Author: Alison Clark

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