New research by Joycelyn Pipike-Kama explores tourism's role in Papua New Guinea's decolonization (1960s-70s). How did competing tourism theories shape national identity? Journal of Pacific History 60(3) DOI: 10.1080/00223344.2024.2376182 #PacificHistory #PNG

Journal of Pacific History Vol 60, Issue 3 is out now! Over the coming weeks we'll share direct links to the various reviews, forums, and articles in this issue. For those of you who can't wait to read the latest Pacific History research, head to www.tandfonline.com/journals/cjp...

It has been an immense week of celebration, reflection and commentary in Papua New Guinea as the 50th Anniversary of Independence was acknowledged. Please share this roundtable piece 'Celebrations and growing pains: 50 years of Papua New Guinean independence', by Henrietta McNeill & Theresa Meki

If you're looking for an online seminar about the British, Germans and French in Siam before WWI, and you'd like to see me try and use microhistory to speak to transimperial history, then send me a DM or email and I'll give you the password to my seminar next Friday here at Flinders.

Do you have some great work on religious history, but need financial support to get to a conference? The Religious History Association has a new Conference Bursary Scheme! therha.com.au/bursary-sche...

Five travel awards for scholars from low & middle income countries are available for this years ASAA/NZ #anthropology Conference in Whāingaroa, Raglan! www.asaanz.org/conference Priority will be given to applicants from #Oceania and #SoutheastAsia

The Centre for Contemporary History seminar this week - Debating the Nation: Papua New Guinea and the Colonial Legacy - is part one of the launch of a new book edited by Helen Gardner, Dr. Brad Underhill and Keimelo Gimapau. Wednesday, 30th July, 11am (AEST) cch.deakin.edu.au/news/2025/06...

Join the Pacific History Assoc. as our Media & Communications Officer. See attached image for details!

Nick Ferns compares the north of Australia with the south of Italy through the lens of development in looking at the World Bank. #AHA2025 #OzHA2025

Geoff Keating looking at Australia's colonial presence in Papua. #AHA2025 #OzHA2025

Next up in the Oceania Lives series we're taking a look at the story of Aboriginal and South Sea Islander leader, artist and writer, Mabel Edmund Read the full article in the AJBH: press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/pr...

Up first from the ‘Oceania Lives’ issue of the AJBH is an article on Aboriginal and South Sea Islander activist, photographer and radio broadcaster, Lisa Bellear (1961-2006) press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/pr...

📚 June Wrap-Up: Book Reviews from The Journal of Pacific History online 🔥 Book reviews you won't want to miss: 🌊 Mandates and Missteps by Anna Kent> www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #PacificHistory #BookReview #HistoryReads #IslandStudies #ColonialHistory

New issue article:📚 ‘Na Viti’: A Magazine for Young Fiji📚 >https://doi.org/10.1080/00223344.2025.2464628 #Colonialism #iaukei #development #civilsocietyorganizations #leadership #women

New issue article:📜‘Tonga Is My Homeland, But Fiji Is My Home>https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00223344.2025.2483751. #migration #oralhistory #religion #Tonga #women

New article alert: "📜The Melanesian Way in the 21st Century: Culture, Politics, and Festivals📜 Anna Naupa examines what happens to the Melanesian Way as a shared identity across scale, from people to nation and sub-region? doi.org/10.1080/0022...

New issue article: 📚 Solomon Islands Song as History: Kastom, Preservation, and Transformation 📚 > doi.org/10.1080/0022... #Solomon Islands #Malaita #Honiara #oraltraditions #Kastomstori #Sungmemories

New issue article: 📚Beyond Wartime Loyalty and Collaboration: The Legacy of George Bogese📚 Anna Annie Kwai examines how historians of Solomon Islands in the Second World War often approach the legacy of George Bogese through the lens of wartime loyalty and collaboration. doi.org/10.1080/0022...

New issue article:📜En Sigi Ha’ Mo’na: A Genealogy of CHamoru Resistance to Language Erasure📜 doi.org/10.1080/0022... #CHamoru #Guåhan #languagereclamation #languageshift #policy

Special issue update: 📜 In Our Own Words: Histories in Languages of Oceania 📜 Over the coming week, we'll be sharing articles from this newly released online issue. This unique collection centres Indigenous and local voices in Pacific history...

📖 New Book Review Essay: "Pleasure and Pain in the Pacific"📖 Our thanks to Deirdre Coleman, who provided an essay review of three recent publications examining Pacific literature and cultural encounters: doi.org/10.1080/0022... #JournalOfPacificHistory #BookReview #PacificStudies #LiteraryHistory

📜 New Narratives and Documents Publication 📜 MANUSCRIPT XLV now available in the JPH Narratives and Documents section: J.H.F. (Frits) Sollewijn Gelpke's "The Spanish Exploration and Annexation of North New Guinea in the 16th Century" Part 2 doi.org/10.1080/0022....

🎬 Media Review: Journal of Pacific History 🎬 Great work from Josephine Goldman who reviewed "Le Retour des trésors polynésiens/The Return of the Polynesian Treasures" - a doco by Paul Manate and Suliane Favennec examining the repatriation of Polynesian cultural artifacts, doi.org/10.1080/0022....

📚 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...

📚 NEW REVIEW ALERT 📚 Thanks to R. (Lute) Faleolo for our latest review about 'Mandates and Missteps: Australian Government Scholarships to the Pacific – 1948 to 2018', by Anna Kent and published with ANU Press, 2024, doi.org/10.1080/0022...

Call for Content for the Pacific Historians Association: Talofa, Mālō e lelei, Bula, Namaste, Kia orāna, Fakalofa lahi atu, Mālo ni, Fakatalofa atu, Mauri, Halo ola keta, Halo olaketa, Ia Orana, Aloha, Kia ora! The PHA is seeking content for its July newsletter. The deadline for #65 is 25 June.

May Wrap-Up: New Articles from the Journal of Pacific History This month brought powerful research concerning identity and social movements.

With postdocs in any field a real rarity these days, it's great to see this one just opened up in Pacific History at the University of Sydney 🗃️ Plus you'll be working with wonderful people like @historymatterssyd.bsky.social Psst @journalpacifichist.bsky.social

We warmly invite scholars and researchers interested in the Pacific region to connect with us & become part of our research community. We are currently compiling a contact list of potential reviewers, contributors, and collaborators who are passionate about Pacific history and related fields.

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

We at the journal have recently learnt of the passing of Francis West. Francis was a foundation member of the JPH Editorial Board, biographer of Hubert Murray, and an researcher concerned with Papua's independence. Our thoughts are with Francis' family, friends and colleagues...

On behalf of the coordinators of the PHA webinar series for ECRs, please find attached the flyer for the seminar series which will run through April. The first session is on Thursday 3 April (NZ time): Sessions will be held over Zoom from 9am to 10am (NZ time). #Pacific #Oceania #History

OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE UPDATE: Anna Annie Kwai's article, Beyond Wartime Loyalty and Collaboration: The Legacy of George Bogese, is now available via The Journal of Pacific History, 1–24. doi.org/10.1080/0022.... #SolomonIslands #decolonizing #history #colonial #Pacific #Oceania #openaccess

OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE UPDATE: Bronwen Douglas' (2024) article ‘Very Beautiful Land’: Malay Knowledge, Spanish Voyages, and Indigenous Presence in Iberian Mapping of New Guinea' in now available in The Journal of Pacific History, 1–45 doi.org/10.1080/0022... #map #Oceania #Pacific #voyages

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Brij V. Lal Prize, Indian Indentureship, Girmit and Gimitiya, and its Legacies.

Assist the AAPS and Complete the Survey: Shaping the Future of Pacific Representation at the National Portrait National Gallery of Australia, Canberra Your responses to this survey (shorturl.at/GJcmh) will inform how we can meaningfully celebrate Pacific peoples and cultures.

Pacific History Association Members, time to check your emails, the latest PHA newsletter is OUT! Jam packed with member, publication, event, and conference news it'll be sure to entertain on a work break. Not a member but interested? Check out our org. here> linktr.ee/PacificHisto... #History

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

Edit: A reviewer has been located for 'Before 1770'. Please contact [email protected] to express interest in reviewing other exhibitions, films or documentaries.

EOI to review "Before 1770" are now open: “Before 1770” is a fascinating inquiry into contacts between Asia and Northern Australia. Film details are available at: before1770.com Please contact [email protected] to express interest in reviewing this content. #AcademicSky

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 [email protected]. #AcademicSky #Award #Pacific #Oceania #Research

Our sister organisation Pacific History Association has just announced their 2025 conference call for papers! See attached images or visit www.pacifichistoryassociation.net/events for the details. #history #AcademicSky #heritage #culture #Pacific #Oceania

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.

The JPH Article Award winner has been announced to be *drumroll please* CAROLINE NORMA Caroline's article, ‘Military Labourers and Sexual Violence in the New Guinea Campaign', published in vol 58, issue 2, of the Journal of Pacific History, has been selected as the recipient of the JPH Award..

BEST ARTICLE AWARD ARCHIVE NEWS: From the archive now, we have Lopaka O’Connor's 2021 article, 'Autonomy, Mobility, and Identity: The Re Tamuning of Guam, 1869–1901',

FREE ACCESS!* Another extract from the latest issue, this time Tim Macnaught & Bronwen Douglas' obituary for Deryck Anthony Scarr (7 September 1939–29 March 2024) > https://buff.ly/49sycwz #obituary #extract #freeaccess #PacificHistory #history

BEST ARTICLE AWARD ARCHIVE NEWS: We're getting close the end now, with just a few articles to share before the end-of-year announcement is made! Take a moment or two with Hannah Cutting-Jones' 2020 article 'The Conscience of the Community’: the Au Vaine of Rarotonga' https://buff.ly/4f2nYV1

FREE ACCESS!* Today, we're sharing an extract of John Anthony Moses's obituary from the most recent collection in the Journal of Pacific History. > https://buff.ly/3Zr48Ns *Excluding internet costs, computer usage and, the most precious thing of all, your time.

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