Wednesday, September 16, 2009

UH History Forum: "Moscow Calling: The IRA Beyond the Emerald Isle, 1926-1927."

Tuesday, September 29th at 12 noon in Sakamaki Hall A201, the History Department Library

Thomas G. Mahon will discuss his original research on the "extenet and importance of the IRA;s international network" during the fascinating inter-war period, the years right after the establishment of the Irish Free State and the Civil War. The talk will include consideration of decrypted documents and other archival research, as well as discussion of this period in the longer-term history of Irish militant nationalism.

Mr. Mahon has prepared a background handout for his talk. Please contact Prof. Peter H. Hoffenberg at peterh@hawaii.edu. This talk is free and open to the public.

UH: Brown Bag Biography Series

Discussions of Life Writing by & for Town & Gown
Thursdays, 12:00 Noon - 1:15 p.m.

Center for Biographical Research, University of Hawai'i at Manoa
Henke Hall 325, 1800 East-West Road biograph@hawaii.edu
956-3774

Select topics from the series you may find of interest:

Oct. 1 Carolyn Hadfield, Activist, Revolutionary Communist Party USA member, and long-time
Volunteer, Revolution Books

Oct. 22 Ministering to "the blind, brutal British public's bestial thirst for blood": Why the
Victorian War Correspondent Matters" Richard Fulton, Vice Chancellow of Instruction,
University of Hawai'i at Windward

Oct. 29 "Don't Deport Our Daddies": Gendering State Deportations Practices and Anti-
Deportation Organizing. Monisha Das Gupta, Department of Ethnic Studies, University
of Hawai'i at Manoa

Nov. 5 Faceless Strangers: Ethics, Oral History, and Interpreters in the War in Iraq. Maria
Sgroi, Department of English, University of Hawai'i at Manoa.

Friday, September 11, 2009

HELP Meeting - 9/16/09 Recent Japan Elections

Hi All,

Just wanted to give you a heads up on the upcoming Hawaii Emerging Leaders meeting next week if you haven't heard about it already.

This event will be held in downtown Honolulu at the AARP Conference Room, 1132 Bishop Street, Suite 1920 on Weds. Sept 16, noon-1:30.

The topic of this event is “Recent Japan Elections.” We will discuss the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) ending 54 years of almost unbroken conservative rule. Please see the suggested readings below.

The Economist – Thursday, September 3, 2009
The vote that changed Japan
http://www.economist.com/opinion/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14363159

PacNet #59 – Tuesday, August 25, 2009
New Politics in Japan and Its Global Security Roles
by Yoichiro Sato

Lunch will be provided, please RSVP to Joni Caminos by Tuesday, September 15th. joni@pacforum.org

-ADMS Officers

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Fall 2009 has begun!

Hi All,

Hope everyone has had a good start to the fall term. We're working hard to plan some events for the semester and look forward to seeing all of you there. The Maritime Power Conference went really well and we enjoyed seeing all of those that came. HPU posted an ariticle about our conference if you'd like to check it out.

We'll be putting out a newsletter shortly with more specific dates and times for events. If you know anyone that's interested in joining ADMS have them check out the following events:

Club Carnival: Fri, Sept. 11 10am-2pm on Fort St. Mall. Our table will be in front of the big tree in that park area.

Information Session: Tues, Sept. 15 4-5pm FS Building, 2nd Floor - President's Conference Room

ADMS Officers