"Experts at the Palace" Lectures

"Experts at the Palace" Lectures begun in 1988, "Experts at the Palace" is an annual Spring series of free public lectures by professionals active in historic preservation, including architects, historians, planners, and others who offer a perspective on preservation issues. Participants come from Hawai‘i, the U.S. mainland, Europe, Asia and the Pacific.

The series is co-sponsored by the University's Historic Preservation Program and Friends of `Iolani Palace and is held at the historic ‘Iolani Palace complex in downtown Honolulu.

Past speakers have included:

• Walter Beinecke, Trustee Emeritus, National Trust for Historic Preservation
• Bob Bush, Executive Director, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
• David Cameron, Member, Los Angeles County Historic Landmarks Commission
• Francis Golding, Director, English Heritage
• Nellie Longsworth, President, Preservation Action
• Nicholas Pappas, Foundation Architect, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
• Gregory Paxton, Executive Director, Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation
• Mark Ryser, Executive Director, Foundation for San Francisco's Architectural Heritage
• William Seale, Historian of the White House
• de Teel Patterson Tiller, Chief, Preservation Planning, National Park Service
• Deborah Pope, Director of Shangrila, House Museum of the Doris Duke
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• John Stubbs, Vice President, World Monuments Fund
• Richard Engelhardt, Advisor for Culture for Asia and the Pacific, UNESCO, Bangkok, Thailand