The Call for Panels at the 14th ESfO Conference
Lucerne, Switzerland has been released (24-27 June 2025).

Theme: Connections within and beyond Oceania

Panel proposals due 10 September 2024.

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Lest we forget. May 14th marks the arrival of the first indentured laborers from India to Fiji in 1879, under the British colonial rule. May 14th is also the day Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka carried out the 1987 coup overthrowing the Timoci Bavadra Govt that led to an exodus of Indians from Fiji.

New book from Rod Dixon and the Mangaia Historical Society featuring work from the JPH's Cook Islands Bicentenary special issue.

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'Forty Years in the South Seas' honours Professor Glenn Summerhayes and his archaeological career in #PNG . This edited volume provides a range of complementary perspectives on the human past.

Now available doi.org/10.22459/TA57.…

#Archaeology #Pacific #NewRelease #OpenAccess

Today in our #protectpacific conference here in Aotearoa New Zealand we're launching the new book on Epeli Hauʻofa's life and legacy! #pacificstudies #seaofislands

The ANU #AsiaPacificMapCollection contains more than 35,000 unique maps from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries!

Discover 6,000+ of these maps via the ANU Open Research collection here: hdl.handle.net/1885/107367

‘Forty Years in the South Seas’ brings together the latest research on the human history of #PNG and the Western Pacific region from an archaeological perspective, spanning the length and breadth of this diverse physical and cultural landscape.

Register doi.org/10.22459/TA57.…

Warm Pacific greetings, come and work with a talented team of journalists who are passionate about Pacific issues in the region, and Aotearoa.

rnz.careercentre.net.nz/job/journalist…

Pacific journos, this one’s for you! Islands Business Islands Business is looking for an experienced investigative reporter “who can break and regularly deliver high quality original investigative stories across platforms.” Full-time permanent job – apply now:
islandsbusiness.com/pacific-jobs/i…

Join our Pacific Islands Development Program at the official launch of the re-envisioned Pacific Islands Report website, May 23, 1:00-2:30 p.m. HST on Zoom.

RSVP: eastwestcenter.org/events/launch-…

#SaveTheDate #PIReport #VisionsAndVoices

Are you a member of the Pacific History Association? The next member's newsletter is in progress!

We'd love to hear what you've been doing in recent months or what you have planned. See the attached image for details.

Deadline 23 May!

#CFC #Pacific #Pacific History

Indo-Pacific Leadership Lab opportunity at East-West Center. Applications Open May 1st. eastwestcenter.org/apply/indo-pac…

“Today, we all have an opportunity to celebrate these spears and what they represent for us, Australia and the whole world.” - David Johnson

The Gweagal Spears are returned to the La Perouse Aboriginal Community. 🖤💛❤️

Photo: Jenny Magee

It’s been a while coming, but New Caledonian writer Hamid Mokaddem will publish a new biography of Djubelli Wea in June. Writing on Kanak history and philosophy, Mokaddem has previously written about Jean-Marie Tjibaou and Yeiwene Yeiwene – now he profiles their assassin.

Absolutely thrilled to have such a stellar cast of editors help us create this multivolume work, including Leah Lui-Chivizhe Chris Urwin Lynette Russell AM Talei Luscia A TePungaSomerville and so many others: culturalhistoryofoceania.blog/people-2/

Delighted to share a new project that Katerina Teaiwa🔥🚣🏿🌊 and I have been working on for the past year - a new six-volume history of Oceania (Australia and the Pacific) - 60,000 years: culturalhistoryofoceania.blog

A major new exhibition and book showcases Aotearoa New Zealand’s earliest photography.

It charts how the new technology was integral to the colonial project, and covers a wide range of photographic genres, writes Angela Wanhalla (University of Otago). theconversation.com/the-past-in-a-…

Full house at West Papua Mini Film Festival tonite in Sydney.

Catch it when it’s coming to your town. Q&A panelists are filmmakers who came all the way from West Papua despite the risks.

AAPS is delighted to announce that the winner of the Tracey Banivanua-Mar PhD Prize for 2024 is Dr Marco de Jong and the highly commended awardee is Dr Timaima Tuvuki. Congratulations both on your outstanding work! Learn more via: pacificstudies.org.au/2024/04/winner…