Welcome to the History Department!
OSU History offers major programs leading to a BA degree. It is also possible to earn an undergraduate minor in History. History may be used as a major and/or one of the minors in the Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies (MAIS) degree program, or as a minor in other graduate programs. We also offer graduate degrees (MA, MS, and Ph.D.) in History of Science.
The History of Science
Theft, Archive Photos, and more thoughts on Nuclear Proliferation
-May 19, 2012
by Linda M. Richards* My latest blog entry has been delayed due to theft! But before you read on, wondering, what does this have to do with the history of science, please keep in mind one of the greatest scientists of our time, Linus Pauling, believed that the structure of molecules and society determined behavior. [...] Read full story.
Welcome to Holland: the Changing Nature of Life
-May 14, 2012
by Tracy Jamison* Do you welcome change? Dr. Jane Barton began by querying the audience on their acceptance of the inevitable. We are all human and were born with a terminal illness: Life. So how does the average person see change and how does that affect the quality of their coping skills. As a hospice chaplain [...] Read full story.
Biomedical ethics and the Self
-May 10, 2012
by Natalie Rich* During my visit to the Western Michigan University Undergraduate Biomedical Ethics Symposium this last weekend, I had the chance to share an excerpt from my honors thesis with several other students interested in bioethics from across the country. The topics discussed involved relatively straightforward examples, such as case studies involving the end [...] Read full story.
An American’s View of NPT, From Vienna
-May 1, 2012
by Linda M. Richards* May 1 is a real Worker’s holiday all over Austria, so today the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) was closed and there were no official NPT Preparatory Committee meetings. The NPT is the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. Almost all the shops and businesses are closed, except for restaurants [...] Read full story.
Radical Enlightenment, the French Revolution, and the Intellectual Historian’s Contribution
-May 1, 2012
by Mason Tattersall* Dr. Jonathan Israel’s April 26 talk at Oregon State, “Radical Enlightenment and the French Revolution,” presented the key figures in the early (1789-93) stage of the Revolution as proponents of what Israel terms the Radical Enlightenment. Contrary to some accounts Israel characterizes the rise of Robespierre and the Reign of Terror not [...] Read full story.
Colonial Science, Contagion and the Imaginarium of Marseille
-Apr 13, 2012
by Michael A. Osborne* Marseille continually reinterprets its colonial heritage. The city constitutes an imaginarium of material and immaterial symbols revealing of its history. No French city has been more wedded to colonization than this cross roads of Mediterranean peoples. Historians signal frequently its lavish colonial expositions of 1906 and 1922, and a visitor to [...] Read full story.
Upcoming Events
24May2012
Dr. Toray is a Professor in the Psychology Division at Western Oregon University. Dr. Toray was recognized as
…29May2012
Woman Citizen Film Series Presents: They Call Me Muslim
In this provocative documentary, filmmaker Diana Ferrero
explores the struggles of two Muslim women to express themselves
– one in France, which outlawed…
17Jun2012
CLA Graduating Senior Reception
Please join us on the Gilkey Hall front lawn to honor our graduating seniors at a reception scheduled for Sunday, June 17, 11:30 AM until approximately 1:30
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