Department of History, University of Oregon

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Join us every Tuesday from 10–11 a.m. in McKenzie Hall - in front of Office 385 - for free coffee, pastries, and convers...
10/14/2025

Join us every Tuesday from 10–11 a.m. in McKenzie Hall - in front of Office 385 - for free coffee, pastries, and conversation with the History Department community.

We’re excited to continue this tradition for our undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff — a wonderful way to connect and start the week together.

We hope to see you there!

"Chasing the Wind: Ezo Maps & the Transformation of Maritime Culture in 19th-Century Japan"Join the Department of Histor...
10/08/2025

"Chasing the Wind: Ezo Maps & the Transformation of Maritime Culture in 19th-Century Japan"

Join the Department of History and Noell Wilson from the University of Mississippi for a fascinating talk exploring how maps of Ezo—Japan’s northernmost island—became one of the most dynamic spaces in nineteenth-century Japan, revolutionizing mobility.

📅 Tuesday, November 4, 2025
🕞 3:30 PM
📍 McKenzie Hall 375
🎟️ Free & open to the public

Mark your calendars! History welcomes our students back to campus with a casual get-together! Join us for free pizza, ho...
08/21/2025

Mark your calendars!

History welcomes our students back to campus with a casual get-together! Join us for free pizza, hors d’oeuvres, and beverages; learn what’s happening in the department this year; and connect with the History community.

Friday, October 3rd from 3:30 to 6:00 pm in the McKenzie Hall Courtyard.

Free and open to all History undergraduates, graduates, faculty, and staff!

EVENT RESCHEDULED! Please join us for a discussion on “Trump’s First 100 Days: Now and Then.” As the Trump administrati...
05/14/2025

EVENT RESCHEDULED! Please join us for a discussion on “Trump’s First 100 Days: Now and Then.” As the Trump administration hits its 100-day mark, UO faculty from History, Law, and Political Science help make sense of the headlines and place today’s events in historical context. Pizza will be served.

ANTI-ENVIRONMENTALISM: Wednesday, June 4, 2025

The event will be held from 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM in McKenzie Hall 375. Free and open to the public.

Join the Department of History and Nicholas B. Breyfogle, The Ohio State University, for a talk on “Drowning the Sacred ...
04/28/2025

Join the Department of History and Nicholas B. Breyfogle, The Ohio State University, for a talk on “Drowning the Sacred Sea: Lake Baikal and the Hydroelectric Moment in World History."



Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 3:30 pm in McKenzie Hall 375
Free and open to the public



In this talk, Nicholas B. Breyfogle examines the building of the Irkutsk Hydroelectric dam and the human-induced, hydroelectric flooding of Siberia’s Lake Baikal that began in the mid-1950s and transformed the water systems, fish and human ecologies, energy flows, and cultural practices (especially religious) of the diverse peoples of the region. The dam resulted in a rise in water depth of more than 4 meters around the lake. The talk places the Baikal story in the larger context of global hydroelectric development.

Mark your calendars!
02/24/2025

Mark your calendars!

The Department of History and the Gerda Henkel Lecture Tour invite you to a talk with Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger: "On th...
02/24/2025

The Department of History and the Gerda Henkel Lecture Tour invite you to a talk with Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger: "On the Logic of Autocracy and the Plasticity of History: The Case of Frederick William I, King of Prussia"

Wednesday, March 5 at 4:30pm in McKenzie Hall 375

Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger, Rector, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin (Institute of Advanced Study), explores the fascinating contradictions of Frederick William I (1688–1740), the “Soldier King” of Prussia and father of “Frederick the Great.” He is remembered for his state reforms, the vast expansion of his army, and the shocking fact that he nearly had his own son sentenced to death. While contemporaries like Montesquieu saw him as a ridiculous outsider and pathological despot, later historians reinterpreted him as the “educator of the German people to Prussianhood.”

Illustration: Frederick William I, after Jacob Jordaens, 1736. © SPSG / Roland Handrick

Are you still looking for a winter term class? Seats are available in HIST 399: Latinx History Workshop with Professor J...
12/11/2024

Are you still looking for a winter term class? Seats are available in HIST 399: Latinx History Workshop with Professor Julie Weise!

Conduct original research to create a public, web-based project showcasing the Latino History of Eugene and Lane County in the early 20th century. Gain valuable experience learning to use WordPress and working with a local teacher to turn a selection of these histories into usable lesson plans for local high schools!

This course meets Tues & Thurs from Noon to 1:20 pm and satisfies the US field requirement. Questions? Email Professor Weise at [email protected].

Congratulations History Ducks as we approach the end of fall term! We wish you all the best of luck with your finals! Yo...
12/09/2024

Congratulations History Ducks as we approach the end of fall term! We wish you all the best of luck with your finals! You’ve got this. Enjoy a well-deserved winter break! 🦆🩵

Take a break and finish the term off strong with a little help from your friends in Academic Support Unit 5. Join us Dec...
12/08/2024

Take a break and finish the term off strong with a little help from your friends in Academic Support Unit 5. Join us Dec 9th and 10th from 8:30 am to noon in McKenzie Hall for coffee and hot cocoa! Plus, you can pick up a bonus care package while supplies last. Free and open to all students!☕🫶

ASU5 is located in McKenzie Hall and provides academic and administrative support to faculty and students in BLST, CLLAS, CINE, CRWR, HIST, IRES, LTNX, NAIS, TA, and WGSS.

We wish you all the best of luck with your finals! You’ve got this! 🦆💚

Join us for another pub lecture hosted by the Department of History and Lane County Historical Society! Hayley Brazier w...
11/22/2024

Join us for another pub lecture hosted by the Department of History and Lane County Historical Society! Hayley Brazier will talk about “Science and the Seafloor: A History of Cabled Observatories on the Juan de Fuca Plate”! We hope you can join us on Monday, December 9th at 7pm at Whirled Pies Downtown.

Check out the link in our bio for more information on the Pub Lecture Series. More to come! 🍕🌊

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