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April 1, 1946: A devastating tsunami hit Hilo, Hawaii after an Aleutian earthquake, killing 159. This tragedy sparked the creation of the Pacific Tsunami Warning System, now saving countless lives across the ocean. 🌊

#Tsunami #PacificHistory #DisasterPreparedness

Coral Walls, Uranium Clocks, and the Homes Europeans Never Wrote Down A new dating method is recovering the construction history of Polynesian households that colonial records chose to ignore.

New research applies uranium-thorium dating to 19th-century coral cottages in French Polynesia, revealing construction timelines for Polynesian homes that colonial records largely ignored. #Archaeology #PacificHistory #Geochronology @antiquity.ac.uk www.anthropology.net/p/coral-wall...

While I resist the temptation to edit it to suit my current writing style, I do adore the relationship shown between librarian and researcher. Intimate, supportive and based on curiosity. What is there not to love?

#LibraryLoversDay #14Feb #archives #PacificHistory #loveletters

Research output: Unusual Love Letters in the Archive — Colourful Histories

Time to share some writing from the archives- brought to you by Colourful Histories, @statelibrarynsw and @nationallibraryaus.

Written while I was on a summer scholarship at the NLA, this remains one of my favourite blog pieces....

#LibraryLoversDay #14Feb #archives #PacificHistory #loveletters

Somos Pacífico EL GALEÓN DE ACAPULCO-MANILA SOMOS PACÍFICO EL MUNDO QUE EMERGIÓ DEL TRÓPICO La exhibición recupera la profunda he...

If Mexico City is on your travel card for early 2026, this exhibition looks great!

#Pacifichistory #museums #exhibition 🗃️

Blog : aprendehistoriaconfanaticohisto.blogspot.com/2025/12/los-...

#Arqueología #RapaNui #IslaDePascua #HistoriaDelPacífico #PatrimonioCultural #Archaeology #EasterIsland #PacificHistory #Moai #AncientEngineering #Investigación #TradiciónOral #Ciencia #Polinesia #HistoryLovers

You can access the introduction 'Resistance and Survival - The Nuclear Era in the Pacific' here> www.tandfonline.com/.../10.../00...

Congratulations to Nic, Dimity Hawkins, Talei Luscia Mangioni, Marco de Jong, and Clémence Maillochon.

#history #PacificHistory #nuclear #pacific #award #prize

Nicholas Thomas, "Voyagers: The Settlement of the Pacific" (Apollo, 2020) - New Books Network

Voyagers: The Settlement of the Pacific
Nicholas Thomas
newbooksnetwork.com/oceania #maritimehistory #pacifichistory #polynesia

Book forum alert! Stewart Firth kicks off discussion of "The Cambridge History of the Pacific Ocean" - part 1 of 3. Journal of Pacific History 60(3) DOI: 10.1080/00223344.2025.2461805 #PacificHistory #BookForum

"The Pacific World in the Round" - J. R. McNeill's contribution to the Cambridge History book forum (part 2 of 3). Journal of Pacific History 60(3) DOI: 10.1080/00223344.2025.2461808 #PacificHistory #BookForum

Muskets and monarchy: Sebastian Hepburn-Roper reveals how firearms trade shaped pre-unification Tahiti. The politics of weapons in Pacific history. Journal of Pacific History 60(3) DOI: 10.1080/00223344.2025.2480107 #Tahiti #PacificHistory

"A very remarkable development" - Steven R. Talley explores the mysterious Albatross Scheme in Tanna (1915-22). What shaped this Pacific island story? Journal of Pacific History 60(3) DOI: 10.1080/00223344.2024.2436895 #PacificHistory #Vanuatu

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

New research challenges the idea of a one-way spread of ritual sites in Polynesia. Rapa Nui may have influenced temple forms across the Pacific. A braided history of sacred space is emerging. #Archaeology #Polynesia #RapaNui #Anthropology #PacificHistory @antiquity.ac.uk

Mandates and Missteps: Australian Government Scholarships to the Pacific – 1948 to 2018 Published in The Journal of Pacific History (Ahead of Print, 2025)

📚 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

Congratulations to the guest editors, Charles J.T. Radclyffe, Nicholas Halter, Joseph D. Foukona, and Monica C. LaBriola, who have brought together an amazing array of scholars.

#PacificHistory #OceanicStudies #IndigenousScholarship #AcademicPublishing

The Boulder That Moved: Uncovering a 7,000-Year-Old Tsunami’s Fury A 1,200-tonne boulder hurled inland by a 50-metre wave in ancient Tonga has become a key to unlocking the Pacific’s tsunami past — and reshaping our approach to coastal risk.

7,000 years ago, a wave threw a 1,200-tonne boulder inland. Scientists just found it — and it’s rewriting tsunami history. #TsunamiRisk #Geoscience #PacificHistory

Greatly enjoyed reviewing 2 recent books by @kfullagar.bsky.social that question the inevitability of empire & showcase innovative biography.

Check out the review in @jofhistgeog.bsky.social!

#Pacifichistory #Indigenoushistory #skystorians 🗃️

kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...

#globalhistory at the VU Amsterdam presents - Prof. Matthew P. Fitzpatrick, ‘Exception or empire as usual? German Samoa and liberal imperialism’

@kilderbenhauser.bsky.social #germanhistory #imperialism #samoa #pacifichistory #liberalism

Rumi Yasutake on The Feminist Pacific - Columbia University Press Blog Rumi Yasutake discusses The Feminist Pacific and the emergence of pan-Pacific feminism through the interactions of diverse women’s movements in Hawai‘i.

In this blog post, Rumi Yasutake discusses the emergence of pan-Pacific feminism through the interactions of diverse women’s movements in Hawai‘i. buff.ly/7gETrOa #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInHistory #WomensMovements #Feminism #PacificHistory #HawaiianHistory #MissionaryImpact #Globalization

'Cause the good times just keep rollin' on for this geek.

I'm creating a database of orgs/departments that work with Pacific Islander collections & records. Digital Pasifik has been a great starting point.

If you'd like to be included, drop me a line.

#longdays #research #GLAM #PacificHistory

Ocean Waka: ‘Most important discovery in New Zealand archaeology’ What began as a a Rēkohu (Chatham Island) father and son's routine search has led to one of Aotearoa's most significant discoveries - possibly even in Polynesian archaeology

When #oralhistory finds its home: hits different everytime! It is an #affirmation of #identity and #place.

“I think it’s a tohu from the karāpuna.” - Maui Solomon

#traditionalknowledge #indigenousscience #aotearoa #pacifichistory #seafarers

www.teaonews.co.nz/2025/03/03/o...

The Fijian 50-cent coin features the iconic traditional sailing canoe, the Camakau. Once silver in colour, it was later changed to nickel-plated steel. A symbol of Fiji’s seafaring heritage! #FijiCurrency #PacificHistory

Pirates of the Pacific & the Spanish Empire Not Just the Tudors · Episode

Catching up on Not Just the Tudors and delighted to hear the brilliant @thehistoriann.bsky.social discussing piracy and the Spanish Pacific with @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social . More early modern #Pacifichistory, please! 🗃️

open.spotify.com/episode/75hT...

Military Labourers and Sexual Violence in the New Guinea Campaign of the Pacific War, 1942–5 Australia recruited tens of thousands of local military labourers in the New Guinea Campaign (1942–5) of the Pacific War. This article suggests that widespread Australian military incorporation of ...

Thanks to the Taylor & Francis Group this article is in the process of being made freely available for a short period> doi.org/10.1080/0022...

#Award #journal #history #PacificHistory #MilitaryHistory #PacificWar

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

An exciting start to the 26th PHA Conference 2025!

#history #savethedate #pacifichistory #Oceania #Pacific

From Copra Sequestration to Outboard Engine Trawling: Changes in the Carbon Footprint of Ontong Java Atoll, Solomon Islands The colonial economy of Ontong Java Atoll, Solomon Islands, was centred on the sale of sun-dried copra. Atoll livelihoods depended on the ‘solar income’ freely available for growing coconuts and dr...

OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE:
Next, from the latest issue of the JPH, we have 'From Copra Sequestration to Outboard Engine Trawling: Changes in the Carbon Footprint of Ontong Java Atoll, Solomon Islands' by
Tim Bayliss-Smith & Andreas Egelund Christensen. buff.ly/3V6TTMA

#PacificHistory #History

Five Centuries of Settlement Dynamics and Mobility in the Northern Raja Ampat Islands of West Papua We explore changes to settlement and mobility in the northern Raja Ampat Islands (Waigeo, Gam, and Batanta) over the past five centuries, a time when speakers of several Austronesian languages were...

OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE:
From the latest issue of the JPH we have 'Five Centuries of Settlement Dynamics and Mobility in the Northern Raja Ampat Islands of West Papua', buff.ly/3BCXECB

#Archaeology #OralTraditions #NewGuinea #PacificHistory #Publication #OpenAccess