The Contemporary Pacific: An Interdisciplinary Journal

14/05/2025

Kenneth Gofigan Kuper, Kyle Kajihiro, Cameron Grimm, and Gitte du Plessis's "Kalama: Oceanian Countercurrents of US Imperialism" explores the history of Kalama atoll relying on what the authors term Oceanian countercurrents, an ocean-focused spatial and political perspective.

Learn more here: https://doi.org/10.1353/cp.2024.a956788

09/05/2025

In “'Music Helps a West Papuan Feeling': West Papuan Musicians Mobilizing Affect and Communitas in Melbourne," Sebastian Salay explores how music mobilizes a sense of a West Papuan ethnic-national identity.

Check it out here: https://doi.org/10.1353/cp.2024.a956787

07/05/2025

Enjoying the issue so far? Consider submitting your own work for consideration! We welcome articles and shorter dialogue pieces on contemporary Pacific issues, theory, methods, pedagogies, and approaches in critical Pacific Islands studies and Pacific diaspora studies, as well as submissions that incorporate visuals and other textual forms of presenting knowledge on pressing topics such as climate change; deep sea mining; Pacific nuclear issues; Pacific regionalism; geopolitics; urbanization; militarism; activism; gender and justice issues; and Pacific media, arts, heritage, and popular culture.

Check out our submission guidelines and learn more about the journal on our website: https://manoa.hawaii.edu/tcp/contact/

02/05/2025

For a deeper understanding of kaneka as a youthful space of action and a form of political and cultural engagement, check out Matteo Gallo's "'Kaneka Is Our Reggae': The Soundtrack of the Kanak Political Claim."

Read more here: https://doi.org/10.1353/cp.2024.a956786

30/04/2025

In her Editor's Note, Katerina Teaiwa introduces this powerful new volume as the first Indigenous woman to serve as TCP editor. Reflecting on Pasifika kinship and care during FestPAC 2024 in Honolulu, Teaiwa sets the tone for a new era focused on addressing the root causes of climate change and advocating for transdisciplinary activism beyond the academy and with community. As she explains, the volume highlights a range of vital topics within Pacific studies, all grounded in the values of "te mauri (health), te raoi (peace), and te tabomoa (prosperity)."

Access the full issue here: https://doi.org/10.1353/cp.2024.a956784

24/04/2025

We’ll be previewing 36:1’s contents over the coming weeks, beginning with the Editor's Note. This issue contains three research articles, as well as Oceania and book and media reviews. Stay tuned!

Access the full issue here: https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/37

18/04/2025

TCP 36:1 features The Veiqia Project, a creative effort inspired by the Fijian female tattooing practice of veiqia. Included are pieces in various mediums by Joana Monolagi, Margaret Aull, Donita Vatuinaruku Hulme, Dulcie Stewart, Yasbelle Kerkow, and Luisa Tora, as well as a description of the project by Tarisi Vunidilo, Dulcie Stewart, and Katerina Teaiwa. On the cover: “Reconnecting"" by Joana Monolagi.

Read more about the artists here: https://doi.org/10.1353/cp.2024.a956784

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17/04/2025

We’re excited to share our latest issue, TCP 36:1! Featuring articles from Matteo Gallo, Sebastian Salay, and Kenneth Gofigan Kuper, Kyle Kajihiro, Cameron Grimm, and Gitte du Plessis!

Find it : https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/54517

21/08/2024

The Contemporary Pacific is pleased to announce the Professor Brij V. Lal Award, in memory of Dr. Brij V. Lal, as well as the award’s first recipient, Dr. Monica C. LaBriola for her article “Marshallese Women and Oral Traditions: Navigating a Future for Pacific History” published in the journal’s fall and spring 2023 issue.

Read more about the award and this year's winner on the TCP website here: https://manoa.hawaii.edu/tcp/

10/05/2024

We are excited to announce Professor Katerina Teaiwa as the first Indigenous female editor of The Contemporary Pacific: An Interdisciplinary Journal (TCP). An alumna of and former faculty member at the Center for Pacific Islands Studies (CPIS) at the University of Hawaiʻi–Mānoa, Teaiwa is an interdisciplinary scholar, artist, and award-winning teacher of Banaban, I-Kiribati, and African American heritage born and raised in Fiji. She is a professor of Pacific studies in the School of Culture, History and Language at the Australian National University’s College of Asia and the Pacific and a senior fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Professor Teaiwa’s research is deeply interdisciplinary and Pacific centered; she engages histories of British, Australian, and New Zealand phosphate mining in the central Pacific by interweaving dance, archival and historical research, mixed-media arts, and storytelling. She has contributed several significant pieces to TCP, including book reviews, dialogue pieces, and peer-reviewed articles. In addition to her scholarly excellence, Teaiwa brings an abundance of experience to her editorship, having served as arts editor since 2019 and, previously, as a correspondent (2007–2019) and board member (2003–2007). As outgoing arts editor, she has connected readers to works by Monica Dolores Baza (35:1&2), Yuki Kihara (34:2), Nālani Wilson-Hokowhitu (34:1), Jasmine Togo-Brisby (33:2), Latai Taumoepeau (33:1), Lisa Hilli (32:2); and Joy Lehuanani Enomoto (32:1). As editor, Teaiwa will continue the vital work of maintaining editorial processes and regular publication, bridging between teaching pedagogy and scholarly outputs, expanding readership and visibility in our current digital era, as well as ensuring the long-term sustainability and interdisciplinarity of the journal. As we enter new seas, we are grateful to have Professor Teaiwa guiding our TCP canoe into the future.