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2024 Experts Lecture Series Explores Pioneers in Historic Preservation Wednesdays, January 31 to March 6, 2024     12:00 to 1:00 p.m. Virtual on Zoom Free, registration required (scroll down to register for individual lectures) The series, curated by Dr. Ralph T. Kam, executive director of Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives, is sponsored by the Historic Preservation Graduate Certificate Program, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa’s School of Architecture and Historic Hawai‘i Foundation. Expert presenters will lead us on a journey of exploration of six historic preservation pioneers in Hawai‘i describing their passions, visions, work and impact. Wednesday, January 31, 2024 12:00 to 1:00 PM Nancy Bannick Presenter:  Robin Lung, Documentary Filmmaker  Lecture one will highlight Nancy Bannick, a committed and tireless advocate for preserving architecturally significant and historically important buildings, as well as exceptional trees, landscapes and natural resources. Bannick is especially well known for her decades long fight to save Honolulu Chinatown, which was declared a historic district in 1973. VIEW THE  PRESENTATION RECORDING & NANCY BANNICK: SAVING HONOLULU'S CHINATOWN film below Wednesday, February 7, 2024 12:00 to 1:00 PM William J. Murtagh Presenter: William Chapman, Interim Dean, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, School of Architecture and Professor, American Studies William J. Murtagh was a founding member of the United States Committee of the International Council of Monuments and Sites, a historic preservation nongovernmental organization. He was first keeper of the National Register of Historic Places. He served as a faculty member at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. VIEW THE  PRESENTATION RECORDING Wednesday, February 14, 2024 [...]

2023 Experts Lecture Series Explores Historic Cemeteries Thursdays, January 26 to March 2, 2023     12:00 to 1:00 p.m. Virtual on Zoom Free, registration required (scroll down to register for individual lectures) The series is curated by Dr. Ralph T. Kam, Historic Preservation Graduate Certificate Program, Department of American Studies, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. The series is co-sponsored by Historic Hawai‘i Foundation. Expert presenters will lead us on a journey of six historic cemeteries in Hawai‘i describing their histories, what makes them significant and in some cases, challenges to their protection. Thursday, January 26, 2023 12:00 to 1:00 PM Mission Memorial Cemetery (1823), Honolulu, O‘ahu Presenter:  Mary Ann Lentz, Hawaiian Mission Children’s Society Starting in 1823 with the burial of Levi Parsons Bingham, the child of pioneer missionaries Hiram and Sybil Bingham, burials began in the cemetery on the Diamond Head side of Kawaiaha‘o Church. Royalty later modeled their funerary practices on the early burials of the missionaries. The cemetery is part of the Kawaiaha‘o Church and Mission Houses National Historic Landmark. VIEW THE RECORDING BELOW Thursday, February 2, 2023 12:00 to 1:00 PM Mauna ‘Ala Royal Mausoleum (1867), Nu‘uanu, O‘ahu Presenter: Ralph  Kam, author, "Death Rites and Hawaiian Royalty" (2012) Thomas Nettleship Staley, the First Bishop of Honolulu, consecrated the Royal Mausoleum in 1867. When Episcopal Bishop Henry Bond Restarick consecrated the Kamehameha tombs at Mauna ‘Ala in 1908, he became the first American to sanctify a royal burial site. The chapel at the Royal Mausoleum was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. VIEW THE RECORDING BELOW [...]

2022 Experts Lecture Series Explores Residences of Queen Lili‘uokalani Thursdays, February 3 to March 10, 2022     12:00 to 1:00 p.m. Virtual on Zoom Free, registration required (scroll down to register for individual lectures) The series is curated by Dr. Ralph T. Kam, Historic Preservation Graduate Certificate Program, Department of American Studies, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. The series is co-sponsored by Historic Hawai‘i Foundation. In collaboration with the 175th Anniversary of the construction of Washington Place, the 2022 Experts Lecture Series will explore six residences that are significant to the life of Queen Lili‘uokalani. Just three of the six survive: Washington Place, Queen’s Retreat, and ‘Iolani Palace. Haleakalā, Muolaulani, and the Waikīkī houses are all gone. Photographs and maps exist for Haleakalā and the Waikīkī houses, and maps exist for Muolaulani. Biographical Statement: Queen Lili‘uokalani (1838-1917), born in Honolulu and the daughter of a high chief and chiefess, was the first sovereign queen, and the last monarch of Hawai‘i. She assumed the throne in 1891, following the sudden death of her brother King David Kalākaua, but her reign was short-lived. Lili‘uokalani dedicated much of her reign to restoring native Hawaiian rights, but a group of plantation and business owners, backed by the U.S. military, staged a coup to overthrow her in 1893. After a failed insurrection by her supporters in 1895, she was charged with treason and put under house arrest in her palace. When Hawai‘i was annexed by the United States in 1898, Lili‘uokalani declined the offer to watch the annexation ceremonies, as she could not bear to see the Hawaiian flag lowered and the Stars and Stripes put in its place. For the rest of her life, she fought to preserve [...]