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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear All,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Are you a student or do you mentor or teach a student who has written an essay concerned with the histories of Oceania?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This is just a reminder to all Pacific Institute members that entries for the Gunson Prize in Pacific History are welcome by 31<sup>st</sup> March to
<a href="mailto:jph@anu.edu.au">jph@anu.edu.au</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This prize is open to postgraduate or senior students from any country. The prize is AUD$1,000 and will be presented at the 22<sup>nd</sup> biennial Pacific History Association in Guam, 19-21 May 2016. Though entrants for the prize need
not attend the conference, they are of course warmly welcome!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The essay should be in English, between 5,000-8,000 words, including any notes, on any topic relating to the pasts of the Island Pacific and its peoples.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For further information about the prize, see the Journal of Pacific History facebook page
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/journalofpacifichistory/">https://www.facebook.com/journalofpacifichistory/</a> or contact
<a href="mailto:jph@anu.edu.au">jph@anu.edu.au</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For information about the 2016 PHA conference, see <a href="http://www.pacifichistoryassociation.net/#!conferences/c10d6">
<span lang="EN-AU">http://www.pacifichistoryassociation.net/#!conferences/c10d6</span></a><span lang="EN-AU">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">Vicki<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Dr Vicki Luker</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Executive Editor,
<i>The Journal of Pacific History</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Lecturer, School of Culture, History and Language<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">College of Asia and the Pacific<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Australian National University ACT 0200<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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