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HONOLULU—May 19, 2008—As part of Chaminade University’s Second Annual Popular Culture Association Conference, Hawai`i playwright Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl will present a talk entitled “Don’t Call Us Cannibal: Two Generations of Pacific Family Writing” on Saturday, May 24, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., in the Ching Conference Center, Eiben Hall at Chaminade University, 3140 Waialae Avenue, Honolulu, Hawai`i 96816. The talk is free and open to the public.
Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl, a renowned Honolulu playwright and author, holds a master’s degree in drama and theatre from the University of Hawai`i. Her plays have been performed in Hawai`i and in the continental United States, as well as having toured Britain, Asia and the Pacific. An anthology of her work Hawai`i Nei: Island Plays is available from the University of Hawai`i Press. The University of Hawai`i Press also will publish Kneubuhl’s mystery novel Murder Casts a Shadow in the fall of 2008. Kneubuhl received the prestigious Hawai`i Award for Literature in 1994 and the Eliot Cades Award for Literature in 2006. She currently writes and co-produces for the television series Biography Hawaii.
For further information, contact Dr. Cheryl D. Edelson at cedelson@chaminade.eduor (808)739-8533.
The Popular Culture Association was founded as a spin-off of the American Studies movement in the late 1960s. It hopes to nurture the study of popular and American culture, support new and established scholars in both their research and teaching, support the publication of its two journals and internationalize the organization. Chaminade will host the Second Annual Oceanic Popular Culture Association Conference on its campus from Friday, May 23 to Sunday, May 25. Go to: www.chaminade.edu or call (808) 739-8533 for more information on the conference itself.
Celebrating more than 50 years of educating students for life, service and successful careers, Chaminade University is a Catholic/ Marianist university offering programs of study grounded in the liberal arts with day, evening, online and accelerated courses. Chaminade is also a Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander serving institution with its main campus located at 3140 Waialae Ave., Honolulu, HI 96816, and 10 satellite locations around Oahu. Chaminade University is a member of the U.S. Green Building Council and looks forward to increased opportunities to promote environmental sustainability. For more information, visit the Chaminade Web site at www.chaminade.edu or call (808) 735-4711.
