Teaching 1898: America’s Imperial Legacy in Oceania
Aliʻiōlani Hale, 1913 Courtroom
Wednesday, September 4, 2024
6:00—8:00 PM (HST)
The recent convening and celebrations of the 13th Festival of Pacific Arts & Culture in Hawaiʻi demonstrate the growing importance of Oceanic nations uniting to shape a future of mutual connection and collaboration.
We invite you to join a two-part civic education discussion—Teaching 1898: America’s Imperial Legacy in Oceania—bringing together esteemed educators to explore the historical context of America’s military and political expansion into Hawaiʻi, the Philippines, and island nations across the Pacific.
The panelists, drawing from their diverse backgrounds and professional expertise, will highlight the impacts and legacy of US Imperialism, share how they incorporate this history into their teachings, and express why civic education is crucial to building an informed, empowered, and united society.
This program will be live streamed by ʻŌiwi TV.
Mahalo to our program partners and cosponsors: Hawaiʻi Ponoʻī Coalition, The 1898 Project, Hawaiʻi Council for the Humanities, and Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge.
Dr. Jonathan Kay Kamakawiwoʻole Osorio, PhD (Moderator)
Jonathan Kay Kamakawiwoʻole Osorio, a Kanaka Maoli Professor of Hawaiian studies and currently dean of Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge, is a historian of 19th and 20th century Hawaiʻi and has authored a history of the Hawaiian Kingdom and co-edited two volumes of collected essays on contemporary Hawaiian society, known as The Value of Hawaiʻi (2010 and 2020).
Dr. John P. Rosa, PhD
John P. Rosa is Associate Professor of History at the University of Hawaiʻi: Mānoa and the author of Local Story: The Massie-Kahahawai Case and the Culture of History (UH Press, 2014). He grew up in Kaimukī and Kāne‘ohe.
Dr. Vina Lanzona, PhD
Vina Lanzona is an Associate Professor in History at University of Hawaiʻi: Mānoa who specializes in Colonial and Modern Southeast Asia and the Philippines.
Dr. Kawēlau Wright, PhD
Kawēlau Wright is an Assistant Professor at the Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies. Her research focuses on Hawaiʻi land laws and land tenure during the Kingdom and Territorial periods.
Dr. Tammy Tabe, PhD
Dr. Tammy Tabe is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawaiʻi: Mānoa, and Adjunct Fellow at East-West Center. She is an anthropologist who has worked widely in the Pacific Islands, specifically in Solomon Islands, Fiji, Tuvalu, and Kiribati on marine protected areas, ecosystem-based adaptation, gender inequality, identity and diaspora, and climate change-induced migration and displacement. Her primary research focuses on colonial displacement and how these forced relocations inform today’s dialogues, policies and decision-makings governing climate migration in Oceania.