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Associate Professor of History awarded Fulbright grant

tspeel — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:02:43 +0000

David Campion, associate professor of history:

Campion received a grant from the Fulbright Scholar Program to work with universities in Hong Kong on development of their general education curricula. Only five awards were made by Fulbright as part of the foundation’s Building General Education Curriculum in Hong Kong Universities Program.

The purpose of the grant is to help Hong Kong universities prepare for replacing their current three-year undergraduate program with a four-year program that will include general education requirements beginning September, 2012. The grant winners will teach one course and consult with colleagues and committees at their host university.

Media Alert: OPB documentary featuring Mitch Reyes premieres November 17

Emily — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:31:53 +0000

The Lewis & Clark Expedition was a pivotal moment in American history. But the story of York, a slave to William Clark and comrade on this journey, has been obscured by omission and stereotype. “Searching for York,” a film produced for Oregon Public Broadcasting’s Oregon Experience, paints a portrait of this unofficial member of the Corps of Discovery as it discusses the ways in which history is written.

Assistant Professor of Communication Mitch Reyes contributes his expertise in the field of public memory to the program.

The documentary debuts on OPB on November 17th at 9:00 p.m. “Searching for York” will be re-broadcast on Wednesday the 19th at 3:00 a.m. and Sunday the 23rd at 1:00 p.m.

Click the image to view a trailer at OPB’s website.

Campion reviews biography of Kevin O’Higgins

tspeel — Fri, 02 May 2008 23:21:25 +0000

David Campion, assistant professor of history:

This spring, Campion reviewed John P. McCarthy’s biography of Kevin O’Higgins, titled “Kevin O’Higgins: Builder of the Irish State” (Irish Academic Press, 2006) for The University Bookman. Campion writes: “It is a testament to Kevin O’Higgins and to the government he painstakingly helped build and in whose service he gave the best years of his life…”

Miller responds to Pope Benedict XVI’s comments regarding the colonization of America

tspeel — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:21:26 +0000

Robert Miller, professor of law, responding to comments made by Pope Benedict XVI, during his recent trip to America, explains how the pontiff’s statements ignore the history of the church and its historic role in the colonization of the Americas and the unfair treatment of Native Americans.

Indian Country Today (Rapid City, S.D.) Benedict XVI: Reflections on the pope’s visit to America

Associate Professor of History Elliott Young receives Chautauqua Lectureship award

Anne — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:47:40 +0000

Elliott Young, associate professor of history:

Young received a Chautauqua Lectureship award from the Oregon Council for the Humanities.

First SHEAR/Mellon fellow named from Lewis & Clark College

Anne — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:20:58 +0000

Rory Sullivan, a junior history major, has been awarded one of ten fellowships to participate in a summer seminar at the University of Pennsylvania’s McNeil Center for the Study of Early America. As a SHEAR/Mellon (Society for Historians of the Early American Republic) fellow, Sullivan will receive a $2,000 research stipend, complimentary participation in the seminar, and the opportunity to mount research for his senior honors thesis at Lewis & Clark. He is the first SHEAR/Mellon Fellow from Lewis & Clark College. Read more here.

Undergraduates travel to Oaxaca, Mexico to document immigration

Anne — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:03:06 +0000

A feature on alternative spring break programs details Lewis & Clark’s immigration history course, US-Mexico Borderlands, which traveled to Oaxaca and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico March 22-29 to document Oaxacan immigration to Oregon. Read more here.

The Oregonian (Portland, Ore.) Breaking away

Professor Stephen Beckham explains history of territory dispute

Anne — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:08:09 +0000

Stephen Beckham, Dr. Robert B. Pamplin, Jr. professor of history, explains that the Cowlitz Tribe is also recognized as the Hu-lu-etul people, who once occupied the area along the Columbia and Lewis rivers. The Cowlitz are currently in a battle over this territory, where they hope to build a reservation and casino.

The Seattle Times (Seattle, Wash.) History and money color casino fight

Visiting Assistant Professor Gordon Kelly gives lecture at Brown University

tspeel — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 17:38:03 +0000

Gordon Kelly, visiting assistant professor of humanities:

In November, Kelly gave a lecture titled “Marines in Naval Warfare in Ancient Greece and Rome, Providence, Rhode Island” at Brown University.

Demarte and Fritzman publish article in 1650-1750: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

tspeel — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:40:06 +0000

Isabelle C. Demarte, assistant professor of French, and J.M. Fritzman, associate professor of philosophy:

This fall, Demarte and Fritzman published an essay entitled “Diderot’s Uncle, Hegel, Or, Rameau’s Nephew as a Branch of The Phenomenology of the Spirit.” The essay appeared in “1650-1750: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era,” volume 14 (AMS Press, Inc., 2007).

Associate Professor of History Elliott Young publishes article in Social Text

tspeel — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 20:20:11 +0000

Elliott Young, associate professor of history:

Young published an article in the Fall 2007 issue of Social Text, 92 (25), No. 3. The article, coauthored with Pamela Voekel, is titled “The Tepoztlán Institute for the Transnational History of the Americas.”

Gordon Kelly publishes book on exile in the Roman Republic

tspeel — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 20:00:11 +0000

Gordon Kelly, visiting assistant professor of humanities:

During the fall semester, Kelly published a book about the many facets of exile in the Roman Republic. “A History of Exile in the Roman Republic” (Cambridge University Press, 2006) highlights the historical development of exile and the effects it had on the lives of evicted men.

Associate Professor of History Elliott Young presents at the Latin American Studies Association

tspeel — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 17:59:58 +0000

Elliott Young, associate professor of history:

In September, Young presented “Technologies of Control and Evasion at the Edge of the Nation: Chinese Border Crossings in Greater North America (Cuba, Mexico, US and Canada” at the Latin American Studies Association in Montreal, Canada.

Assistant Professor of French presents in Tucson, Arizona

tspeel — Sun, 13 May 2007 17:40:06 +0000

Molly Robinson Kelly, assistant professor of French:

On May 5, Kelly presented “Sex and Fertility in Marie de France’s ‘Lais’” at the International Symposium on the History of Sexuality in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance in Tucson, Arizona.