Interview with Professor Leonard Andaya in Itinerario

An interview with Professor Leonard Andaya has been published in the April 2014 edition of Itinerario, the International Journal on the History of European Expansion and Global Interaction. In this interview, Prof. Andaya shares stories about his upbringing, educational background, and experiences as a Southeast Asia historian.

Citation: Kathryn Andersen Wellen and Ariel C. Lopez, "Traversing the Malay-Indonesian World: An Interview with Leonard Andaya," Itinerario, 38:1 (2014): 7-12.

Please click here for an excerpt OR click here for full text (requires UH login).

History Workshop: Graduate Student Symposium - Friday, May 2

Please join us for the grand finale of the History Workshop series this year, "Roots and Routes: Mobility, Migration, and Diasporas" on Friday, May 2nd from 2:30-4:00pm in the History Department Library (SAKAM A201). We will be hosting four of our History Department graduate students who will share some of their research.

Please see flyer below for more details:

History Forum Talk by Prof. Mark Merlin - Wednesday, April 30

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

"Historical Highlights of Hemp Fiber Use: The Case of Eurasia"
A Public Lecture by Prof. Mark Merlin, Department of Botany, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

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

Free and Open to the Public

History Workshop: Prof. John Rosa presents on Friday, April 11

Please join us for the History Workshop this Friday, April 11th at 2:30pm in the History Department Library, Sakamaki A201. Professor John Rosa will be presenting a talk entitled, "Fly Hawaiʻi: Roots and Routes of Transpacific Air Travel."

Please see flyer below for more information. We hope you can join us and please spread the word!

Final PAT Events for Spring 2014 - April 24th & 28th

The last Phi Alpha Theta meeting of the semester will be on Thursday, April 24th from 5:30 – 7:00 pm in the History Department Lounge (SAK B210).

Also, mark your calendars for the next PAT Book Sale, to be held on Monday, April 28th from 9:00am - 4:00pm at the UHM Campus Center. Books will be sold for $1 each.

See you there!

Graduate Seminar & History Workshop - Prof. Christopher Capozzola, MIT

Professor Christopher Capozzola from MIT is visiting the UH Mānoa campus this week and will be hosting a graduate seminar on Wednesday April 2nd. All graduate students are welcome if they notify Prof. Vina Lanzona (vlanzona at hawaii dot edu) in advance.

On Friday April 4th, Prof. Capozzola will be presenting a talk in the History Workshop entitled, "How Filipino Veterans Joined the Greatest Generation, 1945-2009".

Please see flyers below for more information:

History Forum Talk by Dr. Irving Martin Abella - Tuesday, April 1

Please join us for a special History Forum Public Talk by Dr. Irving Martin Abella, Prof. of History, York University, and a well-respected specialist in the history of the Jews in Canada and the Canadian labor movement.

Prof. Abella will discuss "The Holocaust, Antisemitism, and Canada" at 12 noon on Tuesday, April 1st in Sakamaki Hall A201, the UH Mānoa History Department Library.

The talk is free and open to the public.