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Pacific History Association

About Us

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. For more details about our organisation, click here to view the Constitution. The PHA's current Executive Committee (2023-25) includes:

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Safua Akeli Amaama

PRESIDENT

Head of New Zealand and Pacific Histories and Cultures, Te Papa Museum, New Zealand

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Jonathan Ritchie

VICE PRESIDENT

Deakin University, Australia

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SECRETARY/TREASURER

Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

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Deborah Lee-Talbot

MEDIA/COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER

Deakin University, Australia

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Nicholas Halter

WEBSITE EDITOR

The University of the South Pacific, Fiji

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Yacine Benhalima

POSTGRADUATE REPRESENTATIVE

University of French Polynesia & Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

Louise Mataia-Milo

CONFERENCE CONVENOR

National University of Sāmoa

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Monica C. LaBriola

ORDINARY MEMBER

University of Hawai’i at Mānoa

ORDINARY MEMBER

The University of Papua New Guinea

Edward Pinfield

ORDINARY MEMBER

King’s College London, UK

Professional Affiliations

The PHA has a number of links to other associations and organisations that support scholarship on the Pacific. Links to these can be found below:

Australian Association for Pacific Studies (AAPS): http://pacificstudies.org.au/

Pacific Manuscripts Bureau (PAMBU): http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/catalogue/index.php/

Journal of Pacific History (JPH): https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cjph20/current

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