The “Cycles of Transformations and Transformations of Cycles: Creation, Evolution, and Performance” conference at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa invites paper or panel proposals that examine the life processes and preservation cycles as they intersect with changing realities in the 21st century.

The conference welcomes work from a wide variety of disciplinary fields including but not limited to: Anthropology, American Studies, Architecture, Astronomy, Botany,Education, English, Ethnic Studies, Environmental Studies, Film Studies, Geology, Kinesiology, Law, Linguistics, Marine Sciences, Medicine, Meteorology,Natural Resources Management Studies, Pacific Island Studies, Political Science, Performance Studies, Theater Studies, Visual Arts,Women's Studies and more.

Some possible areas of study include but are not limited to:

·The transformative aspects of genealogy in (de)constructing culture
·Transformation of labor movements in amateur and professional sports
·Metamorphoses: Biological and geological cycles of the Hawaiian Islands
·Appropriation of cultural forms in capitalist systems
·Recycling: re-examining and re-educating our world
·Indigenous knowledge in contemporary scientific research
·Climate change and its modifications of natural cycles
·21st century global economic transitions
·Resilience and resistance in urban spaces in the face of change
·And more…

In addition we welcome submissions by artists