Join us for the 11th

Oceanic Popular Culture Association Conference

Chaminade University of Honolulu

May 25 and May 26, 2024
Honolulu, HI

Saturday, May 25, 2024 

Ching Conference Center 

in Eiben Hall

8:30 am--Welcome from Chaminade University President, Dr. Lynn Babington 

Session 1--9:00 am to 10:20 am

Reflections on Conceptions of Space in Oceania

Vilsoni Hereniko, Professor in School of Cinematic Arts, UHM
Ropeti Ale, UHM

Session 2--10:30 am to 12:00 pm

Roundtable Discussion 

An Ocean of Wonder: The Fantastic in the Pacific  

(UH Press, 2024)

Cristina Bacchilega, Editor, An Ocean of Wonder

ku'ualoha ho'omanawanui, Editor, An Ocean of Wonder

 Pono Fernandez, Contributor, An Ocean of Wonder

Vilsoni Hereniko, Contributor, An Ocean of Wonder

Victoria Nālani Kneubuhl, Contributor, An Ocean of Wonder

Caryn Lesuma, Contributor, An Ocean of Wonder

Tiare Ribeau, Contributor, An Ocean of Wonder

Lyz Soto, Contributor, An Ocean of Wonder 

12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Light Lunch Available

Session 3--1:00 pm to 3:30 pm 

The Life and Art of John Alexander Kneubuhl 
Victoria Nālani Kneubuhl
Jackie Pualani Johnson 
Otto Heim

Loo Black Box Theatre in 

Clarence T.C. Ching Hall

Session 4--7:00 pm to 9:30 pm

Dramatic Reading

Excerpts from John Kneubuhl’s 

Sunset Crowd, Saint Mac, and Folktale 

followed by discussion and Q & A

Sunday, May 26, 2024

Ching Conference Center 

in Eiben Hall

Session 5--9:30 am to 11:00 am 

A Celebration of Hawai‘i Noir I

Moderator, Jayson Chun, Professor of History, UHWO

 Chris McKinney, Editor, Honolulu Noir 

Stephanie Han, Contributor, Honolulu Noir 

Scott Kikkawa, Contributor, Honolulu Noir

Session 6--11:15 am to 1:00 pm 

A Celebration of Hawai'i Noir II 

Moderator, Stanley Orr, Professor of English, UHWO

Tom Gammarino, Contributor, Honolulu Noir

Morgan McKinney, Contributor, Honolulu Noir

Christy Passion, Contributor, Honolulu Noir

Michele Cruz Skinner, Contributor, Honolulu Noir

1:00 pm to 2:30 pm 

Light Lunch Available

Session 7--3:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Screening and Discussion of the 1968 Hawaii Five-O episode “Strangers in Our Own Land,” co-written by John Kneubuhl and Herman Groves 

Introduction, Stanley Orr

The OPCA 2024 Conference is free and open to the public. To register, please visit the following link: OPCA 2024 Registration