History Department
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| Old North Church, a beacon of freedom, grapples with its own ties to slavery | Nearly a decade ago, Boston’s Old North Church opened a Colonial-themed chocolate shop named for Captain Newark Jackson, a prominent early member of the historic church and a pillar of Boston’s lucrative chocolate trade with the British in the 1700s. For years, Colonial… |
2022-12-01 | |
| A Usable Past for a Post-American Nation | It was the evening before the Fourth of July in the last year of his tumultuous presidency, and I sat in front of my television transfixed and horrified as Donald Trump delivered a speech at Mount Rushmore, ostensibly a celebration of American independence but in fact a call for resistance.… |
2022-07-13 | |
| This drag show grant for Whatcom Middle School draws criticism on conservative media | National conservative media is again targeting Bellingham Public Schools over its efforts to foster equity, diversity and inclusion in its teaching — this time over a proposed drag show at Whatcom Middle School. But so far, school staff and officials aren’t seeing the same kind of… |
2022-04-19 | |
| Rally, ‘teach-in’ planned as Whatcom residents react to the Russian invasion of Ukraine | As the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters its second week, Bellingham-area residents are standing in solidarity with people of Slavic descent by demonstrating for peace, and scholars are helping make sense of the war. To help Whatcom County residents understand the roots of the conflict… |
2022-03-04 | |
| WWU hosts Latin American Studies Forum March 3 | 2022-02-25 | ||
| Chocolate, smuggling, and slavery: A Q&A with WWU's Jared Hardesty about his new book, 'Mutiny on the Rising Sun' | 2022-01-04 | ||
| Boston sheds more light on its relationship to slavery | “The image of Northern cities like Boston as centers of abolitionist activity has overshadowed the history of their role in slavery,” said Jared Hardesty, an associate history professor at Western Washington University and… |
2021-09-21 | |
| Report: Test-Optional Trends in Pandemic Year for College Admissions | Dr. Johann Neem, a history professor at Western Washington University and author of What’s the Point of College? Seeking Purpose in an Age of Reform, stressed the importance of understanding the history of standardized testing versus its controversial reality today.… |
2021-09-16 | |
| Public Education After the Pandemic: A Q&A with Professor of History Johann Neem | 2021-07-13 | ||
| WWU History student Hannah Swartos wins coveted Harry Fritz prize | 2021-07-08 |