A recent Daily Evergreen article featured Matt Sutton for receiving a Public Scholar Program grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to write a book titled “(Un)Holy Spies: Religion and Espionage in World War II.”
A brown-bag lunch will be held on September 20 in the Department of History’s conference room, Wilson-Short 333 from noon to 1 p.m. On September 20th, The Columbia Chair in the History of the American West is sponsoring a lecture by Darren Dochuk from the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of From Bible […]
With gratitude to Jack and Janet Creighton, who established the Creighton Native American Research Fund, the Public History Field School and Research Seminar from May 22 – June 11 was a great success. A number of presentations were heard in Virginia City, Montana, Salmon, Idaho and Fort Hall, Idaho. The presentations were based on the […]
In conjunction with the College of Arts and Sciences’ Week of Welcome, the Department of History hosted an open house August 18. Several faculty and graduate students attended and discussed various programs with interested students. A variety of refreshments was enjoyed by all.
Professor Peter Boag participated in a variety of public presentations during the summer. On June 13, he delivered the University of Oregon History department’s graduation commencement address in Eugene, Oregon. Peter is a 1988 Oregon PhD, and gave an upbeat talk about his time in the History Department there long ago. He also mentioned the […]
Dr. Matthew A. Sutton will research politics, religion and espionage in World War II. See the entire article in WSU News.
Megan Ockerman is featured in the August 11, 2016 Olympia Tumwater Foundation Blog in her search for information to use in her MA thesis. She has been “surrounded by Olympia Beer memorabilia” because her father collected for years. Megan decided to write her MA thesis on the subject of brewing beer, particularly Olympia.
In conjunction with the College of Arts and Sciences’ Week of Welcome, the Department of History will host an open house for incoming History students on August 18, 2016. WHEN: August 18 at 3:30 p.m. WHERE: Room 301 Wilson-Short Hall (directly across from the Compton Union Building) WHAT: Meet and visit with History faculty and […]