Ryan Booth will be giving a virtual lecture for the Sid Richardson Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, in conjunction with its exhibition Russell’s Retreat: Summers at Glacier National Park. Drawing on his experiences as a National Park Service ranger at North Cascades National Park and his work as a public historian, Ryan will explore how […]
Andra Chastain’s award-winning monograph was published in Spanish as El Metro de Santiago. Radiografía de una ciudad. It was released by the Fondo de Cultura Económica, one of the leading presses in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a translation of Chile Underground: The Santiago Metro and the Struggle for a Rational City (Yale University Press, […]
Sabrina González co-organized the Latinx Heritage Month Event Series alongside the Mosaic Center. Aimed at celebrating Latinx history and fostering student connections across campus and beyond, the series included a graduate student panel in collaboration with TRIO and the Career Center, a Rapid Response training led by the Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network (WAISN) and co-organized […]
HIST 300 has launched a new partnership with KXRW 99.9 FM in Vancouver to give history students hands-on experience producing short-form radio stories based on historiography and their original research. The project is supported by WSU’s community-engaged scholars funding and includes storytelling workshops with a professional radio show host, mobile recording kits, and opportunities for […]
As part of Latinx Heritage Month, Iván González-Soto served as emcee and delivered a short talk at WSU Vancouver’s recent music festival celebrating Latinx cultures and communities. The event featured live cumbia music by Mango Twist, a performance by Ballet Folklórico de Southwest Washington, and food from the family-owned Buen Apetetito food truck. The event […]
Washington State University history faculty member Dr. Elyssa Ford joined community leaders and educators for a public discussion on the continuing legacy of the American Revolution following a special screening of PBS’s The American Revolution at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre in Moscow, Idaho. Hosted by the Latah County Historical Society, the event featured a […]
Alexander Compton’s dissertation “Reinventing the Global Citizen: Afro-Asian Decolonization and the Politics of Integration in Cold War Germany” was recently selected for the inaugural German Studies Association (GSA) / De Gruyter Brill Dissertation Prize. The prize is awarded internationally for the best dissertation in German Studies completed in the last two years.
Elyssa Ford published a piece in the Philadelphia Inquirer with Rebecca Scofield (University of Idaho) about Dolly Parton: https://www.inquirer.com/entertainment/dolly-parton-tolerance-9-5-coat-many-colors-lgbtq-20260910.html
Jesse Spohnholz recently co-edited a Special Issue of the Sixteenth Century Journal, titled “The Loose Ends of History.” His conceptual and methodological essay (with Carina Johnson) framing that collection is “The Loose Ends of History: Unraveling the Archive and Re-Weaving Narratives of the Early Modern.”
On Wednesday through Sunday, May 27th-30th, Robert Franklin, Kyley Canion Brewer and Alison Moon (MA, ’25) participated in the Vernacular Architecture Forum (VAF) 2026 “Columbia River Plateau” conference held in Walla Walla, WA. The VAF is focused on a broad interpretation of the built environment and how people use buildings and landscapes and is comprised […]