Activities & Events
Each year the Department of History offers a wide range of historical events and department social gatherings. These events are free and open to the public.
Women's History Month Lecture Series
For more detail about any of the following lectures and presenters, download the full schedule.
Thursday, March 5
Newspaper Women and the Making of the Modern, 1885–1910
Alice Fahs (University of California, Irvine)
4:30 p.m. • CUE 203
Friday, March 6
Womanly Qur'anic Exegesis: The Thinkable, Unthinkable, and Unthought
Lipi Turner-Rahman
12:00 p.m. • Wilson-Short Hall 333
Tuesday, March 10
Sex and God in the City of the Angels: The Kidnapping of Aimee Semple McPherson and American Culture
Matthew A. Sutton
12:00 p.m. • Todd Hall 334
Friday, March 13
Chilean Women in Politics, 1964–1989
Yvonne Berliner
12:00 p.m. • Wilson-Short Hall 333
Tuesday, March 24
Women and Baseball
Frank Hill
12:00 p.m. • Wilson-Short Hall 333
Monday, March 30
Gender in Transformation: German Mission Schools for Chinese Girls in Early 20th-Century Shandong
Lydia Gerber
12:00 p.m. • Wilson-Short Hall 333
Spring 2009 Professional Development Series
Friday, January 23
What Can I Do with a History Major?
Stefany Unda, Center for Advising and Career Development
1:10 p.m. • Wilson-Short 333
Friday, January 30
Professional Resume Writing
Stefany Unda, Center for Advising and Career Development
1:10 p.m. • Wilson-Short 333
Friday, February 6
Preparing for an Academic Conference: Proposal to Presentation
Dr. Jenny Thigpen
1:10 p.m. • Wilson-Short 333
Friday, February 13
Jobs in the Public Sector
Dr. Rob McCoy
1:10 p.m. • Wilson-Short 333
Friday, February 20
The Academic Job Search
Session 1: CV's & Letters
Dr. Matthew A. Sutton & Dr. Heather Streets
2:10 p.m. • Wilson-Short 333
Friday, February 27
The Academic Job Search
Session 2: Preparation and Interviewing
Dr. Jeff Sanders & Dr. Jesse Spohnholz
2:10 p.m. • Wilson-Short 333
Friday, March 6
The Academic Job Search
Session 3: Preparation and Interviewing Cont.
Dr. Jeff Sanders & Dr. Jesse Spohnholz
2:10 p.m. • Wilson-Short 333
Friday, March 27
Bibliographic Software: Managing Citations, Articles, and Bibliographies
Jane Scales, Holland Library
1:10 p.m. • Wilson-Short 333
Friday, April 3
Grant Writing
Dr. Dave Pietz
1:10 p.m. • Wilson-Short 333
Friday, April 10
From Dissertation to Book
Dr. Steve Kale
1:10 p.m. • Wilson-Short 333
Related Events
The History Club and Phi Alpha Theta also hold a number of events throughout the year.
For the History Club:
Dr. Richard S. Williams
Wilson-Short Hall 337
509-335-4705
sarek@wsu.edu
For Phi Alpha Theta:
Dr. Joel Tishken
Wilson-Short Hall 341
509-335-8371
jtishken@wsu.edu