The Journal of Pacific History
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JPH is a leading refereed journal dedicated to research about the Pacific Islands, their peoples & their pasts (est. 1966). Account run by @colourfulhistories.bsky.social
BOOK REVIEW Leveraging Sovereignty: Kauikeaouli’s Global Strategy for the Hawaiian Nation, 1825–1854 By J. Susan Corley. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2022. 292 pp., notes, bibliography, index. ISBN-13: 9780824891039 Lorenz Gonschor doi.org/10.1080/0022...
BOOK REVIEW Genealogies, Genomes, and Histories in the Pacific: Genetic Drift By Matt K. Matsuda. Cham, Switzerland, Palgrave Macmillan, 2023. ix+293 pages, notes, bibliography, index. Erica Newman doi.org/10.1080/0022...
BOOK REVIEW The Fiji Times at 150: Imagining the Nation (Or, A Scrapbook of Fiji’s History) By Anurag Subramani. Suva, Fiji Times Pte Limited, 2023. 548 pp., illustrations, index, appendix. ISBN 9789822010251 FJ$87.00 (pbk). Nicholas Hoare doi.org/10.1080/0022...
EXHIBITION REVIEW Victory in the Pacific: 80th Anniversary Nicholas Hoare, Jareef Ahmed & Harry Eaton doi.org/10.1080/0022... The Journal of Pacific History welcomes scholars interested in contributing reviews. Reach out to our editorial assistant at editorial@jphinc.com.au to express your interest
NARRATIVE AND DOCUMENTS MANUSCRIPT XLIX: Macmillan Brown Lectures 1998 Lecture Three: Te Moemoeā – The Dream University of Canterbury, 22 September 1998 Tipene O’Regan & Edited by Bruce Harding
NARRATIVE AND DOCUMENTS MANUSCRIPT XLIX: Macmillan Brown Lectures 1998 Lecture Two: Te Kerēme – The Claim University of Canterbury, 15 September 1998 Tipene O’Regan & Edited by Bruce Harding doi.org/10.1080/0022...
MANUSCRIPT XLIX: Macmillan Brown Lectures 1998 Lecture One: Nga¯i Tahu Wha¯nui University of Canterbury, 8 September 1998 Tipene O’Regan & Edited by Bruce Harding doi.org/10.1080/0022...
NARRATIVES AND DOCUMENTS / OPEN ACCESS MANUSCRIPT XLIX: Macmillan Brown Lectures 1998, Introduction Bruce Harding doi.org/10.1080/0022...
ARTICLE Tonga’s Monarchy and the Country’s Coconut Industry, c. 1945 to Independence Judith A. Bennett doi.org/10.1080/0022...
ARTICLE / OPEN ACCESS Tupaia’s Wind Positioning System: (Re)Modelling Ancestral Polynesian Voyaging Lars Eckstein doi.org/10.1080/0022...
ARTICLE / OPEN ACCESS A British Chain Store Out of Place: Boots The Chemists in Suva, Fiji, 1944–64 Anna Greenwood, Richard Hornsey & Hilary Ingram doi.org/10.1080/0022...
ARTICLE / OPEN ACCESS Modelling of Epidemics Suggests Over 96 per cent Population Loss on Aneityum, Vanuatu, Following European Contact, Clare McFadden, Matthew Spriggs doi.org/10.1080/0022...
ARTICLE Scottish Reformers and ʻIli ʻĀina Dissolution in Mid-19th Century Hawaiʻi Thomas S. Dye, Aurora K. Kagawa-Viviani, Noa Kekuewa Lincoln, Kepā Maly,Seth Quintus, & Timothy M. Riethhttps://doi.org/10.1080/00223344.2025.2531818
McGavin, K. (2026). The Rise of Pacific Literature: Decolonization, Radical Campuses, and Modernism: By Maebh Long and Matthew Hayward. New York, Columbia University Press, 2024. The Journal of Pacific History, 61(1), 199–200. doi.org/10.1080/0022...
Hear that? That's the sound of Pacific historians and JPH readers getting ready to go through the latest issue of the Journal of Pacific History! Interested in submitting to the JPH? Check out the process and details here> www.tandfonline.com/journals/cjp...
In the eyes of the judges, this entry, 'Fa’i Pasifika: Colonial Banana Schemes and the Foundation for Postcolonial Pacific Regionalism', makes the most valuable contribution to our historical knowledge and draws convincingly from relevant sources to communicate effectively.
DEADLINE EXTENSION A prize of AUD $1,000 will be awarded at the 2025 Pacific History Association Conference, for the winner of the Gunson Essay Prize Competition. Now due 14 November 2025 (23:59pm, Australian Eastern Daylight time). See attached image for guidelines.
📚 Book Review: Journal of Pacific History 📚 Appreciation to Angela Wanhalla who reviewed "Reframing Indigenous Biography" edited by Shino Konishi, Malcolm Allbrook, and Tom Griffiths, Routledge, 2025 for the JPH doi.org/10.1080/0022...
ONLINE EVENT REMINDER: This is a reminder for the fourth webinar in the Pacific History Association early researchers webinar series that will be held on Thursday 24 April from 9am to 10am (NZ time): #history #academia #skytorians
Continued abstracts for PHA ECR April Seminar Series
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Brij V. Lal Prize, Indian Indentureship, Girmit and Gimitiya, and its Legacies.
The Pacific History Association (PHA) established the Teresia Teaiwa Prize in 2018 to honour the profound legacy of Teresia Teaiwa, former President and Secretary of PHA. The inaugural prize was awarded at the PHA’s 2021 conference. See the attached image for details> #AcademicSky #History
Together with the Pacific History Association, the Journal of Pacific History is pleased to announce that submissions are now welcomed for the Gunson Essay Prize. See the attached document for details or email editorial@jphinc.com.au. #AcademicSky #Award #Pacific #Oceania #Research
The JPH Editorial Board is delighted to announce their 2026 #Publication Incentive #Grants: graduates of a PhD or MA since 2019 in a field relevant to #Pacific #history can apply for a grant of AU$3,000 to prepare a manuscript for submission to peer review on a topic of relevance to the JPH.
Sincere thanks to those who helped me to settle into the role of Outreach Officer & Editorial Assistant this year. These JPH virtual offices will now close until 20 Jan. I look forward to reading those excellent journal articles, talking with book publishers & locating content to share in 2025.
A new Pacific History Association newsletter is now online! Not a PHA member? Contact us for all the membership goodies: www.pacifichistoryassociation.net/membership #history
If you know someone interested in enrolling in History , you may want to recommend the University of Hawaii (see below). It's great to see the potential for students to work their way towards a JPH article. Did you know we offer support through the Publication Incentive Grant? shorturl.at/wcAtg