Category Archives: History
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Iran & America at a Time of Crises
Dr. Oliver Bast discusses Iran’s foreign policy-makers and the United States in the wake of World War I. Monday, April 23 6:30—8:00 p.m. SUB LOOKOUT ROOM View the Event Flyer Dr. Oliver Bast is an Associate Professor in Middle Eastern History and Persian at the University of Manchester. He read History and Persian in Berlin, Tehran, [...]
April 18, 2012History, SSPA News & EventsComments Off -
Jim Crow, Idaho, and the Economics of Racism
The Department of History is joining the Idaho Black History Museum in presenting a talk by Dr. Jill Gill, Associate Professor of History, who will discuss the historic economic roots and continuing repercussions of racism, and the politics of this, both nationally and in Idaho. A panel discussion immediately follows with with Idahoans who experienced this history first-hand. [...]
January 12, 2012Events, HistoryComments Off -
Brown Bag Series – Remaking the Boise River on the Eve of the Millennial Flood
Please join Dr. Todd Shallat, Department of History, for a presentation on the “Remaking the Boise River on the Eve of the Millennial Flood” for the next Brown Bag series. Wednesday, November 9 @ 3:00 p.m. ILC Room 213 View the Flyer
November 7, 2011Brown Bag Series, Events, HistoryComments Off -
Idaho and Race
Errol Jones and Jill Gill, both of the History Department, helped coordinate and participated in a panel titled “Idaho and Race” for the Western Historical Association annual meeting on Oct. 13-16 in Oakland, California. Jones presented his paper titled “Confronting Racial Discrimination: Mexicans and Other Latinos in Idaho’s History.” Gill presented a paper titled “Idaho’s [...]
October 24, 2011HistoryComments Off -
BSU Grad Student Publishes Book
Women Helping Women: A Centennial History of the Boise YWCA/WCA Sarah Nash, author & BSU Grad Student Carol Martin, editor Through a detailed narrative and more than 180 photos, the WCA’s (Women’s and Children’s Alliance) newly released 144-page history book tells stories of empowerment, advocacy, independence, and female strength. Order the book. Sarah and Carol [...]
October 12, 2011History, Student NewsComments Off -
Joanne Klein – History
Dr. Klein, of the Department of History, authored Invisible Men: the Secret Lives of Police Constables in Liverpool, Manchester, and Birmingham, 1900-1939 Liverpool University Press, July 2010.
October 27, 2010History, SSPA News & EventsComments Off -
Lisa Brady – History
Lisa Brady was invited to speak at the World Knowledge Forum Conference in Seoul, Korea, about the history and future of the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) and its ecological importance. She presented there on October 15.
October 21, 2010HistoryComments Off -
Charles Odahl – History
Dr. Charles Odahl has had five publications in 2010 — a cover article on “Christian Symbolism on Constantinian Coinage,” and two book reviews in The Ancient World, Vols. 40 & 41; and two new books–Cicero and the Catilinarian Conspiracy (New York: Routledge, February, 2010, 120 pp.), and Constantine and the Christian Empire, 2nd Edition (London: [...]
October 21, 2010History, SSPA News & EventsComments Off