Welcome
Department of History
Location:
Albertsons Library
1st Floor, Room 192 (enter at the back of the building – the northwest corner entrance)
Email:
BSUHistory@boisestate.edu
Phone:
(208) 426-1255
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The Department of History at Boise State University is a community of over 25 faculty members, 400 undergraduate students, and more than 30 graduate students.
Our faculty cover a wide range of geographic and thematic fields, which enables students to concentrate their studies within special interest areas.
Are you interested in learning more about news, events, and people in the History Department? Then visit our blog page About Time!
History Faculty and Student News
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.
Joanne Klein authored “Quiet and Determined Servants and Guardians: Creating Ideal English Police Officers, 1900-45,” in A History of Police and Masculinities, 1700-2010, David G. Barrie and Susan Broomhall, editors, Routledge, December 2011.
Dr. Klein authored Invisible Men: the Secret Lives of Police Constables in Liverpool, Manchester, and Birmingham, 1900-1939 Liverpool University Press, July 2010.
Jill Gill authored Embattled Ecumenism: The National Council of Churches, the Vitenam War, and the Trials of the Protestant Left, Northern Illinois University Press, September 2011.
Barton Barbour would like to announce corrections to his books Jedediah S. Smith: No Ordinary Mountain Man and Fort Union and the Upper Missouri Fur Trade. To see a complete list of the corrections, click on the following links: Jedediah Smith and Fort Union.
Phi Alpha Theta Students helped at the ‘Frightened Felons‘ event at the Old Idaho Pentitentiary in October 2011. Live music, The Fool Squad, and actors portraying inmates of the past and more was offered on this night of creepy, scary fun! In November 2011 PAT students and history students assisted at the Annual Veterans Day Night Fire event at the Idaho Military History Museum. In March, PAT students took part in the Reel vs. Real event. Members united to watch “The King’s Speech” and participated in a discussion following the film lead by Dr. Joanne Klein.
History Department Events
Fettuccine Forum
The popular Fettuccine Forum promotes good citizenship through lively lectures and public discussion concerning politics, history, and arts.
The Forum is always free and is housed in the Rose Room of the Union Block at 718 W. Idaho Street in downtown Boise. Doors open at 5:00 p.m. and the presentation begins at 5:30 p.m.
Each lecture has a companion workshop through Boise State University. Workshops are offered for graduate and undergraduate credit. Students can register for workshops online through BroncoWeb.
For more information, call 433-5670 or visit Boise Arts & History.
We hope you can join us at the Forum in 2012!