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Professor Darren Dochuk to give talk on September 20

A brown-bag lunch will be held on September 20 in the Department of History’s conference room, Wilson-Short 333 from noon to 1 p.m.

 

On September 20th, The Columbia Chair in the History of the American West is sponsoring a lecture by Darren Dochuk from the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of From Bible Belt to Sunbelt, which one some significant awards. He will be speaking on the confluence of oil, religion, the American West, and the growth of the US as a petri-state in the 20th century.

The talk will be held in the CUB Junior Ballroom East on September 20 from 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.  The announcement can be seen here.

The Public History Field School for 2016 a great success

With gratitude to Jack and Janet Creighton, who established the Creighton Native American Research Fund, the Public History Field School and Research Seminar from May 22 – June 11 was a great success.  A number of presentations were heard in Virginia City, Montana, Salmon, Idaho and Fort Hall, Idaho.  The presentations were based on the findings, research papers, and field school projects completed by 10 students – including one member of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes. The fourth Annual Daylight Creek Gathering in Virginia City was one event. The group was invited to present at the Bannock Gathering in Fort Hall, Idaho on August 9, 2016.  A pictorial journal was prepared and dedicated to Mr. and Mrs. Creighton.  Learn more about Jack and Janet Creighton from this December 2015 WSU News article.

 

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Memorial Day parade in Virginia City

No 2 Tendoy grave

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Department of History Open House August 18

In conjunction with the College of Arts and Sciences’ Week of Welcome, the Department of History will host an open house for incoming History students on August 18, 2016.

WHEN: August 18 at 3:30 p.m.

WHERE: Room 301 Wilson-Short Hall (directly across from the Compton Union Building)

WHAT:  Meet and visit with History faculty and graduate students

Light refreshments will be served.

Graduate Student Jennifer Binczewski awarded grant for travel to Belgium

Jennifer BinczewskiJennifer Binczewski has been awarded a grant from the Society for the Study of Early Modern Women to travel to present at the international and interdisciplinary conference, the Sixteenth Century Society & Conference, next month in Bruges, Belgium. Her paper is titled “Bestowed Upon God: The Movements of Catholic Children in Post-Reformation England and Beyond.”

Congratulations, Jennifer!

 

Gilder Lehrman History Teacher of the Year named

Conditt_Mrs.%20Shari625[1]We are pleased to announce that former Masters student, Sharon  ‘Shari’ Conditt (2013), has been named the Gilder Lehrman History Teacher of the Year for Washington State.  She is also among the 53 finalists for the National History Teacher of the Year!  Congratulations, Shari!  Laurie Mercier, PhD, of the WSU Vancouver campus is Shari’s Masters advisor.  Shari’s thesis title is: The Women of Home and Equality: Constructing Their Own Utopias in the Pacific Northwest.

Shari teaches Advanced Placement (AP) United States History and AP United States Government and Politics at Woodland High School in western Washington.

 

History 434 “Revolutions in Latin America” course

yvonne-berliner_114x132A three-credit course is being offered for Fall 2016 titled “Revolutions in Latin America, History 434.”  The instructor is Dr. Y. Berliner who is very knowledgeable in all things Latin American!   If you are interested in this topic and want to learn more from an expert in the field, do not wait to enroll.  See the flyer Revolutions-in-LatinAmerica.

Dr. Berliner’s biographical information can be found here.

 

2016 Public History Field School Photos and News

Dr. Orlan Svingen and several WSU graduate students participated in the 2016 Public History Field School that began May 23.  The first leg of the journey was at Virginia City, Montana.  The field school provided hands-on experiential learning opportunities. Tribal specialists from Virginia City, Montana and Salmon, Idaho participated.  See more information here.

These are some field school students at the Big Hole River near Twin Bridges, Montana.  Nearby was the grave of Tendoy’s sister.

Big Hole River

This photo shows more field school students on the banks of the Madison River just outside of Ennis, Montana. Leo Ariwite took them on a “tipi ring” survey immediately in the background.

Madison River

These are the Beaverhead Mountains as seen from the work site in Salmon, Idaho at the Sacajawea Interpretive Center.

Beaverhead Mountains

 

Hanford History Project 2017 Conference

imagesWSU – Tri-Cities (in Richland Washington), is hosting a conference March 17-19, 2017:  “Legacies of the Manhattan Project at 75 Years.”  A Call for Papers has been issued with the abstract deadline of September 1, 2016.  For more information, visit Hanford History Project.

Abstracts are limited to 250 words. Conference papers are anticipated to be published as an edited volume in the following year.  Send abstracts or questions to ourhanfordhistory@tricity.wsu.edu.

imagesHanford’s History

Once a small farming community, the area was transformed when it became the site of the Manhattan Project’s plutonium production facility in the Second World War. Hanford continued to produce plutonium throughout the Cold War, contributing to the nation’s national defense, even as the environmental cost built up locally. In recent years, Hanford has been the site of an extensive clean-up effort undertaken by the US Department of Energy in agreement with the US Environmental Protection Agency and the Washington State Department of Ecology.