October 2017

We would like to recognize the publishing of professor Jesse Spohnholz essay, “Social Fiction and Diversity in Post-Reformation Germany,” in the Bulletin of the German Historical Institute 61 (Fall 2017)!

Congratulations professor Whelchel! Aaron Whelchel, a history professor currently located at WSU-Vancouver, was awarded the Provost’s Featured Faculty Member recognition this month by Chancellor Netzhammer and Renny Christopher. Professor Whelchel will be present in Pullman for the homecoming game on October 21st where he will be recognized for his accomplishments! GO HISTORY! GO COUGS! Featured Faculty

Please join us in congratulating Jennifer Binczewski on this very impressive recognition! Jennifer, a PhD candidate in our department, has been awarded the Meyer Prize by the Sixteenth Century Society & Conference, the international scholarly organization devoted to interdisciplinary research on the early modern era (defined as c.1450-1660). The prize is awarded to the best […]

Professors Lawrence Hatter, Matthew Sutton, and Jeniffer Barclay(of CCGRS) spoke at the Foley Institute for a presentation being titled “Racism or Heritage: Controversies over Civil War Monuments,” on October 10, 2017. Please take the time to review their discussion on the official Youtube account of the Thomas S. Foley institute.  

On Monday, October 9, 2017, History 232 The Mexican Revolution and the Arts Senior Instructor Dr. Yvonne Berliner hosted guest lecturer Dr. Francisco Manzo-Robledo, from the WSU Foreign languages and cultures Department.  Professor Manzo-Robledo spoke about the role of women in the Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920, as portrayed in Mexican films of the 1940s and 50s.  Students and […]

Professor Spohnholz has a new book published by Cambridge University Press, available for pre-order now! The Convent of Wesel was long believed to be a clandestine assembly of Protestant leaders in 1568 that helped establish foundations for Reformed churches in the Dutch Republic and northwest Germany. However, Jesse Spohnholz shows that that event did not […]

Philip W. Travis, PhD, will be on the Peace and Justice Report on Sarasota Public Radio WSLR 96.5 at 9am eastern time, Wed. Oct. 4 discussing his recent book “Reagan’s War on Terrorism in Nicaragua: The Outlaw State.” If you are interested in checking the program out. it streams live and will be archived. 

You are warmly invited to this exhibit of collective art works on representing identity and stereotypes at Gallery 3 Fine Arts Department WSU. This will include work completed by our own Yvonne Burliner at the Under the Skin workshop last Thursday with some of her students. There will be food and a chance to share […]

As we settle into this new academic year we want to take a moment to look back and appreciate some achievements that were not previously recognized over the last few months as we transitioned through staff changes! Marina Tolmacheva traveled to two international meetings this summer. In August, she attended the 25th International Congress of […]

Jesse Spohnholz’s article, co-written with his Dutch colleague Mirjam van Veen, titled “The Disputed Origins of Dutch Calvinism: Religious Refugees in the Historiography of the Dutch Reformation” appeared in the most recent issue of Church History.