History Department
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| Jared Hardesty’s New Book Shines a Fresh Light on Slavery in New England | In his new book “Black Lives, Native Lands, White Worlds,” Western Washington University Associate Professor of History Jared Hardesty provides a concise, comprehensive history of slavery in New England through sharing the lived experiences of African and Indigenous slaves. |
2020-01-28 | |
| New Book by Western’s Jared Ross Hardesty Shines a Fresh Light on Slavery in New England | 2020-01-24 | ||
| Yale’s Anna Duensing to Speak at WWU about Holocaust Memory and the Afterlife of Fascism Jan. 23 | 2020-01-08 | ||
| From Global Warming To Robots: 6 Local Public Talks From 2019 And Why They Matter | While it’s hard to pick our favorite lectures from among so many, here are six that introduce surprising perspectives and offer context to some of this year’s top news events. 1. Jared Hardesty On How New England Was Built By The Slave Trade |
2020-01-07 | |
| Boosting Retention at FedEx | Irwin said Memphis chose to offer the leadership degree because it is a flexible program that could accommodate credits from other colleges as well as experiential credits. It blends business, communications and public administration courses. The degree is expected to take six years to complete… |
2019-11-21 | |
| What's the difference between a college and a university? | Colonial Americans disregarded that distinction when establishing the United States’ first postsecondary institutions: They were designated as colleges rather than universities, in part because of limited resources and because they didn’t need the King to authorize them to grant degrees,… |
2019-11-21 | |
| Old North Church, a cherished symbol, opens up about its link to slavery | That past includes a pact by Jackson and fellow parishioners George Ledain and Edward Tothill to smuggle slaves illegally from Barbados to Suriname, according to Jared Ross Hardesty, the former BC doctoral student who now teaches history at Western Washington University… |
2019-10-28 | |
| Bellingham Public Schools and the case for fostering citizenship, not individualism | The Bellingham Public Schools system recently amended its guiding document, the Bellingham Promise, by removing the word “citizen” and replacing it with “individual.” No longer do the public… |
2019-10-07 | |
| WWU’s Josh Cerretti Publishes ‘Abuses of the Erotic’ with University of Nebraska Press | 2019-10-01 | ||
| Can-Am to host presentation on Canada's 2019 election on Oct. 4 | 2019-10-01 |