The annual conference of the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association (PCB-AHA) is being held from July 31-August 2, 2024, on the campus of the University of Hawaii at Mānoa. In light of the conference's location, the editors of the PCB-AHA's official journal, the Pacific Historic
The summer issue of Pacific Historical Review is a special issue devoted to the theme of Feminist Histories. The special issue, which is temporarily available paywall-free, includes research articles, a forum on feminist history methods, and a response from historian Estelle B. Freedman. At PHR’s ed
Jennifer Robin TerryThis year's Berkshire Conference of Women Historians Article Prize was awarded to Jennifer Robin Terry for her article, "Niños por la causa: Child Activists and the United Farm Workers Movement, 1965–1975," published in Pacific Historical Review. Drawing on a wide variety of
Many readers may not think of the American West as a particularly religious place. What do we gain by paying attention to the role of religion in its history?It is true that the topic of religion rarely comes up in standard narratives of U.S. western history (Of course there a few important exce
As the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations convenes this week in New Orleans, UC Press is pleased to remove the paywall from select journal content that we think will be of interest to SHAFR members and conference attendees. Pacific Historical ReviewPacific Historica
Pacific Historical Review is delighted to share the news that its articles have recently been honored with awards from the Urban History Association and the Western Association of Women HIstorians. Hannah Kim's "Death in Philadelphia, 1958: The Murder of In-Ho Oh and the Politics of Cold
'Tis the season for academic conferences when scholarly societies announce their annual awards. We are delighted to share the news that both Pacific Historical Review (PHR) and the Journal of Popular Music Studies (JPMS) have recently been honored with awards from the Western History Association (WH
As we convene virtually for this year's conference of the American Studies Association, we invite you to read the current issues of the following journals for free from the comfort of your own home. Click on the journal covers below to access the free issues.
Pacific Historical Review is congratulating Yu Tokunaga, Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, who has won both the W. Turrentine Jackson (Article) Prize and the Louis Knott Memorial Award for his article, "Japanese Farmers, Mexican Workers, an
We're continuing our #0AH2021 promotions by removing the paywall from select issues of UC Press history journals. Click on the covers below to access the free issues.
