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2019 Connelly Lecture: “Rethinking Glaciers & Icebergs,” Feb. 21

February 15, 2019

The Rev. James Connelly, C.S.C. Lecture Series will welcome history professor Mark Carey to campus on Thursday, February 21, 5 to 6 p.m., in Franz Hall room 120. Carey will present “Rethinking Glaciers and Icebergs: From the Sinking of the Titanic to Climate Change and Offshore Oil,” and discuss how we must rethink ice to understand past human relationships with icebergs and glaciers in order to adapt to the future. Carey is professor of history and environmental studies in the Clark Honors College and director of the Environmental Studies program at the University of Oregon.

For ADA or event information contact Blaire Woodard, history, at woodard@up.edu or x8765.

Filed Under: 02-18-2019, Academics, History Tagged With: 2019 Connelly Lecture, Blair Woodard, history department, Mark Carey

New Duties For Fr. Art Wheeler

March 2, 2015

wheeler copyRev. Art Wheeler, C.S.C., has indicated to the provost that he would like to return to the history faculty on a full-time basis beginning with the 2015 fall semester. He currently serves as assistant to the provost and director of the Studies Abroad Progam.

In his 20 years as study abroad director, Fr. Art has been relentless about adding programs and encouraging students to study abroad, and now about one-third of UP students have studied abroad at some point in their academic programs. He has also served as associate dean in the College of Arts and Sciences and was a long serving chair of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Athletics. Father Art has  consistently taught classes while serving in administrative roles. He won the Culligan Award, the highest award for faculty at the University of Portland, in 2005, and was recognized with the Dean’s Award for Leadership in 2012. He is a well-known advocate for students and his counseling and advising services have been influential in students’ lives for many years.

For more information contact the provost’s office at 7105 or staten@up.edu.

Filed Under: 03-02-2015, Academics, College of Arts & Sciences, History, Studies Abroad Tagged With: Rev. Art Wheeler C.S.C., Studies Abroad

Faculty Symposium on Dante’s Divine Comedy, Oct. 30

October 27, 2014

University of Portland, upBrad Franco, history, will conduct a faculty symposium in advance of the November 6 lecture on Dante’s Divine Comedy, according to Jamie Powell, Garaventa Center. The symposium will take place on Thursday, October 30, from 4 t0 5:30 p.m., in the Holy Cross Lounge on Franz Hall’s third floor. All faculty are invited and refreshments will include wine and cheese.  Those who plan to attend are encouraged to read articles by Bill Cook and Ron Herzman, which include “What Dante learned from Francis,” provided at this link. Tapes developed by Cook and Herzman are available in the Garaventa Center, which is sponsoring the symposium as well as the November 6 lecture.

For more information or to RSVP contact Franco at 7192 or franco@up.edu.

Filed Under: 10-13-2014, 10-20-2014, 10-27-2014, Academics, Garaventa Center, History Tagged With: Brad Franco, Dante's Divine Comedy, Garaventa Center

Humor As A Weapon Against Fascism, Oct. 22

October 20, 2014

U of PThe Garaventa Center welcomes UP history professor Brian Els as he focuses on humor as a response to Nazi oppression on Wednesday, October 22, at 7:30 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center recital hall. Nicole Hanig, performing and fine arts, and Gregory Pulver’s Musical Theater & Opera Workshop Ensemble will provide live renditions of music heard in 1930s Germany, including the singing sensation known as the Comedian Harmonists. The lecture is part of the Beckman Humor Project.

For more information contact the Garaventa Center at 7702 or powell@up.edu.

Filed Under: 10-13-2014, 10-20-2014, Academics, Garaventa Center, History Tagged With: Brian Els, Garaventa Center, Gregory Pulver, Nicole Hanig

Craige Champion Lecture, Feb. 17

February 10, 2014

Craige_Champion copyCraige Champion, associate professor of history at Syracuse University, will give a lecture, “To Believe or Not to Believe: Roman Senators and the State Religion,” on Monday, February 17, at 7 p.m., in Shiley Hall room 319. Champion will present the findings of his recently completed manuscript on ancient Roman religion (Pax Deorum: Elite Religious Practices in the Middle Roman Republic, Yale University Press). Countering an embedded, widely-held interpretation over two thousand years old, he argues that Roman governing elites did indeed believe in their gods, rather than being the skeptical and incredulous manipulators still perceived by most scholars on Roman religion. The argument should be of interest to anyone who is concerned with questions of the intersections between politics and religion, and elite/non-elite social relations in any historical society.

The lecture is sponsored by the history department with the support of the Distinguished Historian Fund, founded by Fr. James Connelly, C.S.C. For more information contact Brad Franco, history, at 7192 or franco@up.edu.

Filed Under: 02-03-2014, 02-10-2014, Academics, Events, History Tagged With: Brad Franco, Craige Champion, Fr. James Connelly C.S.C., history department

UP Hosts History Conference

April 8, 2013

The University history department and its Rho Pi Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, the national history honors society, hosted the Northwest Regional Conference on April 4-6. It is the largest regional conference in the country and included 140 student presenters from over 20 different schools around the region, including University of Idaho, Montana State University/Billings, Gonzaga University, Western Washington University, Portland State, and Linfield College. Eight students from UP presented their research at the conference. The conference program can be found at  http://wordpress.up.edu/history/2013-pat-conference-info/.

Filed Under: 04-08-2013, Academics, Events, History Tagged With: history department, Northwest Regional Conference, Rho Pi Chapter Phi Alpha Theta

Northwest Passages First Again

January 9, 2013

The spring 2012 edition of the history department’s student journal, Northwest Passages, has again been awarded first prize in the Gerald D. Nash History Journal competition, the second year in a row that the journal has received first prize and the fourth time overall. Special recognition goes to faculty advisor Mark Eifler and student editors Tessa Daniels, Cassie Passon, and Whitney Simpson (all 2012 graduates); senior Renee Erb, and junior Lindsey Tsuruda. For more information contact Elise Moentmann, history, at 7341 or moentman@up.edu.

Filed Under: 12-10-2012, History Tagged With: awards

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Anita Gooding, social work, was selected as a 2020-2021 Field Research Scholar by the Transforming Field Education Landscape (TFEL) program at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. Scholars attend regular seminars and present their own research related to strengthening field education in social work.

Ösel Plante, development, has a debut collection of poetry titled Waveland set for publication by Black Lawrence Press in April 2021. Please use this link to learn more.

Aziz Inan, Shiley School of Engineering. recently shared some of his work on palindrome dates with the staff of Farmers’ Almanac which lead to an articled titled “2021: A Special Year For Palindrome Dates, Starting This Month!” See the article using this link.

Bob Butler, professor emeritus of environmental studies; Jenda Johnson, Earth Sciences Animated; and Nic Zentner, Central Washington University, published an animation titled “Ghost Forests: Evidence for a Giant Earthquake & Tsunami in the Pacific Northwest.” This animation explores how Native American oral history, geology of ghost forests in coastal Washington and Oregon, and written accounts of a tsunami that flooded Japanese Pacific Coast villages converge to document the most recent Cascadia subduction zone megathrust earthquake on January 26, 1700 at about 9 p.m. The Ghost Forest animation can be found on the IRIS website at: https://www.iris.edu/hq/inclass/animation/740 or on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xPbt8iiDRo&feature=youtu.be.

Steven Kolmes, environmental studies, wrote an editorial on “Sustainability and the Role of Higher Education” in Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, Vol. 62, , pp. 2-3. See the article at this link. He also contributed “On a ‘Just’ Transition, Environment” in Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, 63:1, 29-31, DOI: 10.1080/00139157.2021.1842715.. See the article using this link.

Amber Vermeesch, nursing, received an Opus Prize Foundation Grant Sabbatical Support, Opus Prize Foundation, $5,000, on November 12, 2020.

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