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The Center for Pacific Islands Studies, in the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa School of Pacific and Asian Studies, is both an academic department and a larger home for initiatives that bring together people and resources to promote an understanding of the Pacific Islands and issues of concern to Pacific Islanders. Its innovative instructional program is regional, comparative, and interdisciplinary in nature. The university’s Pacific Collection, one of the most comprehensive collections of Pacific materials in the world, attracts a worldwide audience, as do the center’s international conferences, its Web-based resources, its Pacific Islands Monograph Series, and its award-winning journal, The Contemporary Pacific. Working with scholars at institutions in the region and elsewhere, faculty at the center are seeking new ways to encompass a deeper understanding of a region whose boundaries are constantly expanding.
The UHM Pacific Collection
— one of the world’s finest collections of Pacific materials, with over 90,000 volumes relating to the islands of Melanesia, Polynesia, and Micronesia Pacific Islands Report — news, commentary, and analysis from across the Pacific Moving Images of the Pacific Islands
— a searchable database of Pacific films and videos Streaming videos from the Center for Pacific Islands Studies Plants and the Environments of the Marshall Islands
— information about many of the plants of the Marshall Islands and their uses. Resources for Teaching Pacific Island Economies
— a unit for middle-school students by economist James Mak Pacific Worlds website (K–12)
— the geography of selected Pacific locations incorporating indigenous perspectives Pacific Places – a curriculum unit for Hawai‘i Department of Education 7th grade Social Studies teachers Pacific Maps Political Statuses of the Pacific Islands Chart
— a concise representation of the political status history of the Islands Selected Films for Teaching
— films recommended by college instructors Pacific Studies Initiative Syllabi and Bibliography Collection
— information on resources and materials as an aid to creating course syllabi Steven Winduo - Papua New Guinea poet Resources for Health Professionals
— online resources dealing with Micronesia, particularly the Republic of the Marshall Islands
