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!