University of Hawaii Press
Encyclopedia
The University of Hawaii Press is a university press
that is part of the University of Hawaii
.
The University of Hawaii Press was founded in 1947, with the mission of advancing and disseminating scholarship by publishing current research in all disciplines of the humanities and natural and social sciences in the regions of Asia
and the Pacific. In addition to scholarly monographs, the Press publishes educational materials and reference works such as dictionaries, language texts, classroom readers, atlases, and encyclopedias. During the 2006-2007 fiscal year, the Press published 94 projects: 80 books and monographs and 14 scholarly journals.
At 30 June 2007, the Press had published 2,323 books and other media, 1,289 of which are currently in print. With sales of over $3.7 million, the Press is ranked as a mid-sized university publisher by the Association of American University Presses
and is considered by scholars to be a leader in the fields in which it publishes. In 2005, UH Press published more academic monographs on East Asia
(China
, Japan
, and Korea
) in English than any other university press, and was second only to RoutledgeCurzon among all English-language publishers (Chen & Wang 2008:37).
, both of which have become classics. Other enduring classics from its early years include the Hawaiian-English Dictionary, by Mary Kawena Pukui
and Samuel Elbert
, first published in 1957, last revised and enlarged in 1986, then reprinted 16 times; and Shoal of Time: A History of the Hawaiian Islands, by Gavan Daws
, whose Press edition was first published in 1974 and reprinted 19 times.
In 1971, the University of Hawaii Press combined operations with the East-West Center
Press and renamed itself the University Press of Hawaii, thus adding greater coverage of Asia
to its previous strength in Hawaii
and the Pacific. In 1981, the East-West Center withdrew its subsidy, and the name reverted to University of Hawaii Press, but the focus on Asia continued to grow, so that at least half its titles now focus on Asia, with the other half devoted to Hawaii (30%) and the Pacific (20%).
UH Press output included journals from the very beginning. Most of the Press's inaugural budget appropriation was allocated to the journal Pacific Science
, whose first issue appeared in 1947. However, Pacific Science did not bear the UH Press imprint until 1953, two years after Philosophy East and West
made its debut from UH Press (Kamins & Potter 1998:234-240).
The number of journals gradually expanded over the next few decades, with the acquisition of Oceanic Linguistics
(in vol. V) in 1966 and Asian Perspectives
(in vol. XII) in 1969, and the founding of Korean Studies
in 1977, Biography
in 1978, Buddhist-Christian Studies
in 1981, and Asian Theatre Journal
in 1984, all initiated at the University of Hawaii. Flush State budgets in the late 1980s and early 1990s permitted several further initiatives by other campus departments. The literary journal Mānoa
and the "island affairs" journal The Contemporary Pacific
made their debut in 1989, followed by the Journal of World History
in 1990, and then China Review International
in 1994, just before severe budget cutbacks eliminated all university subsidies to the Journals Department.
Journals production struggled along, with some editorial offices assuming more of the burden, until Press subsidies were partially restored in 1998 and the department was restaffed. All 12 journals made their debut in the Project MUSE
database of journals in the humanities and social sciences in 2000-2001, but Pacific Science switched to the BioOne
collection of natural science journals in 2008. The Yearbook of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers
began publishing with UH Press in 2000 (in vol. 62) and made its debut in Project MUSE in 2004. The Asia Society
's Archives of Asian Art
began publishing with UH Press in 2007 (in vol. 57).
East Asia is an especially important regional focus. During 2000-2005, the Press published 184 academic monographs on the region, 82 on China, 81 on Japan, and 21 on Korea. The three principal subject areas were language and literature (with 23 on China, 25 on Japan, and 7 on Korea); religion and philosophy (with 21 on China, 13 on Japan, and 2 on Korea); and history and fine arts (with 20 on China, 20 on Japan, and 7 on Korea) (Chen & Wang 2008:38).
The monograph series published by the Press indicate some principal areas of concentration.
Each year the Press displays its recently published books and journals at a range of professional meetings and trade shows held throughout the world, reaching a combined total of about 700,000 attendees at those events. The annual meeting of the Association for Asian Studies is its most important academic exhibit each year. Other major scholarly venues include the American Academy of Religion
, American Anthropological Association
, American Historical Association
, American Library Association
, Association for Asian American Studies
, and College Art Association
. Principal trade show venues have included the Australian Book Fair, BookExpo America
, Canadian Booksellers Association Trade Fair, Frankfurt Book Fair
, Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
, and Taipei International Book Fair.
For the 2007 fiscal year, the top five bestselling books by dollar revenue were the revised and enlarged edition of the Hawaiian Dictionary by Mary Kawena Pukui
and Samuel H. Elbert
; the Beginning 1 volume of the Integrated Korean textbook series by the Korean Language Education and Research Center (KLEAR); Broken Trust by Samuel P. King and Randall W. Roth; the 4th edition of Japanese Culture by Paul Varley, and the 3rd edition of the Atlas of Hawaii by Sonia P. Juvik, James O. Juvik, and Thomas R. Paradise.
The Department also distributes two journals.
University press
A university press is an academic, nonprofit publishing house that is typically affiliated with a large research university, and publishes work that has been reviewed by scholars in the field. It produces mainly scholarly works...
that is part of the University of Hawaii
University of Hawaii
The University of Hawaii System, formally the University of Hawaii and popularly known as UH, is a public, co-educational college and university system that confers associate, bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees through three university campuses, seven community college campuses, an employment...
.
The University of Hawaii Press was founded in 1947, with the mission of advancing and disseminating scholarship by publishing current research in all disciplines of the humanities and natural and social sciences in the regions of Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
and the Pacific. In addition to scholarly monographs, the Press publishes educational materials and reference works such as dictionaries, language texts, classroom readers, atlases, and encyclopedias. During the 2006-2007 fiscal year, the Press published 94 projects: 80 books and monographs and 14 scholarly journals.
At 30 June 2007, the Press had published 2,323 books and other media, 1,289 of which are currently in print. With sales of over $3.7 million, the Press is ranked as a mid-sized university publisher by the Association of American University Presses
Association of American University Presses
The Association of American University Presses is an association of mostly, but not exclusively, North American university presses...
and is considered by scholars to be a leader in the fields in which it publishes. In 2005, UH Press published more academic monographs on East Asia
East Asia
East Asia or Eastern Asia is a subregion of Asia that can be defined in either geographical or cultural terms...
(China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, and Korea
Korea
Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
) in English than any other university press, and was second only to RoutledgeCurzon among all English-language publishers (Chen & Wang 2008:37).
History
The Press was established in 1947 at the initiative of University of Hawaii President Gregg M. Sinclair. Its first publications included a reprint of The Hawaiian Kingdom by Ralph Kuykendall and Insects of Hawaii, by Elwood C. ZimmermanElwood Zimmerman
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman was an American entomologist best known for his two multivolume series: Insects of Hawaii published by the University of Hawaii Press and Australian Weevils published by Australia's CSIRO.-Biography:During his school years...
, both of which have become classics. Other enduring classics from its early years include the Hawaiian-English Dictionary, by Mary Kawena Pukui
Mary Kawena Pukui
Mary Abigail Kawenaulaokalaniahiiakaikapoliopelekawahineaihonuaināleilehuaapele Wiggin Pukui , known as Kawena, was a Hawaiian scholar, dancer, composer, and educator.-Life:...
and Samuel Elbert
Samuel Hoyt Elbert
Samuel Hoyt Elbert was a linguist who made major contributions to Hawaiian and Polynesian lexicography and ethnography. Born on a farm in Des Moines, Iowa, to Hugh and Ethelind Elbert, Sam grew up riding horses, one of his favorite pastimes well into retirement. After graduating from Grinnell...
, first published in 1957, last revised and enlarged in 1986, then reprinted 16 times; and Shoal of Time: A History of the Hawaiian Islands, by Gavan Daws
Gavan Daws
Gavan Daws writes about Hawaii, the Pacific, and Asia. His best-known works are Shoal of Time: A History of the Hawaiian Islands, in print since 1968; Holy Man: Father Damien of Molokai, the biography of a nineteenth-century missionary priest to Hawaii who served leprosy sufferers, and who has...
, whose Press edition was first published in 1974 and reprinted 19 times.
In 1971, the University of Hawaii Press combined operations with the East-West Center
East-West Center
The East–West Center , headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii, is an education and research organization established by the U.S. Congress in 1960 to strengthen relations and understanding among the peoples and nations of Asia, the Pacific and the United States....
Press and renamed itself the University Press of Hawaii, thus adding greater coverage of Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
to its previous strength in Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
and the Pacific. In 1981, the East-West Center withdrew its subsidy, and the name reverted to University of Hawaii Press, but the focus on Asia continued to grow, so that at least half its titles now focus on Asia, with the other half devoted to Hawaii (30%) and the Pacific (20%).
UH Press output included journals from the very beginning. Most of the Press's inaugural budget appropriation was allocated to the journal Pacific Science
Pacific Science
Pacific Science is an international, multidisciplinary, academic journal devoted to the biological and physical sciences of the Pacific basin, focusing especially on biogeography, ecology, evolution, geology and volcanology, oceanography, palaeontology, and systematics...
, whose first issue appeared in 1947. However, Pacific Science did not bear the UH Press imprint until 1953, two years after Philosophy East and West
Philosophy East and West
Philosophy East and West is an international, interdisciplinary academic journal that seeks to promote literacy on non-Western traditions of philosophy in relation to Anglo-American philosophy. Philosophy defined in terms of cultural traditions broadly integrates the professional discipline with...
made its debut from UH Press (Kamins & Potter 1998:234-240).
The number of journals gradually expanded over the next few decades, with the acquisition of Oceanic Linguistics
Oceanic Linguistics
Oceanic Linguistics is an international academic journal devoted to the study of the thousand-odd indigenous languages of the Oceanic area and parts of Southeast Asia, including the aboriginal languages of Australia, the Papuan languages of New Guinea, and the languages of the Austronesian family...
(in vol. V) in 1966 and Asian Perspectives
Asian Perspectives
Asian Perspectives: The Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific is an international academic journal devoted to the history and prehistory of Asia and the Pacific region...
(in vol. XII) in 1969, and the founding of Korean Studies
Korean Studies (journal)
Korean Studies is an international, academic journal that seeks to further scholarship on Korea and Koreans abroad by providing a forum for interdisciplinary and multicultural articles, book reviews, and essays in the humanities and social sciences...
in 1977, Biography
Biography (journal)
Biography: An Interdisciplinary Quarterly is an international, academic journal that provides a forum for biographical scholarship. Its articles explore the theoretical, generic, historical, and cultural dimensions of life-writing; and the integration of literature, history, the arts, and the...
in 1978, Buddhist-Christian Studies
Buddhist-Christian Studies
Buddhist-Christian Studies is an academic journal covering the historical and contemporary interrelationships between Buddhism and Christianity...
in 1981, and Asian Theatre Journal
Asian Theatre Journal
The Asian Theatre Journal is an academic journal dedicated to the performing arts of Asia, focusing upon both traditional and modern theatrical forms. It contains descriptive and analytical articles, original plays and play translations, as well as reviews of books and plays and reports of current...
in 1984, all initiated at the University of Hawaii. Flush State budgets in the late 1980s and early 1990s permitted several further initiatives by other campus departments. The literary journal Mānoa
Manoa (journal)
Mānoa is a literary journal that includes American and international fiction, poetry, artwork, interviews, and essays of current cultural or literary interest. A notable feature of each issue is original translations of contemporary work from Asian and Pacific nations, selected for each issue by a...
and the "island affairs" journal The Contemporary Pacific
The Contemporary Pacific
The Contemporary Pacific: A Journal of Island Affairs is an academic journal covering a wide range of disciplines with the aim of providing comprehensive coverage of contemporary developments in the entire Pacific Islands region, including Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia...
made their debut in 1989, followed by the Journal of World History
Journal of World History
The Journal of World History is a refereed scholarly journal that presents historical analysis from a global point-of-view, focusing especially on forces that cross the boundaries of cultures and civilizations, including large-scale population movements, economic fluctuations, transfers of...
in 1990, and then China Review International
China Review International
China Review International, subtitled A Journal of Reviews of Scholarly Literature in Chinese Studies, presents English-language reviews of recently published China-related books and monographs from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, Europe, the United States, and elsewhere...
in 1994, just before severe budget cutbacks eliminated all university subsidies to the Journals Department.
Journals production struggled along, with some editorial offices assuming more of the burden, until Press subsidies were partially restored in 1998 and the department was restaffed. All 12 journals made their debut in the Project MUSE
Project MUSE
Project MUSE is an online database of current and back issues of peer-reviewed humanities and social sciences journals. It was founded in 1993 by Todd Kelley and Susan Lewis and is a project of the Johns Hopkins University Press and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library. It had support from the Mellon...
database of journals in the humanities and social sciences in 2000-2001, but Pacific Science switched to the BioOne
BioOne
BioOne is an online, full-text database of 167 peer-reviewed scientific journals and books in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences. Included publications are published by 126 scientific societies, museums, and independent presses...
collection of natural science journals in 2008. The Yearbook of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers
Association of Pacific Coast Geographers
The Association of Pacific Coast Geographers promotes scholarly research in geography and disseminates geographic information in the Pacific Coast region of North America.-History:...
began publishing with UH Press in 2000 (in vol. 62) and made its debut in Project MUSE in 2004. The Asia Society
Asia Society
The Asia Society is a non-profit organization that focuses on educating the world about Asia. It has several centers in the United States and around the world Hong Kong, Manila, Mumbai, Seoul, Shanghai, and Melbourne...
's Archives of Asian Art
Archives of Asian Art
Archives of Asian Art is an annual academic journal covering the arts of South, Southeast, Central, and East Asia. Each issue contains articles by scholars of art and a selection of outstanding works of Asian art acquired by North American museums during the previous year.The journal was...
began publishing with UH Press in 2007 (in vol. 57).
Book Editorial Program
During the 2007 fiscal year, the Press considered approximately 1,300 manuscripts and proposals, of which 60 were accepted for publication by the Editorial Board. As of 30 June 2007, 122 books were in press. Each book undergoes rigorous review, including preliminary evaluation by an in-house editor. Manuscripts that show promise are then evaluated by two external readers who are specialists in the subject matter. Those that receive two positive peer reviews are presented to the Press's academic editorial board, which makes the final determination about whether to publish.East Asia is an especially important regional focus. During 2000-2005, the Press published 184 academic monographs on the region, 82 on China, 81 on Japan, and 21 on Korea. The three principal subject areas were language and literature (with 23 on China, 25 on Japan, and 7 on Korea); religion and philosophy (with 21 on China, 13 on Japan, and 2 on Korea); and history and fine arts (with 20 on China, 20 on Japan, and 7 on Korea) (Chen & Wang 2008:38).
The monograph series published by the Press indicate some principal areas of concentration.
- ABC Chinese Dictionary Series (ed. by Victor Mair)
- Critical Interventions (ed. by Sheldon Lu)
- Dimensions of Asian Spirituality (ed. by Henry Rosemont, Jr.)
- Hawai‘i Studies on Korea (with the UH Center for Korean Studies)
- Intersections (with the UCLA Asian American Studies Center)
- KLEAR Textbooks in Korean Language (with the Korean Language Education and Research Center)
- Kuroda Classics in East Asian Buddhism and Studies in East Asian Buddhism (with the Kuroda Institute for the Study of Buddhism and Human Values)
- Modern Korean Fiction (ed. by Bruce Fulton)
- Monographs of the Biographical Research Center (Honolulu)
- Monographs of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies (with the Kyoto UniversityKyoto University, or is a national university located in Kyoto, Japan. It is the second oldest Japanese university, and formerly one of Japan's Imperial Universities.- History :...
Center for Southeast Asian Studies) - Monographs of the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy
- Nanzan Library of Asian Religion and Culture (with the Nanzan Institute for Religion and CultureNanzan Institute for Religion and CultureThe ' is one of the largest, if not the largest, centers in the world devoted to scholarly research on the interface of philosophy and religions East and West...
, Nagoya) - Oceanic LinguisticsOceanic LinguisticsOceanic Linguistics is an international academic journal devoted to the study of the thousand-odd indigenous languages of the Oceanic area and parts of Southeast Asia, including the aboriginal languages of Australia, the Papuan languages of New Guinea, and the languages of the Austronesian family...
Special Publications (with the UH Department of Linguistics) - PALI Language Texts (with the UH Social Science Research Institute)
- Pacific Islands Monograph Series (with the UH Center for Pacific Islands Studies)
- South Sea Books (with the UH Center for Pacific Islands Studies)
- Perspectives on the Global Past (ed. by Jerry H. BentleyJerry H. BentleyJerry H. Bentley is a world history professor at the University of Hawaii, USA, and founding editor of the Journal of World History since 1990. He has written on the cultural history of early modern Europe and on cross-cultural interactions in world history...
and Anand Yang) - Pure Land Buddhist Studies (with the Institute of Buddhist StudiesInstitute of Buddhist StudiesThe is a Jodo Shinshu-affiliated seminary and graduate school, located in Berkeley, California. It is an affiliate member of the Graduate Theological Union, also located in Berkeley. Its primary mission is to train Jodo Shinshu ministers for service in temples in the United States through the...
, Berkeley) - Studies in the Buddhist Traditions (with the University of MichiganUniversity of MichiganThe University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
Institute for the Study of the Buddhist Traditions) - Spatial Habitus: Making and Meaning in Asia’s Architecture (ed. by Ronald Knapp and Xing Ruan)
- Southeast Asia: Politics, Meaning and Memory (ed. by Rita Smith Kipp and David P. ChandlerDavid P. ChandlerDavid P. Chandler is an American historian and academic who is regarded as one of the foremost western scholars of Cambodia's modern history. Chandler currently resides in Australia, where he is an emeritus professor at Monash University as well as an adjunct professor of Asian Studies at...
) - Topics in Contemporary Buddhism (ed. by George Tanabe, Jr.)
- Writing Past Colonialism (with the Institute for Colonial Studies, Melbourne)
- The World of East Asia (ed. by Joshua Fogel)
Marketing and sales
The Press is represented in North America and Hawai‘i by independent commission sales representatives; in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East by London-based Eurospan Publishers Group; and in the Pacific and Asia region by its sales subsidiary, East-West Export Books (EWEB). EWEB also represents 55 other university presses and scholarly publishers in Asia and the Pacific. The Press maintains stock in warehouses in Pennsylvania, Honolulu, Canada, and England, and serves as a distributor for over 50 publishers and several individuals, providing sales, marketing, promotion, warehouse, and business services on a commission basis.Each year the Press displays its recently published books and journals at a range of professional meetings and trade shows held throughout the world, reaching a combined total of about 700,000 attendees at those events. The annual meeting of the Association for Asian Studies is its most important academic exhibit each year. Other major scholarly venues include the American Academy of Religion
American Academy of Religion
The American Academy of Religion is the world's largest association of scholars in the field of religious studies and related topics. It is a nonprofit member association,...
, American Anthropological Association
American Anthropological Association
The American Anthropological Association is a professional organization of scholars and practitioners in the field of anthropology. With 11,000 members, the Arlington, Virginia based association includes archaeologists, cultural anthropologists, biological anthropologists, linguistic...
, American Historical Association
American Historical Association
The American Historical Association is the oldest and largest society of historians and professors of history in the United States. Founded in 1884, the association promotes historical studies, the teaching of history, and the preservation of and access to historical materials...
, American Library Association
American Library Association
The American Library Association is a non-profit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with more than 62,000 members....
, Association for Asian American Studies
Association for Asian American Studies
The Association for Asian American Studies is an organization founded in 1979 to promote teaching and research in Asian American Studies. Its official journal is the Journal of Asian American Studies....
, and College Art Association
College Art Association
The College Art Association of America is the principal professional association in the United States for practitioners and scholars of art, art history, and art criticism...
. Principal trade show venues have included the Australian Book Fair, BookExpo America
BookExpo America
BookExpo America is the largest annual book trade fair in the United States. BEA is almost always held in a major city over four days in late May and/or early June...
, Canadian Booksellers Association Trade Fair, Frankfurt Book Fair
Frankfurt Book Fair
The Frankfurt Book Fair is the world's largest trade fair for books, based on the number of publishing companies represented. As to the number of visitors, the Turin Book Fair attracts about as many visitors, viz. some 300,000....
, Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books is a free, public festival celebrating the written word. Started in 1996, the Festival is held on the last weekend of April hosted by the University of Southern California and features vendors, authors and publishers...
, and Taipei International Book Fair.
For the 2007 fiscal year, the top five bestselling books by dollar revenue were the revised and enlarged edition of the Hawaiian Dictionary by Mary Kawena Pukui
Mary Kawena Pukui
Mary Abigail Kawenaulaokalaniahiiakaikapoliopelekawahineaihonuaināleilehuaapele Wiggin Pukui , known as Kawena, was a Hawaiian scholar, dancer, composer, and educator.-Life:...
and Samuel H. Elbert
Samuel Hoyt Elbert
Samuel Hoyt Elbert was a linguist who made major contributions to Hawaiian and Polynesian lexicography and ethnography. Born on a farm in Des Moines, Iowa, to Hugh and Ethelind Elbert, Sam grew up riding horses, one of his favorite pastimes well into retirement. After graduating from Grinnell...
; the Beginning 1 volume of the Integrated Korean textbook series by the Korean Language Education and Research Center (KLEAR); Broken Trust by Samuel P. King and Randall W. Roth; the 4th edition of Japanese Culture by Paul Varley, and the 3rd edition of the Atlas of Hawaii by Sonia P. Juvik, James O. Juvik, and Thomas R. Paradise.
Journals
The Journals Department currently handles production, manufacturing, fulfillment, and delivery for the following scholarly journals.- Archives of Asian ArtArchives of Asian ArtArchives of Asian Art is an annual academic journal covering the arts of South, Southeast, Central, and East Asia. Each issue contains articles by scholars of art and a selection of outstanding works of Asian art acquired by North American museums during the previous year.The journal was...
, sponsored by the Asia SocietyAsia SocietyThe Asia Society is a non-profit organization that focuses on educating the world about Asia. It has several centers in the United States and around the world Hong Kong, Manila, Mumbai, Seoul, Shanghai, and Melbourne... - Asian PerspectivesAsian PerspectivesAsian Perspectives: The Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific is an international academic journal devoted to the history and prehistory of Asia and the Pacific region...
: The Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific - Asian Theatre JournalAsian Theatre JournalThe Asian Theatre Journal is an academic journal dedicated to the performing arts of Asia, focusing upon both traditional and modern theatrical forms. It contains descriptive and analytical articles, original plays and play translations, as well as reviews of books and plays and reports of current...
, journal of the Association for Asian Performance - BiographyBiography (journal)Biography: An Interdisciplinary Quarterly is an international, academic journal that provides a forum for biographical scholarship. Its articles explore the theoretical, generic, historical, and cultural dimensions of life-writing; and the integration of literature, history, the arts, and the...
: An Interdisciplinary Quarterly, sponsored by the Biographical Research Center - Buddhist-Christian StudiesBuddhist-Christian StudiesBuddhist-Christian Studies is an academic journal covering the historical and contemporary interrelationships between Buddhism and Christianity...
, journal of the Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies - China Review InternationalChina Review InternationalChina Review International, subtitled A Journal of Reviews of Scholarly Literature in Chinese Studies, presents English-language reviews of recently published China-related books and monographs from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, Europe, the United States, and elsewhere...
, reviews of scholarly literature in Chinese studies - The Contemporary PacificThe Contemporary PacificThe Contemporary Pacific: A Journal of Island Affairs is an academic journal covering a wide range of disciplines with the aim of providing comprehensive coverage of contemporary developments in the entire Pacific Islands region, including Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia...
: A Journal of Island Affairs, sponsored by the UH Center for Pacific Islands Studies - Journal of World HistoryJournal of World HistoryThe Journal of World History is a refereed scholarly journal that presents historical analysis from a global point-of-view, focusing especially on forces that cross the boundaries of cultures and civilizations, including large-scale population movements, economic fluctuations, transfers of...
, journal of the World History Association - Korean StudiesKorean Studies (journal)Korean Studies is an international, academic journal that seeks to further scholarship on Korea and Koreans abroad by providing a forum for interdisciplinary and multicultural articles, book reviews, and essays in the humanities and social sciences...
, sponsored by the UH Center for Korean Studies - Language Documentation & ConservationLanguage Documentation & ConservationLanguage Documentation & Conservation is a peer-reviewed open-access academic journal covering all topics related to language documentation and conservation, including the goals of language documentation, data management, fieldwork methods, ethics, orthography design, reference grammar design,...
, sponsored by the UH National Foreign Language Resource Center - MānoaManoa (journal)Mānoa is a literary journal that includes American and international fiction, poetry, artwork, interviews, and essays of current cultural or literary interest. A notable feature of each issue is original translations of contemporary work from Asian and Pacific nations, selected for each issue by a...
: A Pacific Journal of International Writing - Oceanic LinguisticsOceanic LinguisticsOceanic Linguistics is an international academic journal devoted to the study of the thousand-odd indigenous languages of the Oceanic area and parts of Southeast Asia, including the aboriginal languages of Australia, the Papuan languages of New Guinea, and the languages of the Austronesian family...
, sponsored by the UH Department of Linguistics - Pacific SciencePacific SciencePacific Science is an international, multidisciplinary, academic journal devoted to the biological and physical sciences of the Pacific basin, focusing especially on biogeography, ecology, evolution, geology and volcanology, oceanography, palaeontology, and systematics...
, journal of the Pacific Science AssociationPacific Science AssociationThe Pacific Science Association is a regional, non-governmental, scholarly organization that seeks to advance science and technology in support of sustainable development in the Pacific Rim... - Philosophy East and WestPhilosophy East and WestPhilosophy East and West is an international, interdisciplinary academic journal that seeks to promote literacy on non-Western traditions of philosophy in relation to Anglo-American philosophy. Philosophy defined in terms of cultural traditions broadly integrates the professional discipline with...
, sponsored by the UH Department of Philosophy - Yearbook of the Association of Pacific Coast GeographersAssociation of Pacific Coast GeographersThe Association of Pacific Coast Geographers promotes scholarly research in geography and disseminates geographic information in the Pacific Coast region of North America.-History:...
The Department also distributes two journals.
- Azalea: Journal of Korean Literature & Culture for the Korea Institute, Harvard UniversityHarvard UniversityHarvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
- Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art for the Art & Collection Publishing Group (Taiwan)