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R. G. WARD TO BE SECOND DISTINGUISHED LECTURER R. Gerard WARD, Director of the Research School of Pacific Studies at The Australian National University, will be the second speaker in the Bank of Hawaii Pacific Islands Studies Distinguished Lecturer Series. Ward will speak at the Imin Conference Center in Honolulu on 15 November 1991. The first distinguished lecturer was Cook Islands Prime Minister Geoffrey HENRY.

Professor Ward will speak on the Pacific Islands during the next quarter century. A geographer and a major figure in the field of Pacific Islands Studies, Professor Ward is a sought-after speaker on critical issues of population and migration, economic relations, and the prospects for future development in the islands.

CENTER STUDENT NEWS Mr Edward J. MICHAL obtained his MA in Pacific Islands Studies this August in record time, completing his course work and Plan B paper in one academic year. The topic of his paper is Australian Aid to Papua New Guinea Police: Goals and Limits. Upon the completion of his degree, Mr Michal takes the post of First Secretary at the US Embassy in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.

The Center has six new incoming students for Fall Semester 1991. They are: Diane AoKI, BA degree in Psychology from Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA. David EARLE, BA (Honors) in Maori Studies from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.

Gary OsTRICK, BA in History from Pomona College, California. Susan SAFFERY, BA in Sociology from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Heidi TOBIAS-SMITH, BA in Education from Metropolitan State College in Denver, CO, and MAin History from East Carolina University in Greenville, NC. John TORGERSEN, BA in Liberal Arts from Michigan Technological University in Houghton, MI, and a Dip. Grad. in History from University of Otago, New Zealand.

CENTER VISITORS Dr Pierre OrriNo, Archaeologist, ORSTOM, Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia visited the Center on 13 June.

Stopping in on 23 June was Mr Julio "Andy" ANDREWS, Representative from the Asia Foundation office in Suva, Fiji.

Visiting en route to Fiji on 24 July, was Mr Michael MARINE, Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Embassy in Suva, Fiji.

On 29 July, Mr David WALKER, Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Embassy in Wellington, New Zealand, visited Center Director Dr Robert KisTE. Also visiting the Center on 29 July was Mr Eric TuNIS, Charge d'Affaires for the US Embassy in Apia, Western Samoa.

En route to take up his post, Mr Emil ScoDON, Consul General, US Consulate in Perth, Australia, stopped by the Center for a brief visit.

Also visiting the Center during July was Dr Stuart RosEw ARNE, Department of Economics, University of Sydney, Australia. Dr Rosewame was with the Center for most of July working on a project concerning the political economy of Australian military and strategic interests in the South Pacific.

Mr Michael OWENS, Director of the Office of Pacific Islands Affairs, US Department of State, Washington, DC, paid a visit to the Center on 5 August.

On 7 August, Mr Kirk HUFFMAN, Honorary Curator of the National Museum of the Vanuatu Cultural Center, Port

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Vila, Vanuatu, visited the Center and gave a seminar on cultural survival and revival in Vanuatu (see Occasional Seminars this issue).

Dr Richard HERR from the Department of Political Science at the University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, was at the Center on 9 August.

Visiting the Center on 14 August from the Crown Law Office, Government of the Cook Islands, was Ms Mathilda MIRIA-TAIREA(PacS MA Graduate 1986).

On 16 August, Ms Linda MoRIS, Director of Asian Affairs (which includes Pacific Islands), US Agency for International Development, Washington, DC, visited the Center. Also visiting on 16 August was long time friend of the Center, the Hon. William BODDE, Ambassador, US Embassy, Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands.

Dr Lamont LINDSTROM, Rockefeller Fellow in the Humanities for 1990-91, left the Center in early August to return to the Department of Anthropology at the University of Tulsa. Dr Lindstrom was working on a manuscript entitled Cargo, Christianity, and Custom: Social Movements in the South Pacific Today.

Leaving the Center at the end of August is Dr Cluny MACPHERSON, Rockefeller Fellow in the Humanities for 1990-91. He will be returning to the Department of Sociology at the University of Auckland. During his residency, Dr Macpherson was working on a manuscript examining the transformation of kinship systems in Western Samoa and the Western Samoan community in New Zealand.

GRANTS RECEIVED The Center has received several grants which have made possible the continuation of on-going programs. The Department of Education, National Resource Center grant was renewed for another three year funding cycle with the first year (1991-1992) totaling US$136,460.

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The Bank of Hawaii has agreed to co-sponsor with the Bishop Museum this year's Fall Reception (6 September at the Bishop Museum). The Bank of Hawaii has also renewed funding for the Distinguished Lecturer Program for the 1991-1992 academic year (US$6,000).

In conjunction with the East-West Center's Pacific Islands Development Program (PIDP), the Center has received a renewal of the USIA grant (US$70,000) which enables the Center and PIDP to sponsor Islander scholars to attend the University of Hawaii.

OCCASIONAL SEMINARS Mr Kirk HUFFMAN, Honorary Curator of the National Museum of the Vanuatu Cultural Center, presented a talk on Cultural Variation, Cultural Survival and Revival in Vanuatu, co-sponsored with the Cultural Construction and National Identity Project of the East-West Center's Institute of Culture and Communication on 7 August. Mr Huffman has been involved in numerous cultural activities in Vanuatu and was the curator of the National Museum of the Vanuatu Cultural Center for thirteen years. He was awarded the Vanuatu Independence Medal in 1980 and the Medal for Meritorious Service to Vanuatu on the day of the tenth anniversary of independence. Mr Huffman showed clips from the first and second national arts festivals in Vanuatu and talked about the impact of independence on cultural survival and revival and the role of the Vanuatu Cultural Center's cultural fieldworkers in preserving ritual knowledge.

FORMER CONSUL DIES John DORRANCE, a former United States Consul-General to Sydney, Australia, and friend of the Center, died of cancer at his home in Maryland this past July. Dorrance, 59, was a specialist in South Pacific affairs and maintained his academic interest in the region after returning to the US in 1988.

XVII PACIFIC SCIENCE CONGRESS More than 1550 individuals representing more than 56 countries were registered at the 27 May -2 June 1991 Congress. Among the significant activities of the Pacific Science Council, the Association's governing body, was the formal establishment of scientific task forces. The New Caledonia Terrestrial Diversity Task Force was reauthorized for continuation. Also approved were two new task forces; Tropical Upland Utilization and Environment, and Southern Biota and Ecosystems (The Southern Connection). The Association will cosponsor the University of the South

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Pacific's meeting on Ecology of Tropical Ecosystems in Fiji some time in July 1993 and has already given approval for cosponsorship of the 7th International Coral Reef Symposium (Guam, June 1992), VII Soviet-Japan Symposium (Magadan, USSR, 1991), and the 5th Congress on Marine Science and Technology (PACON 92, Hilo, June 1992). A report was given by the Secretary-General of the VII Pacific Science Inter-Congress-The Pacific: Crossroads for Culture and Nature-to be held 27 June to 3 July 1993 at the Okinawa Convention Center. The Pacific Science Council accepted the invitation of the China Association of Science and Technology (CAST) to host the XVIII Congress in China in 1995. Invitations were extended for the 1997 Inter-Congress. Sixteen resolutions were approved by the Council and ratified by the Association in a general discussion meeting.

LATEST IN PACIFIC ISLANDS MONOGRAPH SERIES PUBLISHED Torben Monberg's Bellona Island Beliefs and Rituals, the ninth volume in the Pacific Islands Monograph Series, appeared in May 1991. Published for the Center for Pacific Islands Studies by the University of Hawaii Press, this 450 page monograph is available from the Press for us$42.

The book focuses on the precontact religion of Bellona, a Polynesian outlier of the Solomon Islands. Christianity was not introduced to Bellona until 1938, and when Monberg arrived twenty years later he sought out those Islanders who remembered the rituals and chants of their earlier religion. Through detailed interviews and specially staged performances of the rites, he was, over several years, able to reconstruct a clear picture of the pre-Christian religion and to analyze the relationships between religious beliefs and social organization on the island. The book provides detailed scenarios of central religious rituals as well as extensive Bellonese texts.

This rare glimpse of both the early religion and the

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culture of this remote atoll is a testament to years of diligent research by the author. Torben Monberg is professor of cultural sociology at the University of Copenhagen and chief curator of the Department of Ethnography at the National Museum of Denmark. Publication was subsidized by a generous grant from the National Museum.

OTHER NEW PUBLICATIONS The first issue of Rongorongo Studies: Aforumfor Polynesian Philology (Summer 1991), edited by Steven Roger FISCHER is now available. Rongorongo Studies is published semiannually to provide a forum for serious scholarship of ancient Polynesian chants, songs, tales, legends, myths, genealogies. The journal also presents studies in Polynesian linguistics as well as offering interpretations and reviews of the latest creative literature written in contemporary Polynesian languages. All inquiries should be made to Dr Steven Roger Fischer, Droste-Hiilshoff-Weg 1, W-7758 Meersburg, Germany.

BULLETIN BOARD Assistant Professor in Pacific Islands History Position No 84794, 1.00 FTE, tenure-track, general funds, beginning 1 August 1992. Duties: to teach Pacific Islands history survey; advanced courses and seminars on Pacific Islands history; participate in world civilizations program; supervise MA and PhD students. Minimum Qualifications: PhD in Pacific Islands history or related discipline by 1 August 1992; ability in a Pacific Islands language; field experience among the Pacific Islands; specialty in either 19th or 20th century Pacific Islands history; research focus on one of the three major geographical regions of the Pacific-Melanesia, Micronesia or Polynesia (excluding Hawai' i). Desirable Qualifications: teaching experience at college or university level; publications in area of Pacific Islands history. Minimum Annual Salary: US$34,644, commensurate with qualifications and experience. To

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SFCA Folk Arts Apprenticeship Awards Many traditional artists feel that it is their responsibility to make sure that their skill is passed on and preserved for the next generation. The (Hawai' i) State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (SFCA) recognizes this need and the importance of nurturing the artistic excellence of traditional artists. In order to support the efforts of traditional artists in perpetuating the richness and complexity of their art forms the Folk Arts Apprenticeship Awards were initiated by the SFCA in 1984. Through these cash awards, individual master artist and apprentice teams may apply to the SFCA for funds to cover expenses for an in-depth

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period of study. SFCA Apprenticeship Awards are possible in any area of folk arts and from any cultural and ethnic group living in Hawai'i. For the fiscal year 1991-92, the SFCA has funds for 12 to 14 apprenticeships in amounts ranging from US$1,500 to US$2,700 designed to cover the fees of the master folk artist, essential materials and supply costs, and in-state travel expenses associated with the apprenticeship. Applications must be postmarked by the application deadline of 20 September 1991. Applications are reviewed by an SFCA Folk Arts Advisory Committee on the basis of three criteria: traditionality of the art form, artistic excellence of both the proposed master folk artist and the apprentice, and the clarity of the proposal. SFCA Apprenticeship Award brochures and application forms are available at the SFCA office or contact Ms Lynn Martin, Folk Arts Coordinator, 335 Merchant Street, Room 202, Old Federal Courthouse Building, Honolulu, HI 96813; phone (808) 548-4657, or Fax 548-5428.

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