How Statues and Memorials Interpret our Shared History
Suzzallo Library fifth floor conference room Suzzallo Library, Seattle, United StatesMemorials and statues represent our greatest heroes but also memorialize great social failures. Join a panel of local historians for a conversation about the role of statues in both constructing our past and engaging our present. Together we will grapple with the challenge of memorializing painful pasts and look at the ways that people have
Graduate Student Research Forum
Suzzallo Library fifth floor conference room Suzzallo Library, Seattle, United StatesCome to our annual graduate student forum and listen and respond to regional history research by Ph.D students at the University of Washington. Quin'Nita Cobbins will present: "Rethinking Civil Rights: Black Women Teachers and the Campaign for School Desegregation in Seattle, 1963-1968. " Jennifer Smith will present: "All of this Belongs to Us": Land, Horses,
The Razor’s Edge
David Berger will talk from his book, Razor Clams, Buried Treasure of the Pacific Northwest, University of Washington Press, 2017. Because Seattle Pacific University will be on spring break, we will meet in Weter Hall 201 instead of the library. Park in lot #45. Check this map for accessible walking routes. Weter Hall is #28 on the
From Seattle to the World: Multiracial Labor Organizing and Working-Class Third World Solidarity in the Pacific Northwest, 1969-1980
Suzzallo Library fifth floor conference room Suzzallo Library, Seattle, United StatesDiana Johnson will talk about one period of multiracial coalition building in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. Originally form Yakima, Johnson received her PhD in history from the University of California Davis and is currently an Assistant Professor of History and Global Black Studies at State University of New York at Purchase. She will speak
Homeland Security the Old Fashioned Way
Fort Casey 1280 Engle Rd, Coupeville, WA, United StatesHomeland Security the Old Fashioned Way: Fort Casey, Whidbey Island. Tuesday, June 19 2018 noon-5 pm Free. Near Coupeville, Wa. Join historian William Woodward and public historian/military engineering expert Steve Kobylk in talks and walks through coast artillery emplacements, the beautiful Admiralty Head lighthouse, and the rarely-open Colonel’s House. Details