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history matters history matters history matters history matters history matters history matters history matters history matters T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S Message from the Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Faculty Retirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 Remembering Jon Bridgman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 In Memoriam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2014 – 15 Lectures & Symposia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Alumni News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 History Undergraduates in Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7 History Department Annual Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Faculty News and Awards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 -10 Staff News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Graduate Student News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 FALL 2015 | NEWSLET TER The popular History Lecture Series is set to return in January 2016. Presented by the History Department and the UW Alumni Association, the series showcases faculty members from the department speaking on topics of public interest. The theme for 2016 is "Excavating Seattle's Histories: Peoples, Politics, and Place." This series of four lectures will bring to life Seattle's remarkable 165- year past, tracing the stories of Native Americans and pioneers, labor agitators and civil rights activists, loggers and environmentalists, aircraft riveters and software moguls. Together these talks will show how Seattle's diverse cast of characters worked with and against each other to hammer out the city as it exists today. Along the way, they will remind us that Seattle possesses many histories, many surprises, and a great many stories yet to be told. On January 13, John Findlay will open the series with a look at Seattle's numerous self-portraits. Like the city itself, histories of Seattle have oscillated between the cosmopolitan and the provincial. At different times they have described Seattle as a pioneer city, an aerospace city, a green city, and a wired city. Findlay will take a closer look at the stories Seattle has told about itself, asking why certain stories were retold, while others were all but ignored. On January 20, Quintard Taylor will discuss the peopling of Seattle, from the first Native American inhabitants to the frenetic growth of the twenty-first century. Since the pioneer days, Seattle has been defined by the arrival of successive waves of newcomers and by the challenges they have posed to the existing order. Taylor will examine how the city's vibrant and sometimes contentious population was built up, one person at a time. On January 27, Linda Nash will look at the environmental history of the city and its region. She will discuss how the history of Seattle has been tied to the natural materials people found here, and the things they brought from other places. Nash will emphasize how the city's social and economic life, culture and politics, have been shaped by the movement of resources, as they were consumed and transformed, imported and exported, allocated and exhausted. On February 3, James Gregory will conclude the series with a look at Seattle's left-leaning reputation. Based on events ranging from the 1919 IWW strike to the $15 minimum wage campaign, Seattle is often seen as exemplifying America's "left coast." Gregory will examine the reality behind this image, looking at the city's long history of labor action and progressive activism, as well as the conservative responses and political conflicts they prompted. 2 0 1 6 H I S T O R Y L E C T U R E S E R I E S EXCAVATING SEATTLE'S HISTORIES: PEOPLES, POLITICS, AND PLACE H I S T O R Y L E C T U R E S E R I E S January-February 2016 More information about the series and how to purchase tickets will be posted on uwalum in early December. Or, contact the UW Alumni Association for additional information at (206) 543-0540.

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