The Pacific History Association promotes research in and the teaching of Pacific History. Established in 1980 at a conference in Martindale Hall, South Australia, the association holds biennial conferences around the Pacific.
The PHA’s current Committee includes:
President: Anne Perez Hattori, University of Guam, Guam
Vice-President: James Viernes, University of Guam, Guam
Vice-President: Pei-Yi Guo, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Secretary/Treasurer: Adrian Muckle, Victoria University, New Zealand
Newsletter Editor: Max Quanchi
Website Manager: Kirstie Close-Barry, Deakin University, Australia
Executive Committee Members are:
Chris Ballard, Australian National University, Australia
Judy Bennett, University of Otago, New Zealand
Ian Conrich, University of Southern Australia, Australia
Robert Dewey, DePauw University, USA
Helen Gardner, Deakin University, Australia
Kerri Inglis, University of Hawaii, Hilo, USA
Ann Waiko, University of Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea
Louise Mataia-Milo, Victoria University of Wellington/National University of Samoa
Clive Moore, University of Queensland, Australia
Serge Tcherkezoff, Centre de Recherche et de Documentation sur l’Oceanie, France
Morgan Tuimalealiifano, University of the South Pacific, Fiji
Monica LaBriola, University of Hawaii-West O’ahu, USA
Vince Diaz, University of Minnesota, USA
Jacqui Leckie, University of Otago, New Zealand
Link to official PHA website: http://www.pacifichistoryassociation.net
Past PHA Conferences
1 1979 Martindale Hall, SA, Australia
2 1980 Noosa, Qld, Australia
3 1981 Katoomba, NSW, Australia
4 1984 Sorrento, Vic, Australia
5 1985 Suva, Fiji
6 1987 Canberra, Australia
7 1989 Brisbane, Australia
8 1990 Tamuning, Guam
9 1992 Christchurch, New Zealand
10 1994 Tarawa, Kiribati
11 1996 Hilo, Hawai`i
12 1998 Honiara, Solomon Islands
13 2000 Canberra, Australia
14 missed
15 2002 Apia, Samoa
16 2004 Noumea, New Caledona
17 2006 Dunedin, New Zealand
18 2008 Apia, Samoa
19 2010 Goroka, Papua New Guinea
20 2012 Wellington, New Zealand
21 2014 Taipei and Taitung, Taiwan
22 2018 Guam