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Dr. Boag’s Exhibit Wins Award

June 15, 2022 claudia.mickas

The American Association of State and Local History has announced that the exhibit that Peter Boag co-curated at the Washington State History Museum last year, “Crossing Boundaries: Portraits of a Transgender West, 1860-1940” has earned an “Award of Excellence” (defined as, “The Award of Excellence, which is presented for excellence in history programs, projects, and people when compared with similar activities nationwide.”).

The awards are announced on the AASLH blog at https://aaslh.org/2022-leadership-in-history-winners/.

Dr. Krotke-Crandall New Position

June 15, 2022 claudia.mickas

Karl Krotke-Crandall has accepted the position of Visiting Assistant Professor of Modern Eastern European History at St. Mary’s College of Maryland.

Dr. Chastain Wins Grant

May 12, 2022 claudia.mickas

Andra Chastain won a 2022 New Faculty Seed Grant for her project entitled “Global Urban Histories in the Americas: Santiago, Chile,” which includes support to complete revisions her book Chile Underground: The Santiago Metro and the Struggle for a Rational City, as well as preliminary research for a new project on the history of urban air pollution in the Americas.

Book Launch for Dr. Boag’s Book

May 12, 2022 claudia.mickas

Peter Boag’s latest book is now out: https://uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295750637/pioneering-death/

The Oregon Historical Society (OHS) is hosting a book launch event on June 8^th and 7pm at OHS in downtown Portland: https://www.ohs.org/events/pioneering-death.cfm

Dr. Peabody Hosts Screening

May 4, 2022 claudia.mickas

Sue Peabody will host another screening of the film “Furcy: le procès de la liberté,” at the French Colonial Historical Society meeting, where she will also chair two panels: the roundtable “MicroHistory and French Colonialism,” and “Representing Slavery in Museums: Challenges and Approaches.”

Dr. Mercier Co-Curates Exhibit

May 4, 2022 claudia.mickas

The exhibit Laurie Mercier co-curated, Building Solidarity for 30 Years: Portland Jobs with Justice, is on display at the Oregon Historical Society until May 16, 2022.

For more information, please click here.

Dr. Mercier Publishes Article

May 4, 2022 claudia.mickas

Laurie Mercier published “Oral History with Margaret Butler: Advocate for Workers’ Rights and Jobs with Justice,” in the recent Oregon Historical Quarterly (Spring 2022): pp 80-107.

Dr. Krotke-Crandall Wins Teaching Award

April 29, 2022 claudia.mickas

Karl Krotke-Crandall is the winner of the 2022 Excellence in Online Teaching Award.

This award seeks to acknowledge and reward those faculty teaching Global Campus courses who go the extra mile to inspire and engage students in learning, support and care about students, and encourage students to do and be their best.

Dr. Mercier Presents Workshop

April 23, 2022 claudia.mickas

Laurie Mercier presented a workshop, “It Happened Here: Making Labor History Visible” on developing plaques and walking tours to commemorate the disappearing sites of labor history, at the Pacific Northwest Labor History Conference held in Portland April 23, 2022.

Dr. Peabody’s Essay Published

April 22, 2022 claudia.mickas

Sue Peabody’s essay “Microhistory and ‘Prize Negroes’: Reconstructing the Origins and Fates of African Captives in the Indian Ocean World through Serial Data,” has been published in Regenerated Identities: Documenting African Lives, Kartikay Chadha, Henry B. Lovejoy, Paul E. Lovejoy, Érika Melek Delgado, eds. Harriet Tubman Series on the African Diaspora, https://africaworldpressbooks.com/regenerated-identities-documenting-african-lives-edited-by-paul-e-lovejoy-henry-b-lovejoy-erika-melek-delgado-and-kartikay-chadha/