Lawrence Hatter’s book Citizens of Convenience: Empire, Nationhood, and the Northern Border of the American Republic, 1783-1820 is the recipient of the 2016 Walker Cowen Memorial Prize for “an outstanding work of scholarship in eighteenth-century studies” by the University of Virginia Press. Citizens of Convenience will be published in early 2017.
A book by Dr. Jen Brown, PhD ’12, Trout Culture: How Fly Fishing Forever Changed the Rocky Mountain West, was highlighted in the spring 2016 issue of Washington State magazine. Brown grew up in Montana and learned to fly fish on the Beaverhead and Big Hole rivers while in college. She is now an assistant […]
The College of Arts and Sciences Ambassadors’ IIC is inviting students to participate in a unique opportunity. The application deadline is February 24. Students from all majors/levels can engage in a team-based problem solution activity that will enhance academic and professional skills. The winning team can receive up to $1,000 in scholarship money – for […]
The Foley Institute is hosting Coffee & Politics Tuesday, February 23 from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. Dr. Joris D. Kila will discuss how global policies are failing to deal with this crisis.
“I think this book has had a real impact on students,” says WSU history instructor Ken Faunce, who uses Just Mercy in his Roots of Contemporary Issues course. “We discuss a chapter every Friday.” The book, required reading for first-year WSU students and incorporated into various course curricula as this year’s common reading program selection, […]
“Forbidden Passages is an engaging study of the slippage between social standing, social perception, and self-fashioning among Moriscos in both southern Spain and in the Spanish Americas. Karoline P. Cook demonstrates the complex religious and cultural environment inhabited by these men and women, providing a nuanced addition to our understanding of the early modern Iberian […]
The Center for Digital Scholarship and Curation is offering two full Graduate Assistantships (tuition and stipend) for academic year 2016-2017. Consider applying for an assistantship in the CDSC if you are interested in digital scholarship, curation, data management, digital production, issues of access, ethics, and collaboration. For more information on the application process, see the […]
A roundtable discussion on Jennifer Thigpen’s Island Queens and Mission Wives: How Gender and Empire Remade Hawai‘i’s Pacific World is now available on H-Diplo. The roundtable editor is Thomas Maddux and the discussion is introduced by Professor David Igler at the University of California-Irvine.
An exhibit created by the descendants and survivors of the Sand Creek Massacre of November 29, 1864 is being held at the Clark County Historical Museum beginning February 13 through February 20. For more information, see the WSU Vancouver One November Morning flyer.
The Department of History is eager to recognize and reward the hard work of its students by offering an array of merit- and need-based scholarships. Please take the time to read the announcement and complete the application. Both can be found using the links below. 2016 – 2017 General Scholarship Letter 2016 – 2017 History […]