Recent News
Film and Discussion -Shusenjo: The Main Battleground of the Comfort Women Issue
Oct 1, 2019
The History Department is sponsoring an exciting documentary film screening and filmmaker discussion next week that I hope you consider attending.
The film Shusenjo: The Main Battleground of the Comfort Women Issue examines the narratives surrounding the contentious issue of "comfort women," the sexual enslavement of Korean women during WWII. Director Miki Dezaki will participate in a discussion after the screening of the film. For more on the film and the controversy it has set off, see this New York Times article.
When: Tuesday, Oct. 8, 6:10 to 9 p.m.
Where: 38-121
2019 History Graduation Reception
Apr 11, 2019
Please join the History Faculty and Staff in honoring our 2019 graduates! The presentation and reception will be held on Sunday, June 16, 2019 in Spanos Theatre at 2 pm. All family and friends are welcome - no tickets or RSVP are necessary. Please contact cjeaton@calpoly.edu for additional information.
Poly Gives March 7, 2019
Jan 31, 2019
Poly Gives, Cal Poly’s annual day of giving, is Thursday, March 7, 2019. It is a 30-hour digital giving campaign when alumni, parents and friends give back to the Cal Poly they love. Poly Gives will begin at 6:00 p.m. on March 6 and end on March 7 at 11:59 p.m.
History Department Graduation Reception
Jun 11, 2018
2018 History Graduation Reception June 16 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Dr. Cameron Jones Wins Antonine Tibesar Prize, January 2018
Jan 9, 2018
January 5, 2018 Celso Castilho, Vanderbilt University (left), Cameron Jones, Cal Poly (center), and Brenda Elsey, Hofstra University (right), presenting Dr. Cameron Jones with the Antonine Tibesar Prize from the Conference of Latin American History, for his article entitled "The Evolution of Spanish Governance During the Early Bourbon Period in Peru: The Juan Santos Atahualpa Rebellion and the Missionaries of Ocopa."
Winner of the International Institute for Asian Studies Colleagues' Choice Award in the category Humanities
Jul 31, 2017
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Christina Elizabeth Firpo, The Uprooted: Race, Children, and Imperialism in French Indochina, 1890-1980. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 2016. The Uprooted tells the forgotten tale of a ‘stolen’ generation: the fatherless métis children born in French Indochina. Uprooted from their Southeast Asian mothers, these children were placed in government-run orphanages and educational institutions as part of a colonial policy devised to disconnect them from their maternal indigenous roots. Rich in archival detail, this thoroughly researched book offers a brilliant and thus far neglected instance of child removal and the associated colonial and post-colonial discourse of race and gender. |
Dr. Bodemer Gives Lecture at U of Wisconsin - Madison
Jul 31, 2017
Dr. Bodemer Gives Lecture at U of Wisconsin - Madison, July 19, 2017. Her lecture, Centering Southeast Asian Perspectives in the Teaching of Southeast Asia: A Methodology, was part of a lecture series at the Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute at the University of Wisconsin - Madison.
History Department 2017 Awards & Scholarships
Jul 6, 2017
CONGRATULATIONS TO WINNERS OF THE HISTORY DEPARTMENT’S 2017 AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS
Read more to learn about the Awardees!