2021 History Department Graduation Reception and Awards Ceremony

2021 History Department Graduation Reception and Awards Ceremony

Virtual Commencement Brief Remarks June 11, 2021 John Ott, Professor and Chair Good afternoon, and welcome to the 2021 Virtual Commencement Celebration of the Department of History at Portland State University! I would like to extend a warm welcome to everyone attending this afternoon: our current faculty and staff; our alumni and emeritus faculty; theContinue Reading 2021 History Department Graduation Reception and Awards Ceremony

2020 History Department Graduation Reception and Awards Ceremony

2020 History Department Graduation Reception and Awards Ceremony

  Virtual Commencement Brief Remarks June 11, 2020 John Ott, Professor and Chair   Good afternoon. I would like to extend a warm welcome to all of you attending or listening to this first ever – and, hopefully, last ever – virtual commencement and award ceremony for the Department of History. I would like toContinue Reading 2020 History Department Graduation Reception and Awards Ceremony

Charlotte Crabtree presenting at NUCAW 2018

Charlotte Crabtree presenting at NUCAW 2018

Undergraduate History Major, Charlotte Crabtree will be presenting her paper, “A New Perspective on Roman Dictators” at the 13th Northwest Undergraduate Conference on the Ancient World (NUCAW 2018), Saturday April 21, 2018 in Kremer Board Room (Ford Hall 102), at Willamette University. ABSTRACT: In Ancient Rome, the dictatorship was an emergency command position. Although weContinue Reading Charlotte Crabtree presenting at NUCAW 2018

From Poor Farm to Global Attraction: The History of Portland’s International Rose Test Garden

From Poor Farm to Global Attraction: The History of Portland’s International Rose Test Garden

From Poor Farm to Global Attraction: The History of Portland’s International Rose Test Garden Presented by Kira Lesley and Harry A. Landers Free and open to the public Monday, September 25, 2017 7PM – 9PM Free Family-friendly Researchers Teachers McMenamins Kennedy School 5736 NE 33rd Avenue Portland, Oregon 97211 Get Directions Marking its centennial thisContinue Reading From Poor Farm to Global Attraction: The History of Portland’s International Rose Test Garden

Chia Yin Hsu | Russian Involvement in the Election: Kompromat, Ideology, and the Role of the State

Chia Yin Hsu | Russian Involvement in the Election: Kompromat, Ideology, and the Role of the State

On April 13th, 2017, Professors Chia Yin Hsu and Cassio de Oliveira delivered the lecture “Russian Involvement in the Election: Kompromat, Ideology, and the Role of the State.” The run-up to and aftermath of the election has been marked by accusations of Russian meddling and interference in the electoral process. These two lectures aimed toContinue Reading Chia Yin Hsu | Russian Involvement in the Election: Kompromat, Ideology, and the Role of the State

Marc Rodriquez | Latinos and the Future of American Politics: Some Reflections from History

Marc Rodriquez | Latinos and the Future of American Politics: Some Reflections from History

  On March 9th, 2017, Professor Marc Rodriquez, Managing Editor of Pacific Historical Review delivered the lecture, “Latinos and the Future of American Politics: Some Reflections from History”—a discussion on Latino politics in the past 50 years with an emphasis on Latinos and Latinas as an increasingly important “swing” vote population—as part of the Provost’s LectureContinue Reading Marc Rodriquez | Latinos and the Future of American Politics: Some Reflections from History

LECTURE | Eventually, the Sky Will Fall: The Crisis of Sustainability in the Digital Humanities

LECTURE | Eventually, the Sky Will Fall: The Crisis of Sustainability in the Digital Humanities

Eventually, the Sky Will Fall: The Crisis of Sustainability in the Digital Humanities Lecture by Andrew Johnstone, King’s College, London WHEN: Friday, April 14, 2017 | 1pm WHERE: Portland State University Millar Library | RM 160 The growing pains for digital history have recently become impossible to ignore. As the threats of technological obsolescence and media saturation grow largerContinue Reading LECTURE | Eventually, the Sky Will Fall: The Crisis of Sustainability in the Digital Humanities