World History Workshop for Social Studies Teachers held at HPU

Hawai‘i Pacific University’s Jerry H. Bentley World History Workshop for Social Studies Teachers was held July 18-22, 2016 at Aloha Tower Marketplace. The Workshop was organized by Administrative Director JonDavidann, Ph.D., (HPU Professor of History) and was led by Teaching Director Marc Gilbert, Ph.D., (HPU Professor of History) and Curriculum Specialist Tom Mounkhall, D.A. The cohort featured a diverse and very bright group of Department of Education teachers, private school teachers, HPU teacher candidates, and HPU MA in Diplomacy and Military Studies students. 

Michael Vann, Ph.D., from Sacramento State University and Karim Khan, Ph.D., from Leeward Community College gave keynote presentations. Participants studied the new C-3 Framework for Social Studies that the State of Hawaii Board of Education has recently adopted. Thanks go to donors Carol Mon Lee and the Sidney Stern Trust for their support of the Workshop.

 Pictured from left to right: First row Kaylyn Glancy, Alicia Iseri, Matthew Sutton, Michelle Aquino, Shantel Ishii; Second row Jamal Siddiqui, Janella Myers, Gustavo Martinez-Padilla, Mario DeLillo, Frank Prestwood, David Hokama; Third row Julie Dinius, Marc Gilbert, Tom Mounkhall, Jon Davidann

Professor of Art History lectured on the history of photography

Professor of Art History Jerome Feldman, Ph.D., provided a lecture entitled "A Short History of Photographic Issues and Genres" at the East West Center Gallery (Burns Hall) on July 17, 2016. Feldman covered the history of photography from its beginnings — capturing very crude imagery — to progressively more advanced technologies. He discussed the long interaction that photography has had with other genres of art and photography’s role in capturing history. Feldman’s talk was held in conjunction with the exhibition, "China Through the Lens of John Thomson 1869-1872," showing at Burns Hall Gallery until Sept. 11.

Military Campus Programs’ faculty presented at Pacific Command China Seminar

Assistant Professor Jim Corcoran, Ph.D., Military Campus Programs, presented on President Xi Jinping and China's economy at the Pacific Command's "Academic Development & Speakers Series China Seminar" on Friday, July 14, 2016. The seminar, held at Camp Smith, was hosted by the Commander, PACOM, Admiral Harry B. Harris, Jr.

Corcoran’s talk, which was titled “Domestic Issues: Governance & Economic Challenges,” covered the following:

·         The true extent of Xi Jinping's power and control. Does he now control the political, economic, and military sectors of China's national power?

·         There is great disagreement among economists as to the soundness of China's economic health. Some say that China is overextended economically, that massive debt, for example at the Province and local levels, will sink the nation into an economic morass. Others point to China's standing as # 2 in the world (OER), a foreign currency account of over $3 Trillion, the world's largest trade power, and other signs of a solid economy. 

The program included other scholars as well as exchange of ideas and views between the guest speakers and the civilian and military staff at PACOM. Titles of other talks: “Evolution of China's grand strategy under Xi Jinping, “Foreign Policy,” and “The China Factor in Geopolitical Realignments.”