“This is not a course on the state of the contemporary world,” I tell my students on day one in Roots of Contemporary Issues (RCI), a 100-level, one-semester course required of all students entering Washington State University. The course topic may not be the contemporary world, but it pushes students to understand specific events and processes […]
Reed Simock will be working in Senator Andy Bilig’s office for the duration of the 2016 legislative session. He’ll be responsible for tracking legislation for the Senator, attending committee hearings and legislative meetings, and helping answer constituent questions and concerns.
Dr. Orlan Svingen and generous department donors, Jack and Janet Creighton, were recently featured in an article posted by the online WSU News.
WSU History Club presents Dr. R. Charles Weller speaking on Muslim Collaboration with Nazi Germany, Tuesday November 10th at 4 pm in CUE 316, snacks will be provided!
Professor Matt Sutton has had a new book published by the Oxford University Press: Faith in the New Millennium; the Future of Religion and American Politics. The Co-editor is Darren Dochuk, associate professor of history at the University of Notre Dame. It is on display in the main History office!
On October 23, she presented a paper entitled “Constructing ‘Spanishness’ through Empire: Representations of Muslims and Moriscos in Colonial Histories” at the Sixteenth Century Society and Conference in Vancouver, BC. Her article, “De los Prohibidos: Muslims and Moriscos in Colonial Spanish America,” was published in Crescent Over Another Horizon: Islam in Latin America, the Caribbean, […]
Improving Student Writing Without Grading Revisions will be 12:10 p.m. Friday, Dec. 11, in CUE 518 and will be live-streamed. Lunch will be provided.
Professor Jennifer Thigpen has been awarded the 2015 Donald J. Sterling, Jr., Senior Research Fellowship, which will support four weeks of research in the collections of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library. Professor Thigpen is currently conducting research for her next book length project, “Going Out to the World: The American Foreign Mission Movement in […]
Sue Peabody’s article, “French Emancipations in Comparative Context” has been published in the volume, Abolitions as a Global Experience, edited by Hideaki Suzuki, (Singapore: NUS Press, 2015)
Mark your calendars NOW to register for the 2016 Global Case Competition. Registration opens on February 1st. Find out more information at University of Washington Press.