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Western Carolina University Department of History Welcome to the History Department at Western Carolina University. We are a group of world class hist

The history department is delighted to welcome Bryant Simon, the Laura H. Carnell Professor of History at Temple Univers...
09/24/2026

The history department is delighted to welcome Bryant Simon, the Laura H. Carnell Professor of History at Temple University, to campus on October 1 at 5:30 in the University Center Theater. Dr. Simon will be discussing his most recent book, For Customers Only: Public Bathrooms and the Making of American Inequality (University of Chicago Press). The panel will be moderated by historian Elizabeth Gillespie McRae and political scientist Chris Cooper.

Dr. Simon is a fascinating thinker and writer and the event promises to be of interest to people from a variety of backgrounds.

All are invited and there is no charge for admission. We hope you can make it.

Monday was Awards Day, when the History Department recognizing the outstanding achievements of our students. Congratulat...
04/29/2026

Monday was Awards Day, when the History Department recognizing the outstanding achievements of our students. Congratulations to all of these history students!

Clegg Family Military Legacy Scholarship – Andrew Warner

Wolfe Scholarship – Ash Solomon

Curtis Wood Scholarship – Kaz Brannon

Alice Matthews Scholarship – Chloe Pope

Billy and Ruth Hice Scholarship – Samantha Greene

History Department Academic Excellence Scholarship – Emma Booth and Susannah Hinz

James A. Lewis Scholarship – Angelica Hacker

Lucy M. and Jean C. Brown Scholarship – Jacob Henry

Curtis and Enid Meltzer Scholarship – Douglas Murphy and Landon Morgan

Outstanding Graduating Senior – Caileigh Coval

Recognition: Dean’s Outstanding Scholar Award, BA/BS History – Bennett Judy

Recognition: Dean’s Outstanding Scholar Award, Social Science Education – Hannah Brown

Recognition: Dean’s Outstanding Scholar Award, MA History – Ethan Harvey

Yesterday was Capstone Day in the History Department, when students present the projects and public history internships ...
04/29/2026

Yesterday was Capstone Day in the History Department, when students present the projects and public history internships they have been working on for the semester. Congratulations to those who presented in the first session, for all the fantastic research they have conducted and work they did for local history institutions, and to the faculty and community partners who worked with them.

Ethan Anderson, Appalachian Women's Museum

Maddy Blankenship, Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center

Chase Bridges, Webster Historical Society

Maddie Norwood, Cashiers Historical Society

Colin Parker, Jackson County Historic Commission

Zachary Paul, Hunter Library

Dalton Queen, "Crops, Cattle and Conjurers: Environment's Role In Shaping the 17th Century Witch Trials"

Hunter Frye, "An Everglades Ecobiography: The Rivers of Grass from 1947 to 2016"

Natalia Domina, "From Exploration to Creation: The German and Italian Nuclear Bomb Projects"

Chase Clendenen, Jackson County Historical Association

Caileigh Coval, Mountain Heritage Center

Kimberly Hydrick, Mountain Heritage Center

Bennett Judy, Jackson County Historical Association

Skylar Smathers, Museum of Haywood County History

William Goodwin, "Hiroshima and Nagasaki: The Poisoning of the Earth"

Tyler Martin, "Behind the Scenes of Ruin: An Analysis of Environmental Disasters’ Documentation"

Nora Mathews, "Creating N**i Ecology: Nature Protection, Animal Welfare, and Environmental Propaganda in the Third Reich, 1919-1945"

Lanie Shuping, "The Perfect Vacation: Tuberculosis and Health Spas, 1880–1910"

Alex Stamps: "The War Waged on Earth: Environmental damage of the First World War from 1914-1918"

Alex Carpenter: "Characterization to Conservation: Disney’s Movies and Theme Parks Changing Depiction of Nature, from 1937 to 2008"

Last week undergraduate and graduate students from the history department shared their own original research at WCU's Re...
04/06/2026

Last week undergraduate and graduate students from the history department shared their own original research at WCU's Research and Scholarship Conference (RASC), congratulations to all of them on their hard work and creativity!

-Britan Sides, MA student, “Drag Oral Histories: Methodology and Experience Doing Oral Histories with Drag Performers in Western North Carolina”

-Jacob Henry, BSED student, "‘The Turn of the Tide of Success’: The Myths and Realities of the Battle of King’s Mountain"

-Joshua Sealy, “The Boys of the Blue and Gray: Human Stories in the First World War”

-Remy Cox, "In Pursuit of Greater Freedom: A Short History of Le****ns Choosing to Live Between the Lines"

-Sally Harris, "Lend me a Hand": Polio in North Carolina"

-Samantha Greene, "Capture, Conquest, and Cultural Assimilation: The Visigoth Takeover of Gaul and the Effect Left on Gallic Society"

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