February 2017

Dr. Lawrence Hatter awarded Mount Vernon fellowship

Dr. Lawrence Hatter has been awarded a month-long research fellowship at the Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington at Mount Vernon in Vernon, Virginia.  His fellowship is for the 2017-2018 academic year. Awards are available for research focused on the life and leadership of George Washington, and his place in […]

Dr. Barbara Traver’s Article Published in French Colonial History (16) Journal

“The Benefits of Their Liberty”: Race and the Eurafricans of Gorée in Eighteenth-Century French Guiana was published in the French Colonial History Journal, Vol. 16, 2016.  Dr. Traver is a 2011 PhD recipient and teaches at Washington State University Vancouver in Vancouver, Washington and at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon.  Her research interests focus […]

Dr. Noriko Kawamura to give talk on her 2000 book in Chicago, Mar 7

“Turbulence in the Pacific: Japanese-U.S. Relations during World War I,” is Noriko Kawamura’s book that was published in 2000.  She will give a talk on March 7, 2017 at the Pritzker Military Museum and Library in Chicago, IL. Colonel Jennifer N. Pritzker and the United States World War One Centennial Commission sponsor the event, and […]

Whitman College Professor Emeritus, Patrick Henry, to give talk Feb. 21

Dr. Henry will present a talk on February 21 at 4:30 p.m. in the Honors Hall Lounge on the WSU Pullman Campus.  The talk is entitled: “Jewish Resistance Against the Nazis.” Professor Henry, an expert on issues of rescue and Jewish resistance in the Holocaust, is a College of Arts and Sciences External Mentor to […]

CAS Student Ambassador Program applications due February 10

The deadline for students to apply for a position as a College of Arts and Sciences student ambassador is fast approaching – this Friday, February 10th is the deadline.   Our goal is to attract students from disciplines across our campus, who represent different cultures and ethnicities, gender, class standing, etc.  Current freshmen are encouraged to […]

Undergraduate, Dean Reuterdahl, presented at NIC Conference

In November 2016, Dean Reuterdahl presented his poignant critique of gender in American politics at The Northwest Undergraduate Conference in the Humanities at North Idaho College in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Presenting on a panel with three other presentations (another from WSU) on gender within society.  Dean’s essay highlighted the differences in the media’s treatment of […]