The Hawaiian Journal of History is an annual journal devoted to original articles on the history of Hawai‘i, Polynesia, and the Pacific area. Each issue includes articles on a variety of subjects; illustrations; book reviews; notes and queries; and a bibliography of recent Hawaiiana titles of historical interest. Individuals may receive the journal by joining the Hawaiian Historical Society.

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• Recent Articles

• A Short History of Sacred Hearts Catholic Missionaries on Moloka'i
  Posted on Thursday May 28, 2026

  Histories of Gender and Sexual Diversity in Hawai'i
  Posted on Thursday May 28, 2026

  Nā Kapu Ali'i: A Reconsideration
  Posted on Thursday May 28, 2026

  Historical Disconnect: Posthumous Publication of Puzzle Pieces by S. M. Kamakau
  Posted on Thursday May 28, 2026

  The Last Voyage of the Whaleship Tamerlane
  Posted on Thursday May 28, 2026

  A Laughable Empire: The US Imagines the Pacific World, 1840–1890 by Todd Nathan Thompson (review)
  Posted on Thursday May 28, 2026

  Settler Militarism: World War II in Hawai'i and the Making of US Empire by Juliet Nebolon (review)
  Posted on Thursday May 28, 2026

  The Sugar King of California: The Life of Claus Spreckels by Sandra E. Bonura (review)
  Posted on Thursday May 28, 2026

  The Feminist Pacific: International Women's Networks in Hawai'i, 1820–1940 by Rumi Yasutake (review)
  Posted on Thursday May 28, 2026

  Chinatown, Honolulu: Place, Race, and Empire by Nancy E. Riley (review)
  Posted on Thursday May 28, 2026

  Japanese America on the Eve of the Pacific War: An Untold History of the 1930s ed. by Eiichiro Azuma and Kaoru Ueda (review)
  Posted on Thursday May 28, 2026

  Word across the Water: American Protestant Missionaries, Pacific Worlds, and the Making of Imperial Histories by Tom Smith (review)
  Posted on Thursday May 28, 2026

  Nā Hale Pule: Portraits of Native Hawaiian Churches, 1820–1900 by Robert Benedetto (review)
  Posted on Thursday May 28, 2026

  Loyal to the Land: The Legendary Parker Ranch, 1992–2022: Volume 4, An Enduring Sense of Place by Billy Bergin (review)
  Posted on Thursday May 28, 2026

  Forward without Fear: Native Hawaiians and American Education in Territorial Hawai'i, 1900–1941 by Derek Taira (review)
  Posted on Thursday May 28, 2026

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• Author Guidelines

• The Hawaiian Journal of History Guidelines for Contributors are available on The Hawaiian Historical Society’s website.

• Editorial Board

• Editors

  Kelli Y. Nakamura, Kapi’olani Community College
  Blaine Namahana Tolentino, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
  [email protected]

  Associate Editors

  DeSoto Brown
  Historian, Bishop Museum Archives

  Thomas S. Dye,
  T.S. Dye & Colleagues, Archaeologists, Inc.

  Emily A. Hawkins
  Associate Professor of Hawaiian Language (retired), University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

  Kerri A. Inglis
  Associate Professor of History, University of Hawai‘i at Hilo

  Carol MacLennan
  Professor of Anthropology, Michigan Technological University

  Michael E. Macmillan
  Publications Manager, Center for Korean Studies, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

  Holly McEldowney
  Archaeologist, Division of State Parks, Hawai‘i State Department of Land and Natural Resources

  Nancy J. Morris
  Curator Emerita, Jean Charlot Collection, Hamilton Library, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

  M. Puakea Nogelmeier
  Professor, Hawaiian Language, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

  Amy K. Stillman
  Professor of Music and American Culture, University of Michigan
  book review editor and bibliographer

  Jodie Mattos
  Librarian, Hawaiian Collection, Hamilton Library, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

  Assistant to the Editors

  Barbara E. Dunn
  Administrative Director and Librarian, Emerita Hawaiian Historical Society

• Indexes

• Content from the journal is abstracted or indexed in:

  EBSCOhost–
  Academic Search Alumni Edition, 11/1/2003-
  Academic Search Complete, 11/1/2003-
  Academic Search Elite, 3/1/2003-
  Academic Search Premier, 11/1/2003-
  Academic Search Ultimate, 11/1/2003-
  Academic Search: Main Edition, 3/1/2003-
  Advanced Placement Source, 3/1/2003-
  America: History and Life, 11/1/1967-
  Current Abstracts, 3/1/2003-
  Historical Abstracts (Online), 11/1/1971-
  History Reference Center, 3/1/2003-
  MainFile, 3/1/2003-
  MLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association)
  OmniFile Full Text Mega (H.W. Wilson), 3/1/2003-
  OmniFile Full Text Select (H.W. Wilson), 3/1/2003-
  Russian Academy of Sciences Bibliographies
  TOC Premier (Table of Contents), 3/1/2003-

  Gale–
  MLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association)
  US History in Context, 01/2015-

  (IBZ) International Bibliography of Periodical Literature on the Humanities and Social Sciences

  (IBR) International Bibliography of Book Reviews of Scholarly Literature on the Humanities and Social Sciences

  Periodicals Index Online

  ProQuest–
  MLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association)

  South Pacific Periodicals Index