- Judiciary History Center: We’ve kicked off the month on September 1 with displaying the UH student presentations at the Judiciary History Center, which is expected to be displayed throughout the month.
- Hawai‘i State Libraries: Manu and Stacy Aldrich, the Hawai‘i State Librarian, are coordinating dates for the UH students to present at one of four libraries in the four counties. Students will choose from a list of venues and times provided by the libraries. The list is expected by the end of this week.
- Hawai‘i State Archives (NEW): On September 13, Ron Williams, archivist and historian from the Hawai‘i State Archives will be presenting on the 1894 Constitution of the Republic of Hawaiʻi at Punahou School. They will be hosting and paying for the food that evening. The capacity is 150.
- Note that working with Punahou is intentional in raising greater awareness of Hawaiian History Month and establishing a working relationship, between HPF and Punahou, with the Assistant Director of Punahou’s Kuaihelani Hawaiian History Center, Ke‘alohi Reppun. (I’m also interested in finding a way to bring in ‘Iolani School.)
- An invite to the presentation will be sent to Punahou’s mailing list. I’m planning to get it out on KS mailing list and social media channels, as well. Will ask OHA and CNHA for the same kōkua.
- Presentation Summary: The event will be an illustrated presentation by historian and archivist Ronald Williams Jr. PhD. In support of the September ‘Onipa’a [historical events of 1893-1898] theme and events hosted by the Hawaiʻi Ponoʻī Coalition, this talk will focus on revealing and contextualizing under-accessed and long misunderstood histories of the period, through primary-source documents in Hawaiian and English. The focus of the talk will be the 1894 Constitutional Convention that was followed by a proclamation of the Republic of Hawaiʻi. A new, more inclusive methodology that accesses a broad array of government, public, and private documents in multiple languages has begun to significantly alter Hawaiian historiography, resulting in deeper and more complex understandings of Hawaiʻi’s past. This talk highlights this tidal-change in the field of Hawaiian history by revealing Native voice and agency within what has long been considered a non-Native document, the 1894 Constitution.
- Location:
- Kuaihelani Center for Hawaiian Studies
- Ke Kula ʻo Punahou
- Agenda: September 13
- 5:30 Opening/greeting by Punahou I imagine
- 5 min – Hawai‘i Pono`ī Coalition re Hawaiian History Month
- 5 min – State Archivist on HAS role in preserving/protecting/ and making accessible government/historical documents
- 5:45 – 45-55 min – Illustrated presentation
- 6:45 – Q&A/Kūkākūkā
- 7:00 – Pau
- 5:30 Opening/greeting by Punahou I imagine
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