Date: 	Tue, 27 Aug 1996 10:25:15 -1000
Subject: 1997 MELUS Conference 




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First International and Eleventh National MELUS Conference 
Multi-Ethnic Literatures Across the Americas and the Pacific: 
    Exchanges, Contestations, and Alliances 
Honolulu, Hawai'i 
April 18-20, 1997

The following information is also available at the conference website:
http://www.lll.hawaii.edu/web/conference/melus97

*Keynote Speakers*

Linda Hogan
A Chickasaw originally from Oklahoma, Linda Hogan is currently Associate
Professor in the English Department of the University of Colorado where
she teaches creative writing. The recipient of several major grants, Hogan
is a prolific poet, essayist, playwright, and novelist. She is the author
of four volumes of poetry: Calling Myself Home (1978), Daughters, I Love
You (1981), Eclipse (1983), Seeing through the Sun, which won a Before
Columbus Foundation American Book Award, and of the acclaimed novel Mean
Spirit (1990). Her essay collections on women and and Native American
cultures include Stories We Hold Secret: Tales of Women's Spiritual
Development (1986) and Dwellings: a Spiritual History of the Living World
(1995), and she has recently collaborated on a non-fiction collection with
her father, entitled That Horse .
 
Haunani-Kay Trask
Director of the Center for Hawaiian Studies, Professor of Hawaiian Studies
at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa, and member of Ka Lahui Hawai'i, Dr.
Trask is a versatile poet, scholar, teacher, public lecturer, and activist
for Native Hawaiian rights. Trask is the author of Eros Power: the Promise
of Feminist Theory, as well as two works on colonialism, Fighting the
Battle of Double Colonization and From a Native Daughter: Colonialism and
Sovereignty in Hawai'i (1993), and the poetry collection Light in the
Crevice Never Seen (1994). Her essays and poems have been widely
anthologized. 

Albert Wendt
As a writer, teacher, and editor, Albert Wendt has played a pivotal role
in promoting cultural production in the Pacific. Born in Western Samoa,
Wendt is the author of six novels (several of which have been made into
feature films), two short story collections, two poetry collections, and
major essays on Pacific literature (including "Toward a New Oceania"). He
is the editor and introducer of the groundbreaking Lali: A Pacific
Anthology (1990) and a follow-up anthology, Nuanua: Pacific Writing in
English since 1980 as well. Wendt is currently Professor of English at the
University of Auckland, having previously taught in Fiji and Samoa. Leaves
of the Banyan Tree, Wendt's epic third novel, won the New Zealand Wattie
Book of the Year Award, and is considered a classic of Pacific literature.
Other works include the novels Sons for the Return Home, Flying-Fox in a
Freedom Tree, Pouliuli, Black Rainbow, and Ola . 

*Accommodations*

The majority of conference activities (including banquet and sessions on
April 19 and 20) will be held at the Ala Moana Hotel.  Accommodations at
special conference rates will be available at the Ala Moana Hotel, 410
Atkinson Drive, Honolulu, adjacent to the Ala Moana Shopping Center and
the Ala Moana Beach Park. The hotel is centrally located, ten minutes away
>from the more touristy areas of Waikiki and close to historic downtown
Honolulu and Iolani Palace. Special rates for the conference are as
follows:

Kona Tower--city view
$80 for single occupancy
$80 for double occupancy
Waikiki Tower--city view
$92 for single occupancy
$92 for double occupancy
$112 for triple occupancy

Rooms are subject to Hawai'i' s state excise tax of 4.17% and hotel room
tax of  6.0% (rates are subject to change). Hotel rates in downtown
Honolulu/Waikiki are generally very costly, and we highly recommend the
quality and convenience of the accommodations at the Ala Moana Hotel,
which is offering conference participants these excellent rates. Airport
shuttles service the hotel. 

As the conference will consist of 3 full days beginning April 18, 1997, we
suggest that participants check-in by April 17.  Reservations should be
made by March 17, 1997. Room requests after this date will be confirmed
based on space availability, and if available will be extended at the
conference rate. Room extensions of three nights prior and three nights
after the conference dates of April 18-20, 1997 will be honored at the
conference rate. For reservations, call (808) 955-4811.

*Transportation*

United Airlines has agreed to provide discounted airfares to all
conference attendees traveling to Honolulu from the United States and
Canada.  Reservations and schedule information may be obtained by calling
the United Meetings Desk at 1-800-521-4041 and referencing the ID Code
507SA.  Meeting Desk hours are Monday thru Sunday, 7am to 12 midnight
(EST).

*Registration*

Please  print out this form,  complete it, and mail it with your check
payable to  "East West Center"  to:  

MELUS Conference 
English Department 
1733 Donaghho Road 
University of Hawai'i
Honolulu, HI 96822

DEADLINE for registration is  January 15, 1997.  

 
 Last Name: 
 First Name:   
 University/Institutional Affiliation:  
 Address: 
 City:  
 State/Country:   
 Postal Code:  
 Daytime Phone:    
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Non-Students  $75  
Students  $50  

Conference registration fee is non-refundable.  Registration fee includes
a banquet and two luncheons.

Please make checks payable to East West Center













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