" | |
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Koreen Nakahodo and Michael Fassiotto,
Chaminade University of Honolulu. "The
Marianist Biography Project: Lessons Learned"
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Harriet Gay, Author. "Paul
Gaugin: The Art of Freedom"
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| FALL
2002 |
Biography Hawai‘i: Five
Lives—Sanford Ballard Dole
Featuring Alfred L. Castle, historian and Executive Director of
the Samuel N. and Mary Castle Foundation; Tom Coffman, author, media producer, and recipient of
the Hawai‘i Writers Award; David Farmer, attorney, actor, and former Director, State
Foundation on Culture and the Arts; David Hanlon, historian and Director of Pacific Island
Studies, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa; and Laura Thompson, grand-daughter of Dole's hanai daughter
Lizzie Napoleon |
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Jeff Carroll, Associate
Professor of English, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Baby Please Don't Go: The Blues as Writing the Underlife
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Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl, Hawai‘i
Nei, Island Plays
A Celebration of the University of Hawai‘i Press publication
of Hawai‘i Nei: Island Plays, containing The
Conversion of Ka‘ahumanu, Emmalehua, and Ola
Na Iwi. Featuring readings by the
Author, Special Guests, and the Cast of Kumu
Kahua's Fall 2002 production of The Conversion of Ka‘ahumanu.
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Paul
Schroeder, Assistant Professor of Spanish, Department
of Languages and Literatures of Europe
and the Americas, University of Hawai'i at Manoa:Tomás
Gutiérrez Alea: The Life and Films of
a Cuban Revolutionary |
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Melinda Given Guttman,
Professor of Speech, Theatre, and Media Studies, John
Jay
College, City University of New York, and author of _The
Enigma of Anna
O: A Biography of Bertha Pappenheim_Meditation
on Anna O—Bertha Pappenheim
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Ruth Dawson, Professor of Womens
Studies, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Catherine
the Gr eat and the Spectacle of Power
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Biography Hawai‘i:
Five Lives—Maiki
Aiu Lake Remembrances,
Special Guests, and Excerpts from the
Hawai'i Public Television documentary Maiki Aiu Lake
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Louis Baldovi, rifleman with the 45th
Infantry Division in Korea, and a
retired school teacher and principal.
A Foxhole View: Personal
Accounts of Hawai‘ińs Korean War Veterans. A Foxhole View
was published in September by the University of Hawai'i Press.
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Marie-Christine Garneau,
Assistant Professor of French, Department of Languages
and Literatures of Europe and the Americas, University
of Hawai'i
at Manoa Memoirs of a Tourist, or a Tourist of Memoirs
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