Jesse Spohnholz’s most recent article, “Transnational Refugee Networks and the Politics of the Early Dutch Republic, 1568–1590,” appeared this week in an open-access book, Refugee Politics in Early Modern Europe, edited by Geert Janssen and David de Boer.
Nik Overtoom’s latest book chapter, “Patricide, Fratricide, and Betrayal: The Role of Parthia in the First War with Rome,” has been published in Brill’s Companion to War in the Ancient Iranian Empires in Brill’s Companions to Classical Studies Series: Warfare in the Ancient Mediterranean World, vol. 9. ISBN: 9789004710771. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004710771_012
L Heidenreich presented “They Brought Candles and an Image of Our Lady: Catholic Women and the Early Years of the UFWOC Grape Strike” at the Annual Conference of the Western History Association, San Antonio, TX, October 24, 2024.
Andra Chastain’s book, Chile Underground: The Santiago Metro and the Struggle for a Rational City, will be published on November 12th. The book tells the story of the Santiago Metro system as a microcosm of Chilean national identity during the twentieth century. It examines the contested process of implementing neoliberalism and shows how the Metro became a […]
Marlene Gaynair’s project “Jamaicans in the North” has been selected for funding by the proposal review committee for the Fall 2024 Office of Research Arts & Humanities Process Grant.
Robert Franklin received an Arts and Humanities Process Grant for $1,000 to fund student transcription of some of the Latinx/e Oral Histories that he and Dr. Bob Bauman have gathered. They are currently working on partnering with Columbia Basin College to possibly expand the work as a joint project between the two institutions.
Marlene Gaynair will present a talk at WSU Vancouver campus for Iván González-Soto’s HISTORY 300 course on Monday, October 21st. She will discuss her research in the field of digital humanities and how it contributes to her development as a public historian.
Puck Brecher presented a paper titled “Individuality in Meiji Education: Potentials and Problems” at the Western Conference of the Association for Asian Studies in Salt Lake City, UT.
Sue Peabody presented her invited paper, “Being Black in France: A Graphic Memoir Project.” Global Black French Studies across Time and Space: The Formation and Future of the Field. Boston College, 4 October 2024. The conference was tweeted by M.C. Hammer!
CAH Public Lecture: Christian Nationalism, the Religious Right, and the 2024 Election Date/Time: October 8, 6-7pm Location: Neill Public Library Matthew Sutton will focus on the history of religion in American politics, with an eye towards the November election. He will focus on Americans’ changing views across time of the religion clauses of the First Amendment, religious […]