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Harvard Oceanic Collections Engagement Fellowship (HOCEF)

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HOCEF

The Harvard Oceanic Collections Engagement Fellowship (HOCEF)

HOCEF is a community-driven program for the peoples of Oceania to explore, engage with, and respond to the Peabody Museum’s vast collection of materials from the region.

See the 2021–2022 projects and related collections

Connecting Harvard's Collections to Today's Oceanic Communities

Dan Taulapapa wears a white lab coat and takes a photo of a siapo (bark tapa cloth).
Dan Taulapapa photographing a siapo (bark tapa cloth) for inspiration in his own work. 2019.


Sign up for to receive email updates on HOCEF. You can also follow us on Twitter @PeabodyHOCEF. For more information about the fellowship, please contact the Curator of Oceanic Collections at the Peabody Museum, Ingrid Ahlgren at ingridahlgren@fas.harvard.edu.

Our Partners

This program is a collaborative partnership between the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology and the Harvard Alumni for Oceania, and in coordination with the University of Utah's School for Cultural and Social Transformation, and with support from the The Utah Museum of Fine Arts. Co-leaders Moana Palelei HoChing and Ingrid Ahlgren are especially grateful to Kathryn Stockton, Gretchen Dietrich, Whitney Tassie, Jane Pickering, Diana Loren, Lehua Kono, Liz Tenrai, Steve Rothman, Kristin Oberiano, Leilai Doktor, and Atheena Arasoo for their trust and support in this endeavor. Thank you!