Tag: History

Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Saul Bautista for completing his Summer Research with Dr. Ann C. Le Bar! Saul was one of six students selected for a research position through Hanford National Park spanning from June to August 2023. Having supplied plutonium for the Manhattan Project, the Tri-Cities, WA site investigated the community impacts. Saul focused on the Hispanic…

Since its introduction last November, Eastern’s online master’s degree program in history has reignited student interest in this vital area of the humanities. Currently, there are 131 graduate students from across the nation enrolled in the program. “It’s been a tremendous success,” says Larry Cebula, professor of history and a member of the graduate committee.…

EWU’s Assistant Professor of History and Director of Social Studies Education, Jacki Hedlund Tyler, published her book Leveraging an Empire – Settler Colonialism and the Legalities of Citizenship in the Pacific Northwest. The book evaluates Oregon’s exclusionary laws related to national issues of slavery, immigration, land ownership, education, suffrage, and naturalization and examines the process…

Sponsored by EWU’s Department of History, World War I at 100 will give the campus community an opportunity to learn more about one of history’s most devastating conflicts. Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019 Screening of “Gallipoli” (1981) By Peter Weir, starring Mel Gibson 2-4 p.m. | Patterson 128 Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019 Panel Discussion on The…

By Vickie Shields Michael Conlin, PhD, is a professor of history and current president of the United Faculty of Eastern (UFE). I recently caught up with Professor Conlin, to discuss his new book, One Nation Divided by Slavery: Remembering the American Revolution While Marching toward the Civil War. VS: Why was it important for you to take on this subject…

Former U.S. Ambassador Thomas D. Boyatt delivers his lecture on The 100 Years Wars of the 20th Century in Hargreaves Hall on the Cheney Campus of Eastern Washington University.