Brown Bag Thurs., Dec. 5 by Dr. Karen Jolly--"Revealing Words: Biography of a Scribe"

How can we reconstruct the life of someone we only know through their handwriting, copying and translating texts? Evidence for viking-era Northumbria is pretty scanty, so any scrap is valuable. One messy tenth-century manuscript, Durham Cathedral Library A.IV.19, contains a hodgepodge of texts copied by a variety of scribes sometimes competing with each other for space on the precious parchment. It also has the handiwork of one scribe who identifies himself, Aldred, and who boldly translates everything from Latin into his native Northumbrian Old English. I want to write his biography.

Dr. Karen Jolly’s research interests began with popular religion in medical remedies and extended into interdisciplinary approaches to magic, science, and religion. More recently, she has focused on liturgical rituals, bilinguality, and manuscript studies. Her most recent book publication is The Community of St. Cuthbert in the Late Tenth Century: The Chester-le-Street Additions to Durham Cathedral Library A.IV.19 (The Ohio State University Press, 2012), a cultural study of a viking-era religious community and their bilingual service book. She is now working on a historical fiction project exploring the life of Aldred and the other scribes at Chester-le-Street, which you can follow on her blog, at litteramepandat.wordpress.com

History Workshop: Professor López Lázaro presents on Friday, Dec. 6

Please join us on Friday, Dec. 6 for the History Workshop where Professor López Lázaro will be presenting, "Reflections on the World Historical Consequences of Record‐Making and Record‐Keeping." The talk will be held in the Dept. of History Library (Sakamaki A201) at 2:30 pm. Please download the flyer below for more details.

Phi Alpha Theta Book Sale - Nov. 19 at Campus Center

Phi Alpha Theta will be having a book sale across the Campus Center Starbucks, from 9:00 until 4:00 on November 19th. All books are $1 and proceeds will support UH's Phi Alpha Theta, the History Honor Society.

Dissertation Defense for Joel Tannenbaum - Friday, Nov. 15

Join us for a dissertation defense by PhD candidate Joel Tannenbaum on Friday, Nov. 15 at 9am in the Dept. of History Library (Sakamaki A201). Please see the flyer below for more details!

History Workshop: Professor Shana Brown presents on Friday, Nov. 1

Please join us this Friday for the History Workshop where Professor Shana Brown will be presenting, "Black, White, and Red: Remembering China's Revolution through its Photographs." The talk will be held in the Dept. of History Library (Sakamaki A201) at 2:30 pm. Please download the flyer below for more details.

History Forum Lecture by Dr. Frances Steel - Monday, Oct. 28

The U. H. Mānoa Department of History, the Phi Alpha Theta Honor Society, and Center for Pacific Islands Studies present:

“‘Fiji is Really the Honolulu of the Dominion:’ Tourism, Empire and New Zealand’s Pacific, c. 1900-1935”
A History Forum Lecture by Dr. Frances Steel, History Program, University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia

Monday, October 28th
12:30 – 2:00 p.m.
Sakamaki Hall A201
U. H. Mānoa Department of History Library

For more details, please download the flyer below:

PAT Halloween Extravaganza - Friday, Oct. 25

On Friday, October 25th at 4:30 pm, Phi Alpha Theta will be hosting an open Halloween movie night and initiation ceremony in the History Library (SAK A201) to honor its new chapter members. The featured movie will be "The Woman in Black", the 2012 horror film starring Daniel Radcliffe as a lawyer who must face a vengeful spirit in a haunted English village. We welcome everyone who is able to attend and feel free to bring along someone to hold on to in case you get too scared! Snacks and drinks will be provided for so come with an empty stomach!

“Comparative Studies of Humanities and Social Sciences: The View from China” Colloquium - Monday, Oct. 21

The Center for Chinese Studies and the Departments of History and Philosophy, UHM present:

“Comparative Studies of Humanities and Social Sciences: The View from China”
A colloquium of faculty from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, and the University of Hawai‘i, Mānoa

History Dept. Library, Sakamaki A201, UH Mānoa
12:30–4:00 p.m., Monday, October 21, 2013

For more details, please download the flyer below:

“Critical Perspectives on the Nanjing Massacre” Roundtable Panel - Monday, Oct. 21

The Center for Chinese Studies and Confucius Institute at UHM, Center for Japanese Studies, Departments of History and East Asian Languages & Literature, and Richardson School of Law, UHM jointly present:

“Critical Perspectives on the Nanjing Massacre” 
A Roundtable Panel 
with Poet Wing-Tek Lum; Yuma Totani, UHM-History; and David Cohen, UHM Richardson School of Law / EWC 
Moderator: Ming-Bao Yue, UHM East Asian Languages & Literatures 

Center for Korean Studies Auditorium, UH Mānoa 
2:30–4:30 pm, Monday, October 21, 2013 

For more details, please download the flyer below:

Dissertation Defense for Zachary J. Martin - Friday, Oct. 18

Join us for a dissertation defense by PhD candidate Zachary J. Martin on Friday, Oct. 18 at 10am in the Dept. of History Library (Sakamaki A201). Please see the flyer below for more details!

History Forum Lecture: Dr. Yehuda Bauer presents on Wednesday, Oct. 16

Dr. Yehuda Bauer of Yad Vashem and Hebrew University, Jerusalem will present his lecture, "Recent Controversies in Holocaust Scholarship" on Wednesday, Oct. 16th in the Department of History Library (SAK A201) from 12:30-2pm. This lecture is co-sponsored by Phi Alpa Theta History Honor Society and the UH Fund for the Promotion of Jewish Life and Studies. Please see below for more details.

Phi Alpha Theta Book Sale - Oct. 15 at Campus Center

Phi Alpha Theta will be having a book sale across the Campus Center Starbucks, from 9:00 until 4:00 on October 15th. All books are $1 and proceeds will support UH's Phi Alpha Theta, the History Honor Society. Come early and come often!

History Workshop: Professor Peter Hoffenberg presents on Friday, Oct. 4

Please join us for next week's session of the History Workshop where Professor Peter Hoffenberg will be presenting, "Judah I. Abrahams: The 'Pilgrim's Progress' of a Georgian Convert and Traveler, or 'At that, she tore the hair from her head.'" The workshop will take place at 2:30pm on Friday, October 4th in the Dept. of History Library (Sakamaki A201).

Phi Alpha Theta Annual Meeting - Thursday, Sept. 12

Phi Alpha Theta (PAT) will have the first meeting of the new school year on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013 at 5:30 pm in the History Department Lounge (SAK B210). A light dinner of pizza and beverages will be served, and all current and prospective members of Phi Alpha Theta are encouraged to attend. Officers for the year will be announced, and plans will be made for upcoming conferences, including the biennial conference in New Mexico in January 2014.

Professor Matteson Post on the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society Blog

Professor Kieko Matteson has made a guest post, titled Nice Weather (If You’re a Newt): Chaos and Resilience in Human and Natural Ecosystems on the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society Blog.

Volume 46 - The Hawaiian Journal of History launch

You are invited to the launch of Volume 46 of the Hawaiian Journal of History, on Feb. 7, 2013 in Hālau Haumea, Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies.

Please see below for details.

Maritime Heritage Symposium (coming in February)

Aloha!

NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) are hosting the 24th Maritime Heritage Symposium on February 16-18, Presidents' Day weekend.

Please see the attached flyers for details about the symposium and the keynote speaker, Dr. James P.

Keynote Address:

WHEN: Saturday, February 16, 2013 at 6:30-7:30 PM

WHERE: NOAA’s Marine Sanctuaries’ Hawai`i Kai conference facility
6600 Kalaniana`ole Hwy suite 302
(Roy’s Restaurant building 3 floor) POC 271-4187

Free and open to all.

For additional information please see:

www.mahhi.org
www.hawaii.edu/mop/site/2013symposium.html