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The man who taught millions of Americans to read before being forgotten

Story on William Holmes McGuffey quotes Johann Neem, chair of Western's History Department.

2021-05-24
Smallpox and urban nature in 1860s San Francisco

Features the research of Associate Professor of Jennifer Seltz via the Organization of American Historians.

2021-05-13
WWU to host Susan Burch May 18 for 'Committed: Remembering Native Kinship in and beyond Institutions' 2021-05-10
A famous act of resistance counsels caution as we address right-wing violence

Political leaders and FBI officials are frantically rushing to address the renewed threat of White Supremacist violence in the wake of the January 6 Capitol insurrection. But as they do so it is worth recalling the lessons of one of the most consequential acts of nonviolent resistance in…

2021-03-17
A famous act of resistance counsels caution as we address right-wing violence

Political leaders and FBI officials are frantically rushing to address the renewed threat of White Supremacist violence in the wake of the January 6 Capitol insurrection. But as they do so it is worth recalling the lessons of one of the most consequential acts of nonviolent resistance in…

2021-03-17
Remember: The FBI Declared War on and Tried to Destroy Martin Luther King

During the debate after Garrow’s essay, the most interesting criticism by far came in this publication in an article written by FBI historian (and WWU Visiting Assistant Professor of…

2021-02-04
Remember: The FBI Declared War on and Tried to Destroy Martin Luther King

During the debate after Garrow’s essay, the most interesting criticism by far came in this publication in an article written by FBI historian (and WWU Visiting Assistant Professor of…

2021-02-04
History's Christine Johnston co-edits 'The Gift of the Nile? Ancient Egypt and the Environment' 2021-01-15
Building Community Online with Collaborative Writing

After a summer concocting various formulas for opening our university campuses so that some semblance of the campus experience might be preserved and then a bumpy opening, many of us have settled back into more comfortable versions of the online teaching venues that were the default modality…

2021-01-04
Building Community Online with Collaborative Writing

After a summer concocting various formulas for opening our university campuses so that some semblance of the campus experience might be preserved and then a bumpy opening, many of us have settled back into more comfortable versions of the online teaching venues that were the default modality…

2021-01-04
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