Category Archives: Students
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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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Spotlight on the Boise City Historian
Abigail Hoover is a graduate student pursuing a MA in History and she is our own Boise City Historian. Abigail is involved in numerous historical projects for the city. Recently, she wrote a short history for the mayor on a neighborhood just across Capitol/9th Street from the Barnes Towers. This neighborhood encompasses Royal Blvd, Lusk Ave, [...]
January 17, 2012StudentsComments Off -
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