{"id":108517,"date":"2020-01-06T14:50:11","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T00:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=108517"},"modified":"2024-03-15T15:19:10","modified_gmt":"2024-03-16T01:19:10","slug":"goodyear-kaopua-silva-book-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/01\/06\/goodyear-kaopua-silva-book-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"2 UH<\/abbr> political science professors win book awards"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Noelani Goodyear-Kaʻōpua<\/span>, left, and Noenoe K. Silva, right, recognized at the 2019 Ka Palapala Poʻokela<\/span> awards.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Two noted political science professors in the College of Social Sciences<\/a> at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Mānoa<\/a> have won 2019 Ka Palapala Poʻokela<\/span> awards<\/a> from the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Book Publishers Association<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Noelani Goodyear-Kaʻōpua<\/span><\/strong> political science department chair, edited Nā Wāhine Koa: Hawaiian Women for Sovereignty and Demilitarization<\/em><\/a> (UH<\/abbr> Press, in association with Â鶹´«Ã½nuiākea<\/span> School of Hawaiian Knowledge), which tied for first place in the Hawaiian language culture and history category.<\/p>\n

Noenoe K. Silva<\/strong> won first place in the category of Aloha from Across the Sea<\/em> (out-of-state publishers) for Power of the Steel-tipped Pen: Reconstructing Native Hawaiian Intellectual History<\/em><\/a> (Duke University Press).<\/p>\n

“We are delighted that our faculty have been honored for their excellence in academic writing and editing,” said College of Social Sciences Dean Denise Eby Konan<\/strong>. “Noelani and Noenoe regularly impart their considerable knowledge of political science with students in the classroom and now, through their award-winning books, can share their valuable insight with the community and the world.”<\/p>\n

More about the books<\/h2>\n

Goodyear-Kaʻōpua\u2019s<\/span> winning title, Nā Wāhine Koa<\/em>, documents the political lives of longtime activists Moanikeʻala<\/span> Akaka<\/strong>, Maxine Kahaulelio<\/strong>, Terrilee Kekoʻolani-Raymond<\/span><\/strong> and Loretta Ritte<\/strong>. The judges recognized that the book\u2019s “text and visual components are skillfully crafted and edited, allowing readers to deeply connect with the personal narratives, photographs, news articles and other primary sources shared by the co-authors.” The panel also noted the book “provides an important contribution to scholarship about the Hawaiian Renaissance and the leadership of Hawaiian women in exercising aloha ʻāina.”<\/span><\/p>\n

The category co-winner was Hoʻoulu<\/span> Â鶹´«Ã½:<\/span> The King Kalākaua Era<\/em> by Healoha Johnston (Honolulu Museum of Art).<\/p>\n

Silva\u2019s winning title, Power of the Steel-tipped Pen<\/em>, spotlights the writings of Joseph Hoʻonaʻauao<\/span> Kānepuʻu<\/span> and Joseph Mokuʻōhai<\/span> Poepoe. The judges commented that the book as “a crucial step in any journey that aims to understand the breadth and depth of Kanaka ʻŌiwi<\/span> thought.” Silva\u2019s personal interests include recovering Kanaka Maoli history and literature through reading the under-used texts in Hawaiian from the 19th and early 20th centuries. She is also interested in the possibilities of developing theory from within Hawaiian epistemologies and worldviews.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Noelani Goodyear-Kaʻōpua<\/span> and Noenoe K. Silva won 2019 Ka Palapala Poʻokela<\/span> awards from the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Book Publishers Association.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[301,598,33,551,185,9,339,1626],"class_list":["post-108517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-college-of-social-sciences","tag-faculty-recognition","tag-hawaiian","tag-hawaiinuiakea-school-of-hawaiian-knowledge","tag-political-science","tag-uh-manoa","tag-uh-press","tag-women-of-uh","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t