Department of History
Coor Hall - 4th Floor
Arizona State University
P.O.Box 874302
Tempe, AZ 85287
Phone: 480-965-5778
Fax: 480-965-0310 Department Email: history@asu.edu Advising Email: historyadvisor@asu.edu Graduate Email: Graduate.History@asu.edu
Connecting with Seniors Helps Valley Students Learn American History
Although visiting a senior community might not be what some eighth graders would consider an exciting destination for a field trip, the students in Joan Miller’s social studies class at West Wing School certainly did. When the bus came to a stop outside the Royal Oaks Lifecare Community in Sun City, the students disembarked full of enthusiasm to begin interviewing residents for their oral history class project. Miller, with guidance from Arizona State University’s Department of History, designed the project so that her students could learn about the era that spans from the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 to the present day from individuals who experienced it first-hand.
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ASU Wins College Bowl Regional Tourney
The ASU College Bowl Team won nine out of ten matches winning the College Bowl Regional Championship Tournament on February 23rd. History MajorErin Hutchinson (far right), also double majoring with global studies, is part of the College Bowl team for ASU. More information...
ASU-YORK Environmental History Exchange
ASU and York team teach in environmental history.
York's Y-File had the following to say:
"Cross-border, team-teaching in environmental history – it's the latest innovation in the Graduate Program in History. A course offered to students from both York and Arizona State University (ASU) was developed by Canada Research Chair Colin Coates of Glendon's Canadian Studies Program and the Graduate Program in History, in collaboration with history Professor Susan Gray of ASU."More...
In Memory
Associate professor of history Christiane
Harzig passed away Nov. 6
after a struggle with cancer. Harzig came to ASU in 2006, becoming
part of a community
of scholars whom she
inspired to greater collegiality
and common
purpose. Her passing
has been a great
and personal loss to the
university. More information …
Professor Wins Distinguished Alumni Award
The History Department is pleased to congratulate professor Hava Tirosh-Samuelson, has been awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award (2007) from Stony Brook in New York. More information …
History Professor Wins Lifetime Achievement Award
The History Department is pleased to congratulate professor Donald Fixico, who was recently awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Western History Association Conference, convened in Oklahoma City.
Recent Ph.D. Graduate Wins Dissertation Prize
Laura Munoz, who earned her Ph.D. from the history department in 2006, with co-chairs Vicki Ruiz and Gayle Gullett, won the 2007 Claude A. Eggertsen Dissertation Prize from the History of Education Society for her dissertation, "Desert Dreams: Mexican American Education in Arizona, 1870-1930."
Graduate Student Honored by Congressman
Dana Bennett, a graduate student in the Ph.D. in Public History Program was honored recently by Nevada's Congressional delegation for her Midas book. Congressman Porter's transcription can be read in the Congressional Records.
Grand Canyon Grant
INTERPRETING AMERICA’S HISTORIC PLACES: NATURE, CULTURE, AND HISTORY AT THE GRAND CANYON
Alumni Information
Information on our various alumni networks in history.
Speakers/Conferences
Scheduled conferences and guest speakers.
Archive of past conferences and speakers.
History Department Houses Important Journal
Frontiers is one of the oldest and most respected academic feminist journals in the United States. Founded in 1975, it is a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary journal of scholarship, creative work, and personal essays.
Although visiting a senior community might not be what some eighth graders would consider an exciting destination for a field trip, the students in Joan Miller’s social studies class at West Wing School certainly did. When the bus came to a stop outside the Royal Oaks Lifecare Community in Sun City, the students disembarked full of enthusiasm to begin interviewing residents for their oral history class project. Miller, with guidance from Arizona State University’s Department of History, designed the project so that her students could learn about the era that spans from the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 to the present day from individuals who experienced it first-hand.
