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11/12/2020
From Oregon Historical Society:
The 50th Anniversary of Blasted Blubber: A Conversation with Paul Linnman Join us on the 50th anniversary of the Florence Whale Explosion for a conversation between legendary Oregon broadcaster Paul Linnman and OHS Executive Director Kerry Tymchuk about the event that blasted both blubber and Paul’s career skyward.
Check out this amazing work being done by Linfield History students and faculty!
04/24/2019
Students in Professor Schley's class "WWI: Experience, Identity, and Memory in the Modern World" work on crafting a political party in the context of the newly established Weimar Republic. Students came up with names, slogans, and ideas they thought would best serve newly democratic Germany going forward. This is just an example of the many cool and engaging activities our history students engage in!
04/13/2019
Friends of the History Department - two of our graduating seniors, Ruby Guyot and Hannah Fisher, did an amazing job with their presentations today at the Phi Alpha Theta PNW Regional Conference at Idaho State University. Their presentations were based on some of the research they did for their Senior Theses. 🎉👍🥳
04/16/2018
JONASSON LECTURE 2018! Please spread the word and join us on Wednesday, April 25th.
David W. Blight to deliver Jonasson lecture at Linfield David W. Blight, a professor of American history at Yale and the director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition, will present "Monuments and Memories: Has the Civil War Ever Really Ended?" on Wednesday, April 25, at 7:30 p.m. in 201 Riley Hall at Linfield Co...