Category Archives: News & Events

1. Thesis Defense: Keegan Cothern

   The Department of History would like to announce Keegan Cothern’s Master of Arts in History Thesis Defense: Hokkaido—Training for Empire and Modernity: Japan’s Development of Hokkaido from the 1870s-90s When: Friday, May 4th, 2012 11:30am – 1:30pm Where: History Conference Room L194 Everyone is invited to the presentation Most history texts place the beginning of Japan’s colonial empire [...]

   April 26, 2012News & Events, StudentsComments Off
2. Emeritus Faculty Member Wins Literary Award

   Emeritus History Professor, Dr. Sandra Schackel, has been awarded the Fabiola Cabeza de Baca Award for her book, Working the Land: The Stories of Ranch and Farm Women in the Modern American West.   This award is offered annually by the Historical Society of New Mexico (HSNM) for an outstanding publication relating to domestic life in New Mexico and the [...]

   April 20, 2012Faculty, News & EventsComments Off
3. Thesis Defense: Anna Holdorf

   The Department of History would like to announce Anna Holdorf’s Master of Arts in History Thesis Defense: Galvanized by the Gospel: Nineteenth-Century Baptist Missions and the Anti-Mission Response When: Monday, April 23rd, 2012  2:00pm – 4:00pm Where: Sociology Conference Room L170 Everyone is invited to the presentation The Second Great Awakening of the early nineteenth [...]

   April 18, 2012News & Events, StudentsComments Off
4. 2012 Spring Signature Event

   Idaho Black History Museum Presents: 2012 Spring Signature Event with Rudy Smith, award winning photojournalist and former editor of the Omaha World Herald Enjoy the afternoon: keynote by Rudy Smith, sneak preview of his exhibit, “Black America, A Photographic Journey”, cool jazz by the Idaho Jazz All Stars, fine food, silent auction, and great dialogue! [...]

   April 6, 2012News & EventsComments Off
5. Book Signing: Urban West Revisited

   Join Professor Stephanie Witt and Professor Emeritus Jim Weatherby for a book signing of Urban West Revisited on Thursday, April 5th. The event is being held at the Center on Main (Alaska Building, 1020 West Main Street) from 5-8 p.m.  Mercantile District Trolley Tours are offering free trolley bus tours of the West Main Street “Mercantile District” [...]

   March 30, 2012Center on Main, News & EventsComments Off
6. Phi Alpha Theta Reel vs. Real

   On Friday March 9th Phi Alpha Theta members participated in a Reel vs. Real event.  Members united to watch “The King’s Speech”.   Following the film they participated in a discussion lead by Dr. Joanne Klein. It was a fun time for all!

   March 23, 2012News & Events, Phi Alpha ThetaComments Off
7. MAHR Project Defense

   Please note changes to date and time below! Graduate student Sarah Phillips will be defending her MAHR project: “Wicked Waters: Idaho’s Prohibition Era” Exhibit Development and Design Objects, images, and stories of the past are brought together in museum exhibits to create unique and meaningful experiences for visitors. Most people, however, do not realize the [...]

   March 21, 2012News & Events, StudentsComments Off
8. Thesis Defense

   Come to Stephanie Milne’s MAHR project defense! “Uncovering a Pearl: A case for the Jensen Farm and the future Pearl Jensen Community Park” In early 2000 the Jensen family gifted their 66-acre farm to the City of Boise with the intention of it becoming a park. The Jensen Farm home site, where the family worked and [...]

   March 6, 2012News & Events, StudentsComments Off
9. Interested in a Career in History?

   Are you looking for a career in history?  This is the event for you! Making History Work: An Evening of Speed Networking You will  move from table to table getting 8-minute “speed-dating” style pitches from practitioners of various types of history. When: Wednesday April 11th, 2012    5:30-8:00pm Where: The Center on Main   1020 W. [...]

   March 6, 2012Arts and Humanities Institute, Center on Main, News & EventsComments Off
10. Update: Operation First Novel Winner is a BSU Graduate!

    Peter Leavell, a Boise State University history graduate, has been named the winner of the Christian Writer’s Guild 2011 Operation First Novel contest!  Leavell will receive $20,000 and his novel, Songs of Captivity, is being published by Worthy Publishing and will be available fall 2012.  Songs of Captivity is a historical fiction set during the Civil [...]

    February 21, 2012News & Events, StudentsComments Off
11. Group for Early Modern Studies presents Public Lecture

    Boise State University Group for Early Modern Studies presents “Performing Knowledge in the Early Modern World” Public Lecture Friday February 24th, 2012  6:00pm  ILC 118 Speaker: Dr. Rebecca Lemon, Associate Professor of English, University of Southern California In her lecture, “Shakespeare’s Drinkers” Dr. Rebecca Lemon counters the reading of festive drinking in Shakespeare’s plays by drawing attention to [...]

    February 17, 2012Arts and Humanities Institute, News & EventsComments Off
12. Award: Hispanic Profile Project

    Emeritus history professor, Dr. Errol Jones, recently received an award from the Idaho Commission on Hispanic Affairs for his work on the Hispanic Profile Project.  The goal of this project is to update the 2007 Hispanic Profile Data Book which contains a statistical analysis of the Hispanic community in Idaho.  The new Data Book will [...]

    February 14, 2012Errol Jones, News & EventsComments Off
13. “Idea of Nature” Free Public Lecture Series

    Boise State University is proudly hosting a free public lecture series with three guest speakers called “Interdisciplinary Explorations: The Idea of Nature” sponsored by the Arts and Humanities Institute.  The goal of the series is to promote interdisciplinary inquiry and to foster dialogue across the campus and community, based on the premise that big questions [...]

    February 9, 2012Arts and Humanities Institute, News & EventsComments Off
14. BSU History Graduate Finalist for Literary Prize

    Peter Leavell, a Boise State University history graduate, is one of five finalists for the Christian Writer’s Guild Operation First Novel.  His novel, Songs of Captivity, is a historical fiction that is yet to be published.  The Guild, with Worthy Publishing, will announce the winner on February 16 at the Writing for the Soul conference [...]

    February 6, 2012News & Events, StudentsComments Off
15. Graduate Thesis Defense

    “Hiding, Hunting, and Habitat: An Environmental Re-Analysis of the Slave Narratives”  by  Martha Turner This analysis, at its core, applies concepts of environmental thought to the universe of information about slaves and fugitive slaves that has already been studied by many scholars.  The application of these concepts, however, sheds new light on the studied information [...]

    January 24, 2012News & Events, StudentsComments Off
16. Film: “Miss Representation”

    The History Department urges all students to come view the film “Miss Representation”. This film explores the under representation of women in positions of power and influence in America and challenges the media’s limited portrayal of what it means to be a powerful woman.  The Huffington Post called this film one of the 50 Best [...]

    January 20, 2012News & EventsComments Off
17. Presentation: Jim Crow and Idaho

    The Idaho Black History Museum is hosting a presentation/discussion titled Jim Crow, Idaho & The Economics of Racism to accompany its January 2012 Exhibit on Jim Crow.  Dr. Jill Gill, Associate Professor of History, will provide historical context followed by a panel presentation/discussion with Idahoans who experienced this history first-hand. Come join us! Tuesday January 24, 2012        7:00-8:30pm [...]

    January 11, 2012Jill Gill, News & EventsComments Off
18. Call for Abstracts

    The Phi Alpha Theta Pacific Northwest Student History Conference is April 12-14, 2012.  All Phi Alpha Theta members who would like to have a paper considered should turn in an abstract (100 words max) for their paper to the Phi Alpha Theta Advisor, Dr. Leslie Madsen-Brooks (lesliemadsen-brooks@boisestate.edu) by 12pm on February 3rd.  Final registration for [...]

    January 10, 2012News & Events, Phi Alpha ThetaComments Off
19. Summer 2012: Investigate Boise returns

    This summer will be the fourth year of the Investigate Boise field school in downtown Boise.  In the downtown Main Street storefront, students engage in ten days of historical tours and presentations.  Investigate Boise offers a place-based approach to urban studies, placing urban problems in historical context and fostering civic engagement.  Each year top undergraduate [...]

    January 10, 2012Center on Main, News & EventsComments Off
20. Check out these new books!

    Through the Boise State University Office of Publications, Vice President Mark Rudin, Dean Melissa Lavitt, and Professor and editor Todd Shallat publish nonfiction books of popular scholarship about Idaho and the West.  Their upcoming book, titiled Urban West Revisited by Stephanie Witt and Jim Weatherby, is a political science book about ten western cities.  Another [...]

    January 10, 2012News & EventsComments Off