October 2022

Nikolaus Overtoom has secured his third book contract. Lexington Books will be publishing his forthcoming third book, The Parthians at War: Combat, Logistics, Reputation, and the First War with Rome (2025).

Peter Boag has been awarded the Western History Association Honorary Lifetime Membership award.

Nikolaus Overtoom’s book Reign of Arrows: The Rise of the Parthian Empire in the Hellenistic Middle East has been translated by Prof. Shahin Aryamanesh into Farsi and published by the Research Institute and Cultural Heritage and Tourism in Tehran, Iran.

PhD student Aaron Jesch recently gave a presentation at the Pacific Northwest History Conference held in Tri-Cities on September 30, about the Performativity  of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).

Jesse Spohnholz is giving an invited lecture at the Max Kade Center for European and German Studies at Vanderbilt University on Friday, October 7th, titled “A Reformation of Refugees: Dutch Protestant Escapees to the Holy Roman Empire, 1550–1600.”

Professor Xiuyu Wang will give a presentation for the First Saturday PDX organization on Oct. 15 at Portland State University.

Matt Sutton was quoted in Slate this w​eek on “Why Growing Parts of the Christian Right Are Convinced It’s the Apocalypse.”

Ryan Booth will be giving a talk for the North American Society for Intelligence History on October 4 via Zoom “The US Indian Scouts, 1866-1947”: