History Forum
History Forum
The History Department hosts an ongoing History Forum for talks and presentations by UH faculty and visiting scholars throughout the year. The Forum is also available for graduate students to present research and practice job talks. For more information on participating, please contact Dr. Peter Hoffenberg.
Upcoming 2012 Talks
Dr. Avraham Faust, The Institute of Archaeology, Bar-Ilan University, Israel on "Archaeology and Cosmology in Ancient Israel" in Sakamaki A201 on October 12 from 12:30-2:00pm.
Dr. Faust will examine Iron Age buildings and settlements in Ancient
Israel to explore why a large number of them were oriented towards the
east, while the west was extremely underrepresented. Various climatic and
functional considerations do not seem to explain that phenomenon. Rather,
using archaeological data, linguistic and textual evidence, and ethnographic analogies, Prof. Faust will attempt to study those structures to gain insights into some of the cosmological principles of the ancient Israelites.
Please feel free to contact Professor Peter Hoffenberg (peterh (at) hawaii (dot) edu) if you have any questions and please feel free to share this information.
Past History Forum talks have included:
Professor Yehuda Bauer (Yad Vashem and Hebrew University, Jerusalem) on "Recent Historical Scholarship on the Shoah and Genocide" in Saunders 624.
April 25, 2012
Professor Stephanie Trigg, School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne
"The History of Emotions"
April 12, 2012
Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
"Pugin in the Pacific? Building Neo-Gothic 'Edifices' in the Colonies"
February 24, 2012
Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of History, University of Wisonsin
"World History and the Skeptical Specialist"
January 16, 2012
Economics Department, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
"The Political Economy of Land Privatization in Argentina and Australia, 1810-1850"
January 25, 2012
Professor Joel Tishkin
Washington State University History Department
"The Zions of Africa: Non-Trinitarian Christianities of Modern Africa"
February 10, 2011
Dr. Tom Mahon
"The Admiral's Folly: How the IRA Beat the Royal Navy"
January 20, 2011
University of Sydney
"The Ambiguities of Race: Science on the Reproductive Frontier of Australia and the Pacific Between the Wars"
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of History, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
"Chockan Valikhanov and the (Failed) Cultivation of a 19th-Century Russian/Kazak Scholar-Traveler"
Yad Vashem and Hebrew University, Jerusalem
"Darfurr: Genocide and International Politics" and
"Recent Holocaust Scholarship"
University of Arizona
"How El Negrito Saved Mexico from the French: Puppets, Popular Culture, and National Identity"
Department of History, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
'Taiwan: Turning Points in History, the Present and Alternative Futures"
Olin Professor in Asian Studies, Amherst College
"The Restoration of the Hua Family Shrine"
Department of History, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
'A Copper for a Cup:' Researching the Commodity History of Japanese Green Tea
Department of Political Science, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
"Discourses of Danger: Locating Emma Goldman"
Rabbi David J. Forman
Former Chairperson, Interns for Peace
Co-Founder, Israeli Rabbis for Human Rights
Union of Reform Judaism, retired
"Jerusalem - Holy City of Three Religions"
Professor Emeritus of History, Florida Atlantic University
"Policy Change and Maori Political Resurgence: A View of the 2005 Election in Auotearoa, New Zealand"
Dr. Peter A. Kraemer
U.S. Department of State & George Washington University
"Neither Love nor Money nor God nor Country: The Carter Administration's Forgein Policy and Working as a Federal Government Historian"
Department of History, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
"Time Has Rendered These Allusions Natural: Staging Massacre in the French Revolution" and
"'That Which is Not Light is Not French:' Enlightenment in French, 1683-1784" and
"Welsh Indians and Savage Scots: History and Antiquarianism in 18th-Century Britain"
California State University - Chico
Visiting Professor, Zinman College, the Wingate Institution, Netanya, Israel
"Living, Studying and Working in Israel Today: A Personal Perspective"
co-author of Decoding the IRA
"Moscow Calling: The IRA Beyond the Emerald Isle, 1926-1927"
The Open University of Israel
"The Palestinian/Arab-Israeli Conflict: An Historical Perspective"
and "The Arab-Israeli Conflict Between War and Peace"
Department of History, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
"Between Worlds: Native American Ledger Art"
Department of History, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
"Fighting Men and Crying Women: Society on the Early-Modern Frontier"
Filmmaker
"1947 Palestine to the Present Day: The Adventures of Making a Film in a Foreign Country - The Little Traitor"
Policy Analyst, UH College of Education
Former Member, Hawai‘i State House of Representatives
"Preparing for Hawai‘i's 21st Century: Understanding our State Legislature, Warts and All"
"Reviving Seafaring Glory: The Grand Voyage of the Princess Taiping"
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