Eric Hinderaker Named Distinguished Professor
2018 Practicing History Department Conference
Introducing Guided Pathways for History Majors
Graduate Student Jeffrey Mahas Published in Journal of Mormon History
Alumnus Andrew Smith Receives Prestigious Boren Award
Graduate Student Kathryn Hain Wins World History Association Honors
First-Year Graduate Student Lori Wilkinson Accepted for Publication
Featured Course
(HIST 3910) Histories of the Pacific Islands
This class provides an introduction to the history of the Pacific Islands, also known
as Oceania. The Pacific Ocean is vast - covering over 30% of the earth – but often
depicted as empty, marginal, or isolated from the rest of the world. Yet, imperialism
and colonialism in the region has long served significant economic, political, and
military needs of Western countries. This class will analyze the histories of both
Indigenous framings and Western framings of the Pacific, including the origins of
the Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia divisions imposed by Europeans in the eighteenth
century. We will analyze various forms of imperialism and colonialism in the Pacific
as well as Indigenous resistance and movements to achieve decolonization.
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