Hawaii State Liaison - Robert Buss

Hawai‘i Council for the Humanities -  Master Calendar of Events and Activities 2009

February 12 - Kickoff Ceremony by the State of Hawai‘i, Office of Governor Linda Lingle  (tentative)

Throughout Year - Display of exhibitions from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History at multiple school, library and public/community sites:  

• Looking at Lincoln: Political Cartoons from the Civil War Era
• Frederick Douglass from Slavery to Freedom

Throughout Year  - Abraham Lincoln and Hawai‘i, an essay by historian James Horton on how Lincoln and the events of his time intersected with nineteenth century Hawai‘i to be printed in the HCH newsletter Humanities News and, hopefully, adapted for one or more of the major newsletters around the state, and talks on the same topic at sites and venues to be announced

January 21 - Judging Lincoln, a presentation by Frank J. Williams, Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court and a leading authority on Abraham Lincoln, at the Judiciary History Center, Honolulu, sponsored by the University of Hawai‘i History Commemorative Project, Hawai‘i Council for the Humanities, and National Endowment for the Humanities We the People initiative.

Mid-February - A one-day teacher seminar and workshop conducted by profe4ssors James and Lois Horton on Perspectives on Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War, and the End of American Slavery, with afternoon curriculum workshops with Lois and James Horton and Mitch Yamasaki, sponsored by the University of Hawai‘i History Commemorative Project, Hawai‘i Council for the Humanities, and National Endowment for the Humanities We the People initiative.

March 13-14 - A public lecture by Professor David W. Blight on Friday, March 13 at the Korean Studies Center, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa and a one-day seminar for public and private school teachers On Saturday, March 14, on Lincoln, Slavery, the Civil War and Reconstruction, at the East-West Center Imin Conference Center, featuring David Blight, Lois and James Horton, and Mitch Yamasaki, sponsored by the University of Hawai‘i History Commemorative Project, Hawai‘i Council for the Humanities, and National Endowment for the Humanities We the People initiative.

April 14-17 - Controversies of Historical Memory at Museums and Historic Sites, a public lecture by former National Park Service Historian Dwight Pitcaithley (April 16, Korean Studies Center, UHM), symposium with National Park Service staff and museum interpreters (April 17, Bishop Museum), and public forum at Volcano National Park on the island of Hawai‘i (April 14), sponsored by the University of Hawai‘i History Commemorative Project, Hawai‘i Council for the Humanities, and National Endowment for the Humanities We the People initiative.

March 12-April 6 - Display of Abraham Lincoln: a Man of His Times, a Man for All Times, an exhibition from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, at the Hawai‘i State Library in Honolulu, a partnership among the Hawai‘i Public Library System, Hawai‘i Council for the Humanities, and National Endowment for the Humanities We the People initiative.  The program also features four lectures to be held at the State Library on Thursday mornings at 11 AM:

• March 14, Opening event for exhibit, with historian Mitch Yamasaki (Chaminade University), "Abraham Lincoln: A Man of His Time, a Man for All Times."
• March 21, biographer Myles M. Jackson (University of Hawai‘i), "The African American Community and Experience in Hawai‘i."
• March 21, historian Robert McGlone (University of Hawai‘i), "Lincoln, God's Providences, and the Meaning of the Civil War."
• April 4, historians James Horton and Lois Horton, "The Man and the Martyr: Abraham Lincoln in African-American History and Memory."

June 22-26 - A Teaching American History Grant institute for elementary, intermediate and high school teachers on The Legacy of Lincoln and Struggle for Equal Rights in America, a collaborative project between the Hawai‘i State Department of Education and the Hawai‘i Council for the Humanities, featuring speakers and resources from the Gilder Lehrman Institute on American History.

October - To Kill a Mockingbird: A Common Book Project for Hawai‘i, a statewide series of public forums, literary and historic role-playing performances, Let’s Talk About It reading-discussion programs in public and military base libraries, and teacher workshops to be held throughout the month of October, a partnership among the Hawai‘i Council for the Humanities, Hawai‘i Public Library System, Manoa Foundation, and Hawai‘i Capital Cultural District.  The project is joined by the State of Hawai‘i Office of the Governor, Honolulu Mayor’s Council on the Arts, which has designated October as Arts and Humanities Month, Hawai‘i International Film Festival, and others.

November - Hawai‘i international film festival connection:  films and documentaries on the legacies of Lincoln related to race relations and the history of equal rights in America.

• ALBC Commissioner Dr. Jim Horton - March 2, 2009 Essay - Hawaii and the Lincoln Bicentennial: Remembering a Special Relationship 

Sculptor Avard T. Fairbanks.  Dedicated on February 12, 1944 at the Ewa Plantation School in Ewa, Hawaii, on the Hawaiian Island of Oahu.