The popular Experts at the Palace lecture series explores the history and places of Hawai‘i’s monarchy period.  Six lectures will be held weekly on Thursdays from January 14 to February 18, 2010 starting at 12:00 (Noon) in the Old Archives Building on ‘Iolani Palace Grounds.  The lectures are free and open to the public.

Here’s the schedule:

January 14:  Spencer Leineweber, Rituals of Place: Palaces of the Kamehameha Monarchy
January 21:  Stuart Ching, ‘Iolani Palace and the British Country House
January 28:  Yongthanit Pimosatheoan, A Compromise of East and West: King Rama V and the Design of Chakkri Throne Hall in the Grand Place, Bangkok
February 4:   Nikluas Schweizer, The Military Forces of King Kalākaua’s Reign
February 11: Neil Dukas, Kalākaua’s Foreign Policy
February 18: Nanette Napoleon, The Royal Mausoleum

Experts at the Palace is organized by the Historic Preservation Graduate Certificate Program of the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and is co-sponsored by Historic Hawai‘i Foundation and the Friends of ‘Iolani Palace.

~Kris Bordessa