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
8:30 am--Welcome from Chaminade University President, Dr. Lynn Babington
9:00 am to 10:20 am
Session 1.
Reflections on Conceptions of Space in Oceania with Vilsoni Hereniko and Ropeti Ale
10:30 am to 12:00 pm
Session 2.
Roundtable Discussion of the 2024 UH Press anthology An Ocean of Wonder: The Fantastic in the Pacific with ku'ualoha ho'omanawanui, Pono Fernandez, Vilsoni Hereniko, Victoria Nālani Kneubuhl, Caryn Lesuma, Tiare Ribeau, and Lyz Soto
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Light Lunch
1:00 pm to 3:30 pm
Session 3.
Panel on the Life and Art of John Alexander Kneubuhl with Victoria Nālani Kneubuhl, Jackie Pualani Johnson, Tusi Avegalio, Otto Heim
7:00 pm to 9:30 pm
Session 4.
Dramatic Reading: excerpts from John Kneubuhl’s Sunset Crowd, Saint Mac, and Folktale following by discussion and Q & A
Sunday, May 26, 2024
Session 5.
A Celebration of Hawai‘i Noir including presentations by:
Chris McKinney, Editor of the forthcoming book, Honolulu Noir
Scott Kikkawa, Bamboo Ridge Press novelist; author of Kona Winds
Screening and Discussion of the 1968 Hawaii Five-O episode “Strangers in Our Own Land,” co-written by John Kneubuhl and Herman Groves
Stay tuned for the complete OPCA 2024 Conference Schedule coming soon!