Category Archives: Announcements

Oceanic Blazing Forms: Memory, Place-making and Imagination 23-27 June 2026 Wereldmuseum Leiden The 14th International Symposium of the Pacific Arts Association entitled ‘Oceanic Blazing Forms: Memory, Place-making and Imagination’ will take place at the Wereldmuseum Leiden, the Netherlands.    Information relating to travel and accommodation, along with associated events and

PAA Journal vol 26, No. 1 2026 We are pleased to announce that Pacific Arts, vol. 26, no. 1 has been released as an open access, peer reviewed, online journal published through the University of California’s eScholarship platform. Content details are included below. You can view/download the individual contributions or

keynote speakers at the PAA International Symposium Oceanic Blazing Forms: Memory, Place-making and Imagination 23-27 June 2026 Wereldmuseum Leiden The Keynote Speakers for our upcoming PAA International Symposium Oceanic Blazing Forms: Memory, Place-making and Imagination (23-27 June 2026 Wereldmuseum Leiden) are Sana Balai, Deidre Brown, Brian Diettrich and Ronny Kareni

Scholarships for Participation at the PAA International Symposium Oceanic Blazing Forms: Memory, Place-making and Imagination 23-27 June 2026 Wereldmuseum Leiden The Pacific Arts Association-Europe is offering up to two scholarships to support the participation of Pacific artists, students and scholars at the PAA International Symposium. The scholarship pays for the

PAA Journal vol 25, No. 2 2025 We are pleased to announce that Pacific Arts N.S. Vol. 25, No. 2 (2025) has been published as an open access, peer reviewed, online journal through the University of California’s eScholarship platform. This issue includes essays by Karen Jacobs, Dionne Fonotī, Clara Baland

Announcing PAA XIV International Symposium Oceanic Blazing Forms: Memory, Place-making and Imagination 23-27 June 2026 Wereldmuseum Leiden The 14th International Symposium of the Pacific Arts Association entitled Oceanic Blazing Forms: Memory, Place-making and Imagination will take place at the Wereldmuseum Leiden, the Netherlands from 23 to 27 June 2026. The

Open Call for Articles, Research Notes, Creative Work, & Reviews Pacific Arts has an ONGOING OPEN CALL for submissions on the arts of Oceania and its diasporas focusing on visual arts, material cultures, and heritage arts. The journal’s scope is temporally broad, highlighting both historical and current topics while engaging

Announcing the 2026 PAA at CAA session Art and Identity in a Post-Colonial Pacific Hilton Chicago, Chicago, IL | February 18–21, 2026 Please send your submissions to Anne Allen. On January 1, 1962, Western Samoa became the first Pacific Islands country to gain independence. In an increasingly globalized world, individuals, families,

Announcing An Ocean of Connection: Oceanic art, artists and museums Wednesday 18 June – Friday 20 June 2025 – PAA-E Annual Meeting Sainsbury Research Unit for the Arts of Africa, Oceania & the Americas University of East Anglia (UEA), Norwich, UK RegistrationPlease register via the following link: https://store.uea.ac.uk/Note that you can

PAA Journal vol 24, No 1 2023-24 We are pleased to announce that Pacific Arts, vol. 24, no. 1 (2023-24) has been released as an open access, peer reviewed, online journal published through the University of California’s eScholarship platform. This issue of Pacific Arts includes articles on museums practices and