Kaluaikoolau Book Launch Event

You are cordially invited to the book launch of Kahikina Kelekona’s Kaluaikoolau. The Hawaiian Historical Society’s 5th Volume in Ke Kupu Hou: The Hawaiian Language Reprint Series. Governor Josh Green, M.D., First Lady Jaime Kanani Green, Washington Place Foundation and the Hawaiian Historical Society (HHS) will host the book launch event […]

Ke Kumu Aupuni Event

  YOU ARE CORIDIALLY INVITED TO A SPECIAL EVENT!  Hawaiian Historical Society In Partnership with Awaiaulu & Kapiolani Community College Library Presents: Ke Kumu Apuni: The Foundation of Hawaiian Nationhood The Hawaiian Historical Society invites its members and friends to our first program of the year on Thursday, September 21, 2023 from […]

Fall 2019 Lecture – Reclaiming Kalākaua

Known as the “Merrie Monarch,” King David Kalākaua was acknowledged to a far greater degree for his keen intellect, marked efficiency, and sophisticated diplomacy by nineteenth- century Hawaiian- and English-language publications. Reading from Reclaiming Kalākaua, Dr. Tiffany Lani Ing will examine the mōʻī’s genealogy of misrepresentation and seek to present […]

Summer Holidays and Other Closures

Friday, June 28th – Staff and Intern Huakaʻi Thursday, July 4th – Independence Day Thursday, August 1st – Intern Hoʻike (Afternoon research appointments may be available, please email to inquire.) Friday, August 16th – Statehood Day The Hawaiian Historical Society will be closed on the dates listed above. We apologize […]

Fall 2018 Lecture Series, 10/18/18 at 7 pm

Picture Bride Stories: A Conversation with Barbara Kawakami Thursday, October 18, 2018  •  7:00 pm Kapiʻolani Community College, Hale ʻŌhiʻa The Hawaiian Historical Society invites its members and friends to a conversation with Barbara Kawakami, on Thursday, October 18, 2018, at the Kapiʻolani Community College, Hale ʻŌhiʻa, from 7:00 pm. […]