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!

Upcoming Phi Alpha Theta Meeting and Book Sale - December 2014

The next Phi Alpha Theta meeting will be on Tuesday, Dec. 2 at 5:30 – 7:00 in the History Library (SAK A201). Our official Alpha Beta Epsilon t-shirts have been shipped and we should have them at this meeting. Also, we will have certificates for our new members.

Next Book Sale will be on Thursday, Dec. 4 from 8:00 am – 4:00 pm. If you can donate some time on this day, please let us know at patmanoa@hawaii.edu.

Finally, get your holiday shopping done with PAT! Aprons, Guava Jam, and Lilikoʻi Butter sales are continuing through the holiday season.

History Workshop: Prof. Nicholas Breyfogle (Ohio State University) presents on Tuesday, December 2nd

Tuesday, December 2nd we will be hosting our final fall session of the History Workshop series on "Capitalism in Crisis: Development, Sustainability, & Inequality in Global Perspective."

Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle (Associate Professor, Ohio State University), will be speaking on "Protecting the Pearl of Soviet Asia: Post-War Development, Conservation, and Lake Baikal". The talk will be at 2:30 pm, Tuesday December 2nd, in Sakamaki Hall A104.

Full details of Professor Breyfogle's talk are in the flyer below. We hope you can join us!

Talk at Iolani Palace featuring Prof. Kieko Matteson - Monday, November 24

Prof. Kieko Matteson will be delivering a talk entitled "Foundations of Mud and Iron - Environmental Legacies of the Great War", as part of an event sponsored by the Honorary Consul of the Federal Republic of Germany, Honolulu and the UHM Department of Political Science:

100 Years World War One - New Insights to a Global Catastrophe
Monday, November 24
5:30 - 8:30pm
Kanaʻina Building, Iolani Palace

Please see flyer below for more details.

History Workshop: Prof. Suzanna Reiss presents on Friday, November 14th

Please join us for the History Workshop on Friday, November 14th at 2:30pm in the History Department Library, Sakamaki A201. Professor Suzanna Reiss will be presenting a talk entitled, "We Sell Drugs: The Alchemy of US Empire."

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