32nd Annual Experts Lecture Series – Life & Death of Kamehameha the Great – Video replays now available
Winter 2019, January 30 to March 6 St. Andrews Cathedral, Von Holt Room 229 Queen Emma Square, Honolulu All talks Wednesdays at 12:00 noon Sponsored by the Historic Preservation Program, Department of American Studies, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and the Historic Hawai‘i Foundation The Experts at the Cathedral Series held a series of lectures on the life and death of Kamehameha the Great in commemoration of the bicentennial of his death in 1819. Videos of the series are available below. Dating the Birth of Kamehameha the Great, January 30 Mahalo to Dr. Ralph Kam and Jesse Otto of University of Hawaii's Graduate Certificate Program in Historic Preservation for curating an excellent series this year. Please check back to view videos from each lecture which we will continue to add over the next several weeks. A hui hou! A legend of a comet helped establish the timing of the birth of Kamehameha. The arrival of Halley’s Comet provides a possible clue to the approximate date of his birth. Ashlie Duarte-Smith, “Determining the Birthdate of Kauikeaouli, Kamehameha III,” Hawaiian Journal of History (2018) and Tony Smith, Planetarium Supervisor, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum https://www.facebook.com/176537869076294/videos/2122060551220514/ Pu‘ukohola: The War Heiau of Kamehameha I, February 6 Kamehameha built the Pu‘ukohola Heiau to secure the favor of his war god Kuka‘ilimoku. Take a look at its history and preservation. Samuel M. ʻOhukaniʻōhiʻa Gon III Ph.D., Senior Scientist & Cultural Advisor, The Nature Conservancy, Hawai‘i https://www.facebook.com/176537869076294/videos/420687445385707/ The Peleleu Fleet of Kamehameha, February 13 The conquest of an island kingdom required the building of a great fleet. The armada of ships landed Maui in 1790 and O‘ahu in 1795. Find out [...]
