civic engagement, Ethnic Studies, faculty, feature, History Major, History Minor, History, human rights, humanities, interdisciplinary, Latin American Studies, law, Political Science Major, research, Sociology and Anthropology Major

Faculty book release: “A Wall Is Just A Wall: The Permeability of the Prison in 20th Century America” by Reiko Hillyer

Please join us in congratulating Associate Professor of History and Department Chair Reiko Hillyer on the upcoming publication of her latest book, A Wall is Just a Wall: The Permeability of the Prison in 20th Century America (Duke University Press, February 16, 2024). Influenced by her work teaching in the Inside-Out program,  Hillyer traces the decline of practices that used to connect incarcerated people more regularly to the free world.

Health + Humanities Community Connections: Faculty Grant

Up to three CAS faculty will be awarded Health + Humanities Community Connections Faculty Grants to support courses that include new community partnerships in health + humanities. Applications are open now! 

Ethnic Studies Minor, Ethnic Studies, History Major, History Minor, History, human rights, humanities, multicultural, Political Science Major, Political Science Minor
Photo Credit: Nina Johnson

Elliott Young Op/Ed: “New art exhibition raises questions about policing in Portland” in Portland Tribune

LC Professor of History Elliott Young has a new Op/Ed in The Portland Tribune entitled, “New art exhibition raises questions about policing in Portland.”

Elliott Young is professor of history at Lewis & Clark College and the author of “Forever Prisoners: How the United States Made the World’s Largest Immigrant Detention System.”

English Major, English Minor

Call for Papers: 2024 Dorothy Berkson Writing Award in Gender Studies

Submissions due by 5pm, Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Submission may be from any field of study so long as gender is central to the work.

Program cover for the exhibit

New Exhibition Focuses on Narratives of Piracy, Exploration, and Criminality

Fortune and Glory, a collaborative faculty-student history exhibition, is on display in Watzek Library from now until March 2024.

alumni, History Major, History Minor, History, international education, Life after LC

Aidan Bennett (BA, ’21) Peace Corps Volunteer in Cambodia

The History department is excited to share that Aidan Bennett (BA, ’21) is currently serving with the Peace Corps in Cambodia, and has shared with us a bit about his experience.

humanities, research
Aerials May 2016

Paid Summer Research Enables Faculty-Student Collaboration

Over the summer, Lewis & Clark offers students paid, hands-on research experiences that rival those of graduate-level institutions.

Image from Spring '23 Inside-Out class performance

Spring ’24 Prison Exchange Class Performance from the Inside-Out

Inside-Out Prison Exchange Class
TH238 Performance from the Inside/Out
Fridays 12:45-3:45 pm, Spring 2024
Class held at the Columbia River Correctional Institution
Taught by Associate Professor Rebecca Lingafelter
This is a 200-level Theatre class held at Columbia River Correctional Institute exploring the techniques and applications of autobiography to performance. It is an integrated class of 15 undergraduates and 15 incarcerated students who will learn together as peers.
Because of the special nature of this class and limited space,

Outside student applications are now closed for the Spring ’24 Inside-Out course. 
Empire of the Dead: Chris Heaney

Upcoming: Empires of the Dead with Christopher Heaney

This event is sponsored by the History, Ethnic Studies, Hispanic Studies, Latin American and Latino Studies and Sociology/Anthropology Departments

Liam Conley BA '23 and Kathryn Kishkenen BA '23 curated an exhibit showcasing archival materials donated by men who resided in Civilian P...

Exhibit Focuses on Oregon’s Conscientious Objectors

Two students curated Pacific Renaissance: The Legacy of Conscientious Objection During World War II. The exhibit is available to the public through November in Watzek Library.

Portland, theatre
L&C students and CRCI Adults in Custody stand in a circle and stack their hands together.

The History of Incarceration Turned Inside-Out

In late April, 15 students from Lewis & Clark and 15 students from the Columbia River Correctional Institution performed an original theatre piece as the culmination of their Inside-Out history course, Crime and Punishment in the United States.

Valerie White's Freedom on Trial exhibit

Family History as American History

Valerie White, L&C’s ombudsperson, shares her family’s history as Black abolitionists in an exhibit at Liberty Bell Center in Philadelphia and in an upcoming book.

World Languages Major
Molly Robinson, Associate Professor of French

Cry of Freedom: New Inside-Out Prison Exchange Course

Prof. Molly Robinson will be teaching a new course this Fall at Columbia River Correctional Institution as part of the Lewis & Clark College Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program. All interested students should apply!
Ethnic Studies, History Major, History, human rights, no-screens, Political Science Major, Political Science Minor, Psychology Major

Elliott Young Op/Ed on Involuntary Incarceration in Washington Post

Elliott Young has a new Op/Ed in The Washington Post entitled, “Locking up the mentally ill has a long history: The prospect of removing people from communities to be put in institutions has been a project of social control.”

Elliott Young is professor of history at Lewis & Clark College and the author of “Forever Prisoners: How the United States Made the World’s Largest Immigrant Detention System.”

Fulbright Winners to Circle the Globe as Researchers and Teachers

As recipients of prestigious Fulbright awards, four members of the L&C community will work abroad next year: Meredith Stinger BA ’19 (India), Mila Wolpert BA ’19 (France), Amelia Madarang BA ’22 (Taiwan), and Alex Webb BA ’22 (Colombia).

Portland
Portrait of Professor Reiko Hillyer

From Stumptown to Portlandia: Students Explore Portland’s History

Reiko Hillyer, associate professor of history, teaches a course about Portland’s multifaceted history, which encourages students to develop a deeper sense of place.
ArtsLC
Logo for the 2022 Festival of Scholars and Artists

Festival of Scholars and Artists Celebrates Student Achievement

Lewis & Clark’s full-day celebration of student scholarship and creativity returned to its in-person format on April 8.
Music Major, music, Theatre Major, theatre

Darrius Wallace Portrayal of Frederick Douglass

Show/Performance title: The Starry Road To Freedom
Précis: This show takes us on the journey of what it truly means to be free. From Frederick Douglass as a young boy who is heavily influenced by his grandmother to self realization through the power of the written and spoken word we witness Douglass dramatic discovery of freedom through 7 different characters played by Phil Darius Wallace. He creatively uses song, poetry, monologue and speeches to bring the Frederick Douglass Story to life.

This show is to be held in Evans Auditorium Monday, April 11th from 4:30pm-5:45pm.
international affairs
The gap between the two flags, Russia and Ukraine, as a concept of political confrontation.

An Interdisciplinary Look at the Russia-Ukraine Crisis

A panel of Lewis & Clark professors recently gathered to discuss the historical, political, and cultural underpinnings of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

History Poster Session Fall ’21

The History Department and Watzek Library hosted an in-person presentation of the 2021 History Thesis Poster Session on Tuesday, December 7, 2021. Peruse what the students created!
History Major, History

Introducing Adjunct Professor Sarah Thomsen Vierra

The History Department is excited to welcome Adjunct Professor Sarah Thomsen Vierra to teach with our department this Spring.

HIST 298 Global Pandemics in History is an examination of global epidemics and pandemics in historical perspective, beginning with the infamous Black Death in Europe during the 14th century and ending with the HIV/AIDS pandemic in the late 20th century. The course will trace the development of pandemics from the first unexpected and often bewildering cases and early understandings of the sources and treatments to how the diseases influenced contemporary social relationships, cultural beliefs, and medical knowledge. In addition, the course will scrutinize how people’s ideas about disease shaped their responses to it, sometimes in ways that inhibited their efforts to successfully treat those affected. Through study of expert scholarship and historical firsthand accounts, the class will make connections between the pandemics of the past and the world we live in today.
History

NSO Presents Special Collections at Watzek

History major Jakob Mohr BA ’23 takes you behind the scenes into the Watzek library archives. This room contains a treasure trove of historical literature to research for your projects! If you’re a history major at L&C, you may likely have a class in this room at some point.

LC Covid Archive

Before you jump into a safe, long-awaited summer, please consider submitting digital files, videos, or images that represent your time at Lewis and Clark during the pandemic. We have all lived through history this year. With your help, we can document this unprecedented time. Submissions from in-person and remote students welcome. All students who submit something will be given the chance to win one of three $50 gift cards to Amazon!
Students wearing face masks walk in front of JR Howard Hall.

Call for Submissions: Pandemic Digital Archive

Calling all students! Before you jump into a safe, long-awaited summer, please consider submitting digital files, videos, or images that represent your time at Lewis & Clark during the pandemic.

Maureen Healy is Teacher of the Year 2021

Each year, the Pamplin Society of Fellows bestows the Teacher of the Year Award to one professor. This award aims to honor undergraduate faculty members that go above and beyond the duties of their position to enrich student learning.

History Department Virtual Graduation Toast

The History Department will celebrate a virtual graduation toast with the graduating seniors, their friends, and families.

We can’t all be together, but we can still celebrate!
arts, performing arts
A scene from the Lewis & Clark production of The Secretaries. Photo by Owen Carey.

Theatre Department Explores Gender and Performativity in The Secretaries

The Secretaries, a campy horror-comedy that exemplifies feminist, queer theatre took performativity to extremes by showing violence and intimacy while remaining six feet apart.

History Poster Session Fall ’20

The History Department and Watzek Library hosted a virtual presentation of the 2020 History Thesis Poster Session on Wednesday, December 9, 2020.  Peruse what the students created!
faculty

Savage and Lokey Awards Celebrate Outstanding Faculty

Both the David Savage Award and the Lorry Lokey Awards prioritize and celebrate inspirational leadership, rigorous scholarship, and creative accomplishments in the classroom and in the broader academic community. This year’s awards recognize four Lewis & Clark faculty members from the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities for their excellence.

Pamplin Fellows announce 2020 Teacher of the Year

Pamplin Society of Fellows announce the 2020 Teacher of the Year
faculty, grant, History

Reiko Hillyer Awarded Franklin Research Grant

We are delighted to share the good news that Associate Professor of History Reiko Hillyer has been awarded a Franklin Research Grant by the American Philosophical Society for her book project, “Windows in the Walls: The Permeability of the Prison and the Rise of Mass Incarceration.”

Review: 57th Annual Arthur L. Throckmorton Memorial Lecture

On Thursday, February 27th Professor Emerita of History Dr. Jane Hunter delivered the 57th annual Arthur L. Throckmorton Memorial Lecture. Her lecture “Missionary Daughter to Daughter of the Revolution: Isabel Crook’s Journey to the Great Hall of the People” covered the life of Isabel Crook (now an impressive 104 years old), the daughter of Canadian missionaries in China who left behind the Protestantism of her parents to become an ardent communist.
award, faculty, History

Professor Elliott Young is doubly awarded for his article “Caging Immigrants at McNeil Island Federal Prison, 1880-1940”

It is our pleasure to announce that Professor Elliott Young has been doubly awarded the James Madison Award as well as the Louis Knott Koontz Memorial Award for his article entitled “Caging Immigrants at McNeil Island Federal Prison, 1880-1940,” which was published in the Pacific Historical Review.
Natasha Priess '12 Memorial Scholarship

Natasha Priess ’12 Memorial Scholarship

To honor her daughter and to benefit other students who share Natasha’s passion for learning, Susannah White established the Natasha C. Priess ’12 Memorial Annual Scholarship the autumn of 2014. In 2020, Michael Mihalke and his daughter Amanda Mihalke ’19 endowed the scholarship. Michael wanted to recognize the profound impact Lewis & Clark had on Amanda, also a history major, and came across this scholarship online. He was greatly moved by Natasha’s story and wanted to ensure her academic legacy while also honoring Amanda’s accomplishments. This scholarship is awarded to students with financial need who are majoring in history and/or experience an unexpected, significant change to financial circumstances.

Remembering Natasha, Honoring Scholarship

“In every single way that counted, the college was as much a home to her as it was a caring and dynamic institution of learning where she found her calling in life.” 

“Hey What’s This?” History Now Panel Series

History Now Panel Series 
By Gwen O’Connor

Alumni Update: Marly Williams ’15

What is life like for history majors after Lewis and Clark College? Gwen O’Connor teamed up with Professor Reiko Hillyer to find out what Marly Williams, a history alum from 2015, has been doing post graduation.
History, humanities, staff
E.J. Carter

Get to know EJ Carter, Watzek Library’s History Liaison!

EJ Carter, who received his Ph.D. in History from the University of Illinois and decided to become a librarian to continue engaging with academic research, has worked as
one of Watzek’s Special Collections and Archives librarians since May 2014. Last summer, he became the library liaison to the History Department.

History, send-to-undergraduate
Summer History Course

Summer History Courses

Did you know the History Department is offering two courses this summer? 

Session I: Hist 227 Medieval Europe, 800-1400 - Krystle Perkins
Session II: Hist 217 The Emergence of Modern South Asia - David Campion
faculty, grant, History
Elliott Young

Franklin Research Grant Awarded to Elliott Young

It is our pleasure to announce that Professor of History Elliott Young has been awarded a $6,000 American Philosophical Society (APS) Franklin Research Grant.
grant, History, student
The Student Academic Affairs Board

So, just what is SAAB?

What is SAAB? The Student Academic Affairs Board (SAAB) is a student-run committee that awards funds for tutoring, student-lead research, attendance at academic conferences or programs, and assistance with a musical/theatrical performance. It also provides money to bring visiting scholars to campus.
History
Elliott Young

Caging Immigrants at McNeil Island Federal Prison, 1880–1940

An article by Elliott Young
community engagement, History
Rose VL Deli owner William Vuong.

Vietnamese Portland: Memory, History, Community

Azen Jaffe ’19 on “Vietnamese Portland: Memory, History, Community”
faculty, History, human rights
Reiko Hillyer

Petition asks Portland city leaders to stop criminalizing homelessness, invest in housing

The petition on change.org, co-sponsored by Professors Elliott Young and Reiko Hillyer, is in response to the The Oregonian/OregonLive’s analysis that one in two arrests made by the Portland Police Bureau last year was of a homeless person, while less than 3 percent of Portlanders are homeless.
Andrew Bernstein, Associate Professor of History

“Meiji at 150” Podcast Interview with Professor Andrew Bernstein

In a recent “Meiji at 150” podcast interview (https://meijiat150.podbean.com/e/episode-54-dr-andrew-bernstein/), Prof. Andrew Bernstein charts both the modernization of Japanese death practices and the nationalization of Mt. Fuji from the Meiji period (1868-1912) to today. After discussing the invention of Shinto funerals, the Meiji government’s short-lived ban on cremation, and the impact of street traffic on funeral processions, he turns to the emergence of Fuji as a national symbol and then to the development of military training grounds at its base. Prof. Bernstein also briefly describes the interdisciplinary Mt. Fuji study program that he co-led with LC geologist Elizabeth Safran in 2014 and 2017.

History, newsletter

Footnotes 2017-18

Footnotes is the Lewis & Clark History Department’s annual newsletter.  It covers the major developments in the department during the academic year and highlights the various activities and accomplishments of our students and faculty.

Light in Islam: 55th Annual Throckmorton Lecture

“The Light in Islam: Liberalism and Muslims in South Asia.” 55th Annual Arthur L. Throckmorton Memorial Lecture by Dr. Ayesha Jalal, Mary Richardson Professor of History, Tufts University.

Professors Bernstein and Safran Lead Second Mt. Fuji Program

Professors Andrew Bernstein and Elizabeth Safran Lead Second Mt. Fuji Program

Inside Out: Reflections on Crime and Punishment Course

Inside Out: Student Reflections on Reiko Hillyer’s Crime and Punishment Course

Mourning Lincoln: 54th Annual Throckmorton Lecture

Professor Martha Hodes of New York University delivers the 54th Annual Throckmorton Memorial Lecture titled “Mourning Lincoln: The Assassination and the Meaning of the Civil War” on February 27, 2017.
Professor Elliott Young

Trump’s Immigration Orders Signal End Of Civil Rights Era

Professor of History Elliott Young’s opinion piece, titled “Trump’s Immigration Orders Signal End Of Civil Rights Era” appears in the January 28, 2017 edition of The Huffington Post.

History Major rediscovers a Geneva Bible dating to 1599

Sam Bussan (Hist ’18) rediscovers a Geneva Bible dating to 1599 in Watzek Library.
award, faculty, History
Professor of History and Director of Ethnic Studies, Elliott Young

Elliott Young Receives Luciano Tomassini Latin American International Relations Book Award Honorable Mention

The 2016 Luciano Tomassini Latin American International Relations Book Award Committee awarded an honorable mention to Alien Nation:Chinese Migration in the Americas from the Coolie Era through World War II (University of North Carolina Press, 2014), by Professor of History and Director of Ethnic Studies, Elliott Young.
award, faculty, History
Professor Reiko Hillyer

Reiko Hillyer Receives Award from Southern Historical Association

Professor Hillyer wins the Fletcher M. Green and Charles W. Ramsdell Award

Congratulations History Class of 2016

Congratulations History Class of 2016
exhibition, faculty, History, research, student

Mellon-funded First World War Centenary Exhibition

“The Great War 100 Years Later” is a centenary commemoration of the First World War funded by a Mellon grant for faculty/student collaborative research.
faculty, human rights, international affairs, publication

Professor Young’s op-ed piece on Syria published on The Huffington Post

Professor of History Elliott Young’s opinion piece, titled “We Can Do More for Syrian Refugees” appears in the September 15, 2015 edition of The Huffington Post.

Fulbright Winner Daniela Jimenez (B.A. ’14) is Brazil-bound

From strengthening her foreign-language and professional skills, to practicing the Afro-Brazilian martial art of capoeira, Daniela Jimenez (B.A. ’14) is eager to serve as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant in Brazil in 2016.

Student receives prestigious graduate scholarship to the University of Cambridge

Alexander Kraemer ’15 is awarded the Davies-Jackson Scholarship for first-generation college students.

Op-eds by Professor Elliott Young featured in The Oregonian and History News Network

In his sweeping work, Alien Nation, Elliott Young traces the pivotal century of Chinese migration to the Americas, beginning with the 1840s at the start of the “coolie” trade and ending during World War II. In new opinion pieces published in the History News Network and The Oregonian, Professor Young addresses current immigration issues.

In Memoriam: Prof. Nas Rassekh

In Memoriam: Prof. Nas Rassekh

Hunter earns award from Fulbright Distinguished Chairs Program

Jane Hunter, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of history, has been selected as a 2012-13 Fulbright scholar for the Distinguished Chairs Program.  The award will allow Hunter to spend her upcoming sabbatical teaching history at Sichuan University in Chengdu, China.

Fulbright Distinguished Chair Award to Jane Hunter

Jane Hunter has been selected as a 2012-13 Fulbright Scholar and will pursue her project, “Grounding the Liberal Arts: Critical Thinking Through American Studies” while in China.
alumni

Lewis & Clark History Alumna Wins Pickering Fellowship

Kali Harper (History ‘10) has been awarded a Pickering Fellowship for graduate study in International Affairs.  Kali will use the award to complete a masters degree in International Relations and Security (with a focus on conflict management and democracy building) at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.
History Major and Fulbright Award Recipient Ella Antell

History Alumna Blogs About Fulbright Year in Russia

Ell Antell (‘12) is spending the year as a Fulbright scholar in Russia.  Her blog describes her Fulbright experience.
Maelia DuBois '12

Nine seniors win Fulbright honors

Nine Lewis & Clark seniors will spend the next year teaching around the world after receiving prestigious awards from the Fulbright Program.

Professor Andrew Bernstein Receives NEH Summer Stipend Award

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded Andrew Bernstein, Associate Professor of History and Department Chair, a much-sought after NEH Summer Stipend. This highly competitive program provides scholars with a $6,000 stipend for two months of full-time research and/or writing. This award will enable Dr. Bernstein to spend Summer 2012 continuing research on and writing chapters of his book, Fuji: A Mountain in the Making. As indicated in his proposal, this book will “resituate and augment conventional views of Fuji to create something new: a comprehensive ‘environmental biography’ of the mountain that does it justice as an actor in, and product of, both the physical world and the human imagination.”
Pamplin Associate Professor of History David Campion

Professor shares thoughts on educational system at home and abroad

Professor David Campion penned an op-ed to share his perspective on the merits of liberal arts education around the world.
alumni, community engagement, Portland, scholarship

History Alumni published in Oregon Historical Quarterly

History alumni Sheri Bartlett Brown and Zeb Larson are featured in the Spring edition of the Oregon Historical Quarterly.