Whitworth University History Department

Congratulations Whitworth history graduates!

Congratulations Whitworth 2026 graduates in history! Our end-of-year party was a huge success, and we were proud to celebrate our students!

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Whitworth history professor has appeared on the Korea International Broadcasting Foundations television series, "Hidden Stories," to discuss a Belgian Samist priest who served in both China and Korea, Fr. Charles Meeus. The Korean television foundation has posted the show online [6 November 2029]:

[Diplomat's Archives: Hidden Stories] The Taegeukgi Delivered by a Belgian Priest Ep41 The Taegeukgi Delivered by a Belgian PriestIn March, many people visit the Independence Hall of Korea to reflect on the historical significance of the M...

Exciting News! The new book on Catholic photography in China by Whitworth professor, Dr. Anthony Clark, and his co-author, Dr. Joseph Ho, is finally scheduled to be released this summer 2026! This important new study represents a tremendous amount of research across the globe, and includes a large number of rare and never-before-seen photographs. [Hong Kong University Press, 2026]

Whitworth Professor Emeritus of History, Dr. Arlin Migliazzo, provided wonderful commentary at the recent screening of the documentary, "Henrietta Mears: How One Woman Changed American Christianity." History professor, Dr. Elise Leal Henreckson, provided the introduction. It was a rich evening of Whitworth historians discussing the amazing life and legacy of Henrietta Mears! [Whitworth University, 25 September 2025]

Whitworth history professor quoted here:

https://www.ncregister.com/news/are-the-minneapolis-church-shooting-victims-martyrs?fbclid=IwY2xjawMn9StleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFLZXM2cTdwMm5LYkJFRTIwAR6aB1jpL-DHIQUnn1FMBvrbA9AhnQjkkM8Sf7mCMLWmlVV-WS0ZBGThuA4noQ_aem_gt0OErx_VX0j_T6w1xuybQ

Are the Minneapolis Church Shooting Victims Martyrs? The Church mourns the loss of Harper Moyski and Fletcher Merkel as Catholics reflect on the tradition of recognizing the many forms of bearing witness to Jesus Christ.

The faculty of the Department of History welcome back our students - we look forward to seeing you in classes!

Wonderful group photo of the scholars who spoke at the "International Symposium on the Centennial of the Consecration of the Six Chinese Bishops in Rome (1926)—The Indigenization of the Chinese Catholic Church and the Rise of Chinese Cardinals" (Hong Kong Baptist University, 11-12 August 2025).

Left to Right: Symposium Official, Mr. Pang Boyi (University of Macao), Dr. Xie Jingzhen (University of Macao), Dr. Wang Wenqian (Chinese University of Hong Kong), Dr. Zhou Pingping (Tongji University), Dr. Magdalena Rychetska (Masaryk University), Dr. Zhu Xiaohong (Fu Dan University), Fr. Dr. Paul Mariani, SJ (Santa Clara University), Dr. Cindy Yik-yi Chu (Hong Kong Baptist University), Dr. Paola Colleoni (Hong Kong Baptist University), Dr. Anthony Clark (Whitworth University), Dr. Kwok Wai Leun (Hong Kong Baptist University), Dr. Fr. Franz Gassner, SVD (University of St. Joseph)

Finally available in print:

Staging China: Jesuit Theater and the End of an Empire (Brill, 2025), by Anthony E. Clark (Whitworth Department of History).

Description: Clark's book represents the first monograph study of Jesuit religious theater in China and its connections to the commemoration of the Society’s martyrs of the late Qing. It considers the Society’s efforts to rehabilitate the Western imagination of China and the Jesuit aim of stirring emotional responses to stage performances that inculcate Catholic and Western sensibilities. By connecting the religious underpinnings of the Spiritual Exercises to the sumptuous Baroque expressions of Jesuit drama performed on China’s stages, this important work explores an entirely new area of research that weaves together several modes of analysis – visual, cultural, and nationalistic.