Thursday, November 20, 2025, UHM Campus Center Courtyard Join us in celebrating the rich cultural diversity of performance courses and student groups across the UH Mānoa campus! Enjoy live performances representing Asia and the Pacific through music, dance, and chant. Co-sponsored by the Office of Global Engagement, Asian Studies, the Ethnomusicology Program, and the Center […]

Tuesday, November 18, 12:00 PM, Hamilton Library, Room 306 Discover the story of the Vietnamese “boat people” through Vietnamerica. The film follows Master Nguyen Hoa as he returns to former refugee camps in Southeast Asia after three decades to search for the graves of his wife and two children. Hoa fled Vietnam by boat in […]

Saturday, November 15, 2025, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM Discover what makes UH Mānoa truly #UHMazing at our annual open house event — Discover Mānoa! Join us for a fun-filled day featuring campus tours, faculty meet-and-greets, student activities, live music, and more! Saturday, November 15, 2025, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PMLegacy Pathway, Campus Center, Quad, […]

Tuesday, November 4, 2025, 1:00–4:00 PM (HST), Hamilton Library, Room 306 A documentary film by Director & Writer, Daan Veldhuizen A forgotten struggle, a lost future. In the 1960s, West Papua was on the path to independence. But international interests, geopolitical power struggles, and economic motives dictated otherwise. Through uniquely restored and colorized 35mm archival […]

Saturday, November 2, 2025, 7:00 PM (Pre-concert talk at 6:30 PM)Mae Zenke Orvis Auditorium, University of Hawaiʻi at MānoaFree Admission The Center for Philippine Studies at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa proudly presents Mga Himig ng Kapuluan: The Art and Heritage of Filipino Song, a special concert celebrating the depth and diversity of the […]

Wednesday, October 29, 2025, 3:00–4:00 PM (HST)Moore Hall 319 (Tokioka Room)Light refreshments will be provided. Join Online: https://hawaii.zoom.us/j/88154759021 The talk story panel is both a retrospective and forward-looking conversation that highlights the future of Southeast Asian studies as told in various perspectives of University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa faculty and students from and outside Southeast […]

Wednesday, November 5, 2025, 3:00–4:30 PM (HST) | Registration: https://go.hawaii.edu/rus Join us for the third webinar in the 2025 Fall LuceSEA Webinar Series, Southeast Asia in Transition: Memory, Governance, and Regional Challenges in a Turbulent World. This session explores ASEAN’s interrelationships across membership, conflict management, and human rights protection. It spotlights the Association’s dispute-resolution and […]