University of Hawai`i Historic Preservation Program

"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 Estate

John Stubbs, Vice President, World Monuments Fund

Richard Engelhardt, Advisor for Culture for Asia and the Pacific, UNESCO, Bangkok, Thailand

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Last reviewed January 8, 2008