Dr. Sue Peabody, of WSU-Vancouver, will present an invited lecture, “Freedom: Law and Practice in the French Empire” on Thursday, April 7 at Florida State University, in advance of the conference: The Francophone Indian Ocean, The 2nd Annual Weider History Conference, 8 April 2016, Florida State University, Longmire Hall Room 201. Co-sponsored by the FSU […]
The Department of History congratulates one of its majors, Kevin Schilling, as part of the Washington Corsortium for the Liberal Arts (WaLA) Public Relations team who was the first to receive a $10,000 award to implement their campaign. This interdisciplinary team competed with other undergraduate students from colleges and universities across the state to design […]
Dr. Matt Sutton, author of “American Apocalypse: A History of Modern Evangelicalism,” will give two lectures on March 29 in Chambersburg, PA. Sutton is working on a new book tentatively entitled “FDR’s Army of Faith: Religion and Espionage in World War II.” To see more information on these lectures, see the Public Opinion article. Sutton […]
Tosh Minohara is a Professor of U.S.-Japan Relations at the Graduate School of Law and Politics, Kobe University, Japan. He is a frequent commentator for NHK, National Geographic, BBC and National Public Radio and has appeared in numerous television programs worldwide. On April 4 at 6:00 p.m. in CUE 203, he will give a public […]
Dr. Casey Cater (Kennesaw State University, GA) will deliver a public presentation: “Public Dams, Private Power: The Fight for Clarks Hill, 1946-1957.” This will be of particular interest to environmental, US West, and 20th century historians. The talk will be on Tuesday, April 5 at noon in the CUB auditorium on the Pullman campus. This […]
Tabitha “Beth” Erdey earned her PhD in Public History in 2013. Her thesis title is Wildly Contentious: The Battle for North Central Idaho’s Roads, Rivers, and Wilderness, and her advisor was Dr. Rob McCoy. She is now an archivist for the Nez Perce National Historical Park in Spalding, Idaho, managed by the National Park Service. […]
The Western History Association Graduate Student Caucus (WHAGSC), invites interested graduate students to join the caucus. Students are encouraged to apply for the various opportunities through the Western History Association that have a major deadline of April 1, 2016. The Indian Student Conference Travel Award is open to both undergraduate and graduate students (whether they are presenting […]
The WSU Department of History is pleased to announce that Ai Wang, who received her PhD in East Asian History, has accepted a tenure-track position at Winona State University, Winona, Minnesota. Her dissertation “City of the River: The Hai River and the Construction of Tianjin, 1897-1948″ was under the supervision of Professors David Pietz (now […]
Dr. Ryan Dearinger of Eastern Oregon University will be giving a public presentation on his recently published book The Filth of Progress (UC Press, 2015) on Wednesday, March 23 at 5 p.m. in the CUB Jr. Ballroom 210. Dr. Dearinger’s work tells the story of the immigrants and Americans—the Irish, Chinese, Mormons, and native-born citizens—whose […]
Dr. Orlan Svingen’s course, History 308, will be taught online this summer. It is among core courses for the online American Indian Studies minor/certificate program at WSU. The Washington State K-12 curriculum – which covers treaties, sovereignty, court rulings and other topics that tribes and neighboring communities address every day – is available online for […]