History Forum Talk by Prof. Yehuda Bauer - Thursday, December 10

The U.H. Mānoa History Department and the Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society present:

"The State of Historical Scholarship on the Shoah and Genocide"
A Public Lecture by Prof. Yehuda Bauer, Yad Vashem and Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

Thursday, December 10
12:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Sakamaki Hall A201
History Department Library
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Free and Open to the Public

Books & Bakes PAT Fundraiser - Thursday, December 3

We are having one big fundraising day on Thursday, 12/3. We will have a book sale at Campus Center and a "Books & Bakes" sale going on in the Sakamaki Courtyard. That's two different locations to do your holiday shopping, all for a great cause!

In other PAT news, three of our members will be giving a special presentation at the Women's Studies Colloquium on Friday, 12/4 at 12:30 pm. For more information, please download the flyer below.

Upcoming History Forums in November 2015

The following History Forums will be held this month:

"Materiality and Spanish Colonial Diasporas in Latin America and the Philippines"
Prof. Christine Beaule
Friday, November 6th
12:30—2:00 p.m.

"It’s the Eurocene: Carbon Archaeology and the Geopolitics of Modern Geology"
Prof. Jairus Grove
Tuesday, November 17th
12:00—1:30 p.m.

All talks will be given at:
Sakamaki Hall A201
History Department Library
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Kelli Lyman Selected for the Hawaiʻi Asia-Pacific Affairs Leadership Program

Congratulations to UHM History student Kelli Lyman, who has been chosen for the 2015-16 Cohort of the Hawaiʻi Asia-Pacific Affairs Leadership Program! From the Center for Strategic & International Studies website:

The Hawaiʻi Asia-Pacific Affairs Leadership Program, building on the six-year success of its predecessor the Hawaiʻi Emerging Leaders Program, provides undergraduates, graduate students, and young professionals with the opportunity to learn about Asia-Pacific international affairs from leading senior and emerging policy experts affiliated with Pacific Forum CSIS. This interactive program will help the next generation of Hawaii’s business, government, and community leaders develop a solid knowledge base of the major political, economic, and security issues in the Asia Pacific and to think critically and strategically about Hawaii’s role in the region.

PAT Book Sale (Thurs., Oct. 29) and Other Upcoming PAT Events

PAT is having another book sale fundraiser on Thursday, Oct. 29 from 9:00-4:00 at Campus Center. Proceeds go towards supporting student research and conference travel. Hope to see you there!

Other Upcoming PAT Events:

• Next Meeting: Wed., 11/18 from 5:30 -7:00 pm in the History Library (SAK A201). We have several new members who will be receiving their PAT certificates, so don't miss it!

• LOOKING AHEAD - Holiday Fundraisers: Thurs., 11/19 and Thurs., 12/3 – BOOKS & BAKES at Sakamaki Hall from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm.

• The Hawaiʻi Regional Meeting of PAT is just around the corner. The 2016 Hawaiʻi Regional Meeting of PAT will be held at HPU Aloha Tower facility on Saturday, March 19, 2016. If you are working on a paper for a class this fall semester, consider submitting an abstract for the regional come spring. The abstract deadline has not been set yet, but traditionally these are due around the 1st of February. Something to keep in mind...

A Festschrift for Jerry Bentley—Now Available Online

The Journal of World History, Vol. 25, Issue 4, a special festschrift for the late Prof. Jerry Bentley, is now available online and features the work of our former graduate students. From the introduction by Prof. Matthew Romaniello:

Hardly any student had graduated in the past twenty-five years whom Jerry had not advised in some capacity. I began the issue by approaching the most recent graduates of our program with whom the department still had contact, and everyone readily agreed to contribute an article out of their deep respect for Jerry and his role in their development as historians.

Please click here for the abstracts OR click here for full text (requires UH login).

Panel on Federal Recognition & Indigenous Governance featuring Prof. Noelani Arista - Thurs., Nov. 12

Indigenous Politics, Department of Political Science at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa presents:

"Recognition Issues: Critical Legal, Historical and Economic Perspectives on Federal Recognition and Indigenous Governance"
Panelists: Randall Akee (UCLA), Noelani Arista (UHM), & Mishuana Goeman (UCLA)

Thursday, November 12
5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Hālau O Haumea,University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Upcoming History Forums in October 2015

The following History Forums will be held this month:

"Comparing Abolition Across the Indian Ocean"
Prof. Kerry Ward, Rice University
Friday, October 2nd
12:30—2:00 p.m.

"Reconstructing R. L. Stevenson's Pacific Islands Photographies," co-sponsored by the Center for Pacific Islands Studies
Dr. Carla Manfredi, Visiting Post-Doc Scholar, UH Mānoa
Monday, October 5th
12:30—2:00 p.m.

"Ta'isi O. F. Nelson and the Mau: Australian and Hawaiian Dimensions to New Zealand and Samoan History," co-sponsored by the Center for Pacific Islands Studies
Dr. Patricia O'Brien, ANU
Friday, October 9th
12:30—2:00 p.m.

"The U.S. Army and Domestic Nation-Building, from the Founding of the Republic to an Unnoticed Present"
Harvey Meyerson, Ph.D., Independent Scholar
Wednesday, October 14th
12:30—2:00 p.m.

"At Home with the Victorians? The Hawaiian Kingdom at the London International Fisheries Exhibition, 1883"
Prof. Peter Hoffenberg, UHM Department of History
Thursday, October 29th
12:00—1:30 p.m.

All talks will be given at:
Sakamaki Hall A201
History Department Library
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Books & Bakes PAT Fundraiser - Thursday, September 24th

PAT will have a “Books & Bakes” fundraising sale at Sakamaki Courtyard this Thursday, 9/24. The sale starts at about 10:00 am and runs until 2:00 pm. Edible goodies and books will be available for purchase. Come check it out!

Upcoming History Forums in September 2015

The following History Forums will be held this month:

"Sages, Pirates, and Governors with Naked Axes in the Vita Apollonii"
A Public Lecture by Prof. Saundra C. Schwartz, Assistant Professor of History, UH Mānoa
Monday, September 21st
12:30—2:00 p.m.

"‘Missionary of Science:’ Germain Bouchon-Brandely, Science, and Conservation in the Tuamotu Lagoons"
A Public Lecture by Matt Cavert, Doctoral Student, Department of History, UH Mānoa
Friday, September 25th
12:30—2:00 p.m.

Both talks will be given at:
Sakamaki Hall A201
History Department Library
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

For more information, please see the flyers below:

$1 Book Sale - Thursday, September 17th

Another big book sale coming your way! This one is on Thursday, Sept. 17 from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm at the Campus Center Walkway. All proceeds benefit UH Mānoa's Alpha Beta Epsilon chapter of the PAT History Honor Society. Don't miss it!

First PAT Meeting of the Fall 2015 Semester: Wednesday, September 2

The first PAT meeting of the semester will be on Wednesday, Sept. 2, from 5:30-7:00 pm in the History Library (SAK A201). PAT will be recruiting new members, looking for new officers, talking about the biennial, and fundraising for the fall.

Also, PAT had a great book sale last week and is planning another book sale for Thursday, Sept. 17. Save the date!

$1 Book Sale - Thursday, August 27th

Welcome back to school! The first PAT book sale of the semester is Thursday, Aug. 27 from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm. at the Campus Center Walkway. All proceeds benefit UH Mānoa's Alpha Beta Epsilon chapter of the PAT History Honor Society. These books are a bargain at only $1 each!

Prof. Matteson's Forests in Revolutionary France on FT's List of Summer Books for 2015

In a recent article, Financial Times writers and guests compiled a list of their favorite books of the year so far. Prof. Kieko Matteson's Forests in Revolutionary France: Conservation, Community and Conflict, 1669-1848, made it onto this list!

From the Financial Times: "Putting a long span of French history in a new light, environmental historian Matteson explores the struggle between elites and the people over the forests that were a vital resource for Europeans at the dawn of the modern era. A fresh and stimulating study."

Murals in Hawai‘i Event with Prof. John Rosa - Sunday, June 21

From summitzine.com:

808 Urban, in partnership with Interisland Terminal and with a grant from the Hawaiʻi Council for the Humanities, presents Murals In Hawaiʻi, an event meant to stimulate discussion of storytelling through place. The event will be hosted at Kakaʻako Agora as part of the indoor community park's June Kaboom series.

John Rosa, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa history professor will open with a talk on the history of murals in Hawaiʻi. 808 Urban's Prime will lead a walking tour of murals in the area. There will also be a special youth presentation of the ʻO E Ala Mural Project in Waiʻanae, a talk story with kumu and kupuna on moʻolelo of place and a collaborative group storytelling activity.

Murals In Hawaiʻi
Kakaʻako Agora, 441 Cooke St.
Sun., June 21, 2–4pm
Free, all ages

Recent Special Issue Publication: "European Encounters with Islam in Asia"

"European Encounters with Islam in Asia," a special issue of The Journal of World History, co-edited by Profs. Matthew Lauzon and Matthew Romaniello, has just been published. They began work on the issue at a workshop held at the East-West Center in Fall 2012, which was co-sponsored by the Center for Philippine Studies, the Center for South Asian Studies, the Center for World History, and Muslim Societies in Asia and the Pacific Program.

Please click here for the abstracts OR click here for full text (requires UH login).

"Lost & Found": BackStory Interview w/ Prof. Noelani Arista

Prof. Noelani Arista was interviewed last month for the show "BackStory with the History Guys," sponsored by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. According to BackStory Radio, in this episode, "Hawaiian scholar Noelani Arista shares her efforts to make Native Hawaiian voices a part of how the history of the Hawaiian islands is taught." Listen to the clip here:

http://backstoryradio.org/shows/islands/

History Workshop: "Forests in Revolutionary France" - Friday, April 24

Next Friday, April 24th, Prof. Kieko Matteson will be presenting "Forests in Revolutionary France: Community Sustainability vs. State Conservation, 1669-1848" as the final talk in this year's History Workshop series on "Capitalism in Crisis." In addition to addressing the Workshop's themes of sustainability and development, this will also be a celebration of the publication of Prof. Matteson's book.

In related news, The Center for Biography just added to their schedule a visiting journalist, Nick Fielding, who will present "From the Central Asian Steppes to the Hawaiian Islands" on Tuesday, May 19. Full details of both talks are included in the flyers below:

Prof. Ned Bertz to Deliver CSAS Symposium Keynote on Thursday, April 16

Professor Ned Bertz will be presenting a keynote address for the Center for South Asian Studies Symposium on Thursday, April 16, between 1:30 and 2:45pm at Hamilton Library Room 401. His talk is entitled, “'Ground Between Two Millstones': Interrogating Decolonial Pasts in Indian Ocean History.”

An Indian Ocean historian, Prof. Bertz examines mobility, place, and claims of belonging amidst emerging notions of nationhood in Diaspora and Nation in the Indian Ocean: Transnational Histories of Race and Urban Space in Tanzania (forthcoming from University of Hawaiʻi Press).

PAT Book Sale - Thursday, April 16

The next Phi Alpha Theta book sale will be on Thursday, April 16 from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm at the UHM Campus Center. All are welcome!

Digital A&H Initiative April Meeting: Documentary Editing in the Age of Digital Humanities - Monday, April 6

Please join us on Monday, April 6 in the History Library (Sakamaki A201) from noon to 1:15 for a lively Digital Arts and Humanities Initiative discussion with Erin Cozens on "Documentary Editing in the Age of Digital Humanities." See flyer below for more details. We hope to see you there!

History Forum Talk by A&H Dean Peter Arnade - Thursday, April 30

The U.H. Mānoa History Department and the Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society present:

"Small Things and Big Ideas: Microhistory Past and Present; or, Ordinary People in Extraordinary Trouble!"
A Public Lecture by Peter Arnade, Dean of the College of Arts & Humanities, UH Mānoa

Thursday, April 30
12:00 – 1:30 p.m.
Sakamaki Hall A201
History Department Library
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Free and Open to the Public

History Forum Talk by Prof. Rosalyn LaPier - Wednesday, April 1

The U.H. Mānoa History Department and the Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society present:

"What’s In a Name? Native American Name Giving: The Supernatural and Connections to the Natural World"
A Public Lecture by Rosalyn LaPier, Environmental Studies, University of Montana–Missoula

Wednesday, April 1
12:30 – 2:00 p.m.
Sakamaki Hall A201
History Department Library
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Free and Open to the Public

Phi Alpha Theta Meeting: Tuesday, April 7

The next PAT Meeting will be on Tuesday, April 7 from 5:30-7:00 pm in the History Library (Sakamaki A201). We will begin planning our fundraising efforts for the National Biennial in Orlando, Jan. 2015!

History Forum Talk by Professor Dave Beck - Wednesday, March 18

The U.H. Mānoa History Department and the Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society present:

"Fair Compensation? American Indians at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition"
A Public Lecture by Prof. Dave Beck, Native American Studies, University of Montana - Missoula

Wednesday, March 18
12:30 – 2:00 p.m.
Sakamaki Hall A201
History Department Library
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Free and Open to the Public

History Forum Talk by Prof. Peter Hoffenberg - Monday, March 2

The U.H. Mānoa History Department and the Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society present:

“Why ‘So Dismal a Failure?’ The South Kensington International Exhibitions of the Early 1870s and Exhibition Angst”
A Public Lecture by Prof. Peter H. Hoffenberg, Department of History, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Monday, March 2
12:30 – 2:00 p.m.
Sakamaki Hall A201
History Department Library
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Free and Open to the Public

Heather Ann Thompson and Sonny Ganaden present "From Mississippi to Mānoa: Why Mass Incarceration Matters"

The public is invited to attend:

"From Mississippi to Mānoa: Why Mass Incarceration Matters to Our Cities, Our Economy, & Our Democracy"
Heather Ann Thompson, Professor of History, Temple University
Sonny Ganaden, Lawyer and Lead Writer of the Native Hawaiian Justice Task Force Report (2013)

Monday, March 2nd
4:30 p.m.
Art Auditorium

This event is being co-sponsored by the Department of History. Please see flyer below for more details:

History Workshop - Upcoming Events

We are pleased to announce upcoming events in our History Workshop series on Capitalism in Crisis: Development, Sustainability, and Inequality in Global Perspective.

On Friday, February 27th, Jonathan Daniel Wells of the University of Michigan will be presenting a talk entitled "Blind No More: Self-Emancipation, Northern Politics, and the Fugitive Slave Crisis in Antebellum America"

The following Tuesday, March 3rd, Heather Ann Thompson of Temple University will be presenting a talk entitled, "Attica, Attica, Attica! From the Possibilities of Prisoner Rebellion to the Problem of Punitive Justice Policy"

Both these Workshop sessions will be held from 2:30-4:00pm in the History Department Library, Sakamaki A-201.

A&H Dean Peter Arnade Publishes New Book

The Dean of the College of Arts & Humanities, Peter Arnade, has recently published a new book. Dr. Arnade presented a chapter from the book a couple years ago to the Early Modern Forum, and we've all been waiting to see the completed text! Details are below:

Peter Arnade and Walter Prevenier, Honor, Vengeance, and Social Trouble: Pardon Letters in the Burgundian Low Countries (Cornell University Press, 2015); http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140100537670

Upcoming PAT Meeting and Book Sales

The next PAT Meeting will be on Tuesday, Feb. 24 from 5:30-7:00 pm in the History Library (Sakamaki A201). We will continue working on details for the upcoming conference and begin looking forward to other events this spring, including the Mānoa Experience Day in April.

In search of great reads? Phi Alpha Theta will be holding book sales on Monday, Feb. 9; Monday, Feb. 23; and Thursday, March 19. Don't miss out on fantastic book deals!

History Forum Talk by Prof. Jonathan Morse - Monday, February 9

The U.H. Mānoa History Department and the Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society present:

“John Alexander Dowie and Two Ways of Writing the History of Something That Didn't Happen”
A Public Lecture by Jonathan Morse, Dept. of English, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Monday, February 9
12:30 – 2:00 p.m.
Sakamaki Hall A201
History Department Library
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

History Workshop: Dr. Ryan Tucker Jones (Univ. of Auckland) presents on Friday, February 13

Below is the flyer for our first History Workshop talk this spring as we continue "Capitalism in Crisis: Development, Sustainability, & Inequality in Global Perspective." Dr. Ryan Tucker Jones (Senior Lecturer, University of Auckland) will be presenting "Red Spouts over Honolulu: When the First Soviet Whaling Fleet Came to Hawaiʻi and Re-routed Pacific Environmental History" on Friday, February 13th at 2:30 p.m. in the History Department Library (Sakamaki A-201). Full details are included in the flyer.

We hope to see you there!

History Forum Talk by Bart Zielinski - Wednesday, January 21

The U.H. Mānoa History Department and the Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society present:

“War and Diplomacy in the South Pacific, 1914-1919: A Multinational Approach”
A Public Lecture by Bart Zielinski, King's College, London

Wednesday, January 21
12:30 – 2:00 p.m.
Sakamaki Hall A201
History Department Library
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Free and Open to the Public

Phi Alpha Theta Events to Kick Off Spring 2015

Thurs., Jan. 15th - The next Phi Alpha Theta meeting will be on Thursday, Jan. 15th from 5:30 -7:00 pm. We will have our usual pizza dinner to get us revved up for conference planning!

Thurs., Jan. 22nd - Our first book sale of the new semester will be on Jan. 22nd from 8:00 – 4:00 pm. We have some new book donations, so come and check it out!