In Fall 2008, the History department is pleased to welcome
a new tenure-track member to its ranks! Assistant
Professor Rebekah Mergenthal, an American historian (19th
century), arrives from the University of Chicago, where she has
just completed her Ph.D. in History. Also in Fall 2008,
visiting assistant professor Chad
J. Moody (University of Washington) will be returning to teach a course
in Colonial American history.
This History department is pleased to announce the publication
of a new book by Professor Emeritus Phil Nordquist entitled
Inquiry, Service, Leadership, and Care: Pacific Lutheran
University, 1988-2008 (PLU Press, 2008, isbn
978-0-87362-971-3). This is Professor Nordquist's second volume
devoted to PLU's history as an educational institution (founded in
1890); the new volume chronicles influential faculty,
institutional commitments and struggles, and PLU's emerging global
focus. Copies can be purchased at the PLU bookstore.
Wednesday, October 1, PLU Alum Andrew Wilson (Princeton)
will offer a lecture on New World Colonialism entitled
"Black Slaves and Indian Life in Bartolomé de Las Casas's Vision
for a Reformed Indies." The 4pm-5pm talk in Admin 217 is
especially designed for History, Religion, and Global Studies
majors, INTC/Honors students, interested faculty, and members of
the PLU Community. For more information, contact Professor Michael
Halvorson (halvormj@plu.edu).
The Fourth Annual
Dale E. Benson Lecture in Business and Economic History will be
delivered on Oct. 6, 2008 by Peter H. Lindert,
Distinguished Professor of Economics, University of California,
Davis. The title of his talk will be "Globalization and Growing
American Inequality." All are welcome. For more information about the Benson Lecture program, contact
Professor E. Wayne Carp (carpw@plu.edu).
The History Department has selected the Capstone Prize
Winners for 2007-08:
American History Best Senior Seminar Paper: Erin McEntire
European History Best Senior Seminar Paper: Laura Brade
Non-Western History Best Senior Seminar Paper: Jason Estes
Overall Best Senior Seminar Paper: Erin McEntire
Each winner receives a Borders Books gift certificate and the
overall winner
receives a second gift certificate. Congratulations to
all winners and graduates!
Other History Department winners this year include
Kristen
McCabe (Beckman Scholar Award for 2008-09)
Kristen
McCabe and Liz Campbell (Severtson Summer Research
awards)
Kristen
McCabe and Ethan Jennings (Lemkin Essay Contest
winners)
The PLU History Club, an organization
of History majors, minors, and interested students, is currently
meeting and taking field trips to museums in Seattle and
elsewhere. For information about organizing in Fall 2008, contact
Gina Hames.
