{"id":235164,"date":"2026-05-28T12:39:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T22:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=235164"},"modified":"2026-05-28T12:42:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T22:42:50","slug":"living-treasures-hamilton-scholars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/05\/28\/living-treasures-hamilton-scholars\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate scholars uncover global histories at Hamilton Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_235168\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-235168\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/manoa-hamilton-living-treasures-2026-scholars.png\" alt=\"scholarship winners\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-235168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/manoa-hamilton-living-treasures-2026-scholars.png 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/manoa-hamilton-living-treasures-2026-scholars-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/manoa-hamilton-living-treasures-2026-scholars-130x73.png 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-235168\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Top row: Sijian Wang and SeungHyeon Pyo. Bottom row: Kelsie Kuniyoshi and Kelsey Bialo.<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The University of <span lang=\"haw\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at M\u0101noa\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/library\/\">Hamilton Library<\/a> selected four graduate students as recipients of the <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/library\/about\/news\/library-treasures\/winners-summer-2026\/\">2026 Library Treasures Summer Scholarships<\/a>, which support original research and creative projects using the library\u2019s archival and special collections.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s scholars represent the fields of linguistics, natural resources and environmental management and history. Their projects explore topics including Micronesian languages, trans-Pacific ethnobiological knowledge, public health in modern China and the early development of Japanese aviation.<\/p>\n<p>T<strong>he 2026 scholarship recipients are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Kelsey Bialo<\/strong>, a linguistics doctoral student, for the project &ldquo;Exploring Minor Syllables and Sesquisyllabicity in Micronesian languages&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kelsie Kuniyoshi<\/strong>, a natural resources and environmental management doctoral student, for the project &ldquo;Pilina Inoa: An Exploration of Trans-Pacific Ethnobiological Knowledge Through the Samuel Elbert Collection&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li><strong>SeungHyeon Pyo<\/strong>, a history doctoral student, for the project &ldquo;Hijacking the Invisible Hand: The Language of Markets and Corporate Incubation of Early Japanese Aviation&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sijian Wang<\/strong>, a history doctoral student, for the project &ldquo;Living with Toxicity: Chemical Disinfectants in China, 1910&#8211;1950&rdquo;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Open to students from any discipline and level of study, the Library Treasures program encourages the use of archival materials, rare collections, maps, manuscripts, government documents, audiovisual resources and digital collections housed at Hamilton Library.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/library\/about\/news\/library-treasures\/archives-of-past-events\/\">Past projects<\/a> have examined topics connected to <span lang=\"haw\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>, the Pacific, Asia and global history and culture using collections such as the <span lang=\"haw\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Sugar Plantation Archives, Tahitian newspapers and Okinawan magazines.<\/p>\n<p>Scholarship recipients will present their work during a public event in the fall.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/library\/news\/2026-library-treasures-winners-announced\/\">Read more at Hamilton Library<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four <abbr>¶«¾«Ó°Òµ<\/abbr> graduate students earned Hamilton Library summer scholarships supporting research in language, history and culture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":235168,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[225,214,128,544,572,660,9],"class_list":["post-235164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-history","tag-language","tag-manoa-library","tag-natural-resources-and-environmental-management","tag-scholarship","tag-student-recognition","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/manoa-hamilton-living-treasures-2026-scholars.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235164"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":235189,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235164\/revisions\/235189"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}