Below is the link to a story in WSU Insider about the Tri-Cities Latinx oral history project led by Robert Bauman and Robert Franklin. The story highlights some of the individuals they interviewed, along with some of the key themes of the interviews, like labor, education, and the immigrant experience. Read Recording Latino history in […]
Ryan Booth has been invited to give a virtual talk at the Cornell University Orange Shirt Day Event, which is being organized by the American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program, on September 30 at 3pm Pacific Time. Ryan’s research examines the history of the Jesuit-Native American boarding school at De Smet, Idaho as a case […]
Sue Peabody’s exhibit, “The Surprising Story of Furcy Madeleine,” opens at the University of Virginia’s Shannon Library, with her inaugural keynote address, “Freedom: Law and Practice in French Imperial Archives,” on September 16. Later in the week, she will join the director and communications liaison of the Musée historique de Villèle (Réunion Island, France), on […]
L Heidenreich and Rita Urquijo Ruiz’s Writing that Matters: A Handbook for Chicanx and Latinx Studies, won Honorable Mention for Best Academic Themed Book, College Level, in the 2025 International Latino Book Awards.
Shiloh Green Soto and Sam Buechler from the WSUV Library have been hard at work developing a skill shop series for the 25-26AY. Focused on community participation skills, students, staff, faculty, and community members will learn about de-escalation and conflict resolution, civics 101, coalition building, equitability, and more. Faculty from Anthropology, History, Women’s, Gender, and […]
Two cases from the Fallen Cougars Project, directed by Ray Sun, were featured in a Northwest Public Broadcasting story that aired this week about the impact of losses from World War II on families from the region, to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the war. The historian whose work on WW2 veterans […]