A student-led initiative supported by the East-West Center Education Program and a generous gift from Richard H. Cox

THE EXCHANGE
SPRING 2019: BORDERS AND MOBILITY
EXPLORING THE MEANING OF "US" AND "THEM"

The Exchange is an event series connecting its audiences with issues, ideas, and leaders across the US, Asia, and Indo­-Pacific region. Each weekly event features distinguished speakers, artistic performances, dynamic activities, and great food.

This BETA version of The Exchange in spring 2019 is preparation for the official launch in fall 2019.

This event will also include a conversational exploration of borders, a poetry performance, an interactive activity, and food tastes from the Asia Pacific region.

Week 1: A conversation on "Borders as enclosures and the many struggles against them"

Marcus Rediker is the Dan and Maggie Inouye Distinguished Chair in Democratic Ideals at UH and Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburgh. His histories have won numerous awards and appeared in fifteen languages. His most recent book is The Fearless Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Dwarf who became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist (Beacon Press, 2017).

Nandita Sharma is an Associate Professor of Racism, Migration and Transnationalism in the Department of Sociology at UH. Her research is shaped by the social movements she is active in, including No Borders movements and those struggling for the commons. Amongst her publications is her book, Home Economics: Nationalism and the Making of 'Migrant Workers' in Canada; a special issue of the journal, Refuge "No Borders: A Practical Response to State Controls on People's Migration" that she co­edited; and a forthcoming book, Home Rule: National Sovereignty and the Separation of Natives and Migrants.

Week 1: Poetry by Heoli Osorio

Dr. Jamaica Heolimeleikafani Osorio is a Kanaka Maoli wahine poet / activist / scholar born and raised in Pōlolo Valley to parents Jonathan and Mary Osorio. Heoli earned her PhD in English (Hawaiian Uterature) with the completion of her dissertation entitled: "(Re)membering ‘Upena of Intimacies: A Kanaka Maoli Mo‘olelo Beyond Queer Theory." Currently, Heoli is an Assistant Professor of Indigenous and Native Hawaiian Politics at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Heoli is a three-time national poetry champion. poetry mentor and a published author. She is a proud past Kaiāpuni student, Ford fellow, and a graduate of Kamehameha, Stanford (BA) and New York Universjty (MA).

A student-led initiative supported by the East-West Center Education Program and a generous gift from Richard H. Cox

THE EXCHANGE
SPRING 2019: BORDERS AND MOBILITY
EXPLORING THE MEANING OF "US" AND "THEM"

The Exchange is an event series connecting its audiences with issues, ideas, and leaders across the US, Asia, and Indo­-Pacific region. Each weekly event features distinguished speakers, artistic performances, dynamic activities, and great food.

This BETA version of The Exchange in spring 2019 is preparation for the official launch in fall 2019.

This event will also include a conversational exploration of borders, a poetry performance, an interactive activity, and food tastes from the Asia Pacific region.

Week 1: A conversation on "Borders as enclosures and the many struggles against them"

Marcus Rediker is the Dan and Maggie Inouye Distinguished Chair in Democratic Ideals at UH and Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburgh. His histories have won numerous awards and appeared in fifteen languages. His most recent book is The Fearless Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Dwarf who became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist (Beacon Press, 2017).

Nandita Sharma is an Associate Professor of Racism, Migration and Transnationalism in the Department of Sociology at UH. Her research is shaped by the social movements she is active in, including No Borders movements and those struggling for the commons. Amongst her publications is her book, Home Economics: Nationalism and the Making of 'Migrant Workers' in Canada; a special issue of the journal, Refuge "No Borders: A Practical Response to State Controls on People's Migration" that she co­edited; and a forthcoming book, Home Rule: National Sovereignty and the Separation of Natives and Migrants.

Week 1: Poetry by Heoli Osorio

Dr. Jamaica Heolimeleikafani Osorio is a Kanaka Maoli wahine poet / activist / scholar born and raised in Pōlolo Valley to parents Jonathan and Mary Osorio. Heoli earned her PhD in English (Hawaiian Uterature) with the completion of her dissertation entitled: "(Re)membering ‘Upena of Intimacies: A Kanaka Maoli Mo‘olelo Beyond Queer Theory." Currently, Heoli is an Assistant Professor of Indigenous and Native Hawaiian Politics at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Heoli is a three-time national poetry champion. poetry mentor and a published author. She is a proud past Kaiāpuni student, Ford fellow, and a graduate of Kamehameha, Stanford (BA) and New York Universjty (MA).