Dr. Booth Lectures for North American Society for Intelligence History
claudia.mickasRyan 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”:
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”:
Nikolaus Overtoom’s book, Reign of Arrows: The Rise of the Parthian Empire in the Hellenistic Middle East, published with Oxford University Press in May 2020 will now be released in paperback November 18th, 2022 (https://global.oup.com/academic/product/reign-of-arrows-9780197680223?lang=en&cc=us)
Alan Malfavon’s first book Men of the Leeward Port: Veracruz’s Afro-Descendants in the Making of Mexico is now under contract with the University of Alabama Press.
On Thursday, September 1, Jesse Spohnholz and Brenna Miller are presenting (along with Trevor Getz at San Francisco State University) at the inaugural H-net Teaching Conference, which has the theme, “Uncharted Territories: Teaching History, Humanities, and Social Sciences in Innovative Ways.” They will present on the new vision of the History for the 21st Century project, which Miller just joined as the new Assistant Director. Later this semester, H/21 2.0 will be unveiled.
Nik Overtoom designed and organized the panel, “The Ancient Middle East,” which was accepted for the Society of Classical Studies Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, January 5-8, 2023.
In excellent news for the university, Jenny Thigpen has agreed to serve as the new director of the ADVANCE program at WSU. Read about her position and the program here: https://news.wsu.edu/news/2022/08/26/new-advance-director-focuses-on-mentoring-female-diverse-faculty/
Ken Faunce was interviewed for the August issue of Washington State Magazine on the pursuit of happiness:
https://magazine.wsu.edu/2022/08/01/and-the-pursuit-of-happiness/