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!