Amy K. Stillman

Associate Professor of Musicology, Associate Professor of American culture, Director of Asian/ Pacific American Studies
B.Mus., 1978, University of Hawaii
B.A., 1980, University of Hawaii
M.A., 1982, University of Hawaii
M.A., 1985, Harvard University
Ph.D. 1991, Harvard University

Biography:
Amy Ku'uleialoha Stillman is Associate Professor of Music and American Culture, and serves as Director of Asian/Pacific American Studies at the University of Michigan. Born and raised in Honolulu, she holds Bachelors degrees in Music Composition and Hawaiian Studies and a Master's degree in Ethnomusicology, and Master's and Ph.D. degrees in Historical Musicology from Harvard University. An authority on Polynesian music and dance traditions (Hawai'i and Tahiti in particular), Dr. Stillman is the author of Sacred Hula: The Historical Hula 'Ala'apapa, and more than twenty articles appearing in such publications as Ethnomusicology, Hawaiian Journal of History, Journal of American Folklore and Music Library Association Notes. She has been a site visitor and panel juror for the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Ford Foundation. Dr. Stillman is also actively involved in community projects and advocacy among the Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities in southern California; she serves as Facilitator to Kulia i ka Punawai (Kumu Hula Association of Southern California), and board member of National Pacific Islanders in Education Network.

Number of Theses/Dissertations Supervised in Past 5 Years: 7 MA, 1 PhD

Research/Teaching Specializations: Ethnomusicology, Dance Ethnology, Pacific Islands performance traditions

Courses Taught: Introduction to World Music, Music in the Pacific Islands
Field Research: Tahiti 2 years, Mangareva 2 months, Austral Islands 2 months, Hawaii 20 years

Recent Publications:
"Passed from the Past: Women and the Perpetuation of Hawaiian Music and Hula." In Asian/Pacific Islander American Women: An Historical Anthology, ed. Shirley Hune and Gail M. Nomura, pp. 205-218. New York: New York U Press. 2003

"Of the People Who Love the Land: Vernacular History in the Poetry of Modern Hawaiian Hula.” Amerasia 28/3, 85-108.

"Resurrecting Archival Poetic Repertoire for Hawaiian Hula." In Handle With Care: Engagement and Responsibility in the Return of Ethnographic Materials, ed. Sjoerd Jaarsma. ASAO Monograph Series. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press.

"Re-membering the History of Hawaiian Hula." In Cultural Memory: Re-Configuring History and Identity in the Pacific, ed. Jeannette Mageo, pp. 187-204. Honolulu: U of Hawaii Press.

Sacred Hula: The Hula Ala'apapa in Historical Perspective. Bulletin in Anthropology 8. Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press.

"Hawaiian Hula Competitions: Event, Repertoire, Performance, Tradition." Journal of American Folklore 109/434, 1-24.

Awards and Honors: 2002: Harold R. Johnson Diversity Service Award. University of Michigan; 2002: Overall Judge, 80th Kamehameha Schools Song Contest. Honolulu; 2002: Grand Marshall, Pacific Islander Festival. Los Angeles, California.

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