Gonzaga University History Department

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We share news and events about the history program, faculty, and students and offer opportunities to connect with alums and the community.

Professors Donnelly, Goldman, Weiskopf, Pistone, and Rast helped give a warm welcome to the Class of 2030 today!Another ...
09/01/2026

Professors Donnelly, Goldman, Weiskopf, Pistone, and Rast helped give a warm welcome to the Class of 2030 today!

Another academic year is off to a great start, and midterms will be here before we know it!

Dr. Ostendorf spent last week in the archives on a Michigan State University Libraries Visiting Scholar Summer Fellowshi...
07/28/2026

Dr. Ostendorf spent last week in the archives on a Michigan State University Libraries Visiting Scholar Summer Fellowship discovering treasures for her sabbatical book project on early American Romani history.

Looking for some America 250 history this summer? Check out this Revolutionary America-themed podcast from New Books Net...
07/27/2026

Looking for some America 250 history this summer? Check out this Revolutionary America-themed podcast from New Books Network.

Revolutionary America features conversations with authors of new scholarship on the transformative era spanning the 1750s through the 1820s across the Americas. Featuring interviews that explore political upheaval, social change, and the many meanings of “revolution” in this period, the channel highlights work on independence movements, constitutional formations, imperial crises, and the lived experiences of diverse peoples navigating a rapidly changing world.

You can check it out here:
https://newbooksnetwork.com/category/history-1/revolutionary-america

Dr. Arnold chaired the first session of the series, "Considering the Revolution: a Virtual Issue of The Public Historian...
07/07/2026

Dr. Arnold chaired the first session of the series, "Considering the Revolution: a Virtual Issue of The Public Historian."

This series was conceived in 2020 by the National Council on Public History and the National Park Service, and includes paneled conversations according to themes offered between 2021 and 2026 that contribute to the commemoration of the Semiquincentennial of the Declaration of Independence in 2026.

The virtual issue featuring all panels can be found here: https://www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/considering-the-revolution-a-virtual-issue-of-the-public-historian

The 2021 panel by Laurie Arnold and Miki‘ala Ayau Pescaia, "Considering the Revolution: Indigenous Histories and Memory in Alaska, Hawai‘i, and the Indigenous Plateau," can be found here: https://online.ucpress.edu/tph/article/43/4/7/118818/Considering-the-RevolutionIndigenous-Histories-and

We’re so proud of our amazing professors!Gonzaga has more than four hundred faculty members and each year only three of ...
06/10/2026

We’re so proud of our amazing professors!

Gonzaga has more than four hundred faculty members and each year only three of them win the Teaching Excellence Award. This year, one of them was our own Dr. Jennifer Binczewski!

And Dr. Veta Schlimgen won not one but *two* faculty awards: the Academic Citizenship Award and the Collaborative Work Award! Both awards recognize her extensive service to colleagues and the university as a whole.

Congratulations, Jennifer and Veta!

In partnership with the Classics Department, we ended another wonderful academic year with our annual graduation luncheo...
06/09/2026

In partnership with the Classics Department, we ended another wonderful academic year with our annual graduation luncheon!

Congratulations to student award winners Beck Waxman (Classics) and Samantha Villalvazo (History) and to all of our graduates!

Thank you to the family members and loved ones who joined us, and best wishes for a great summer!

The History Department’s chapter of Phi Alpha Theta has new members and new officers!We kicked off finals week by induct...
05/27/2026

The History Department’s chapter of Phi Alpha Theta has new members and new officers!

We kicked off finals week by inducting six new members and congratulating our graduating seniors.

We also thanked Samantha, Nick, and Arden for serving as co-presidents this past year, and we welcomed five new officers: Naomi, Myles, Aidan, Milla, and Bella!

Cutting the cake was a team effort!

We want to thank everyone from the Gonzaga community, Spokane, and beyond who attended Dr. Laurie Arnold’s inspiring Wil...
05/21/2026

We want to thank everyone from the Gonzaga community, Spokane, and beyond who attended Dr. Laurie Arnold’s inspiring William L. Davis, S.J., Lecture! This year the Davis Lecture served as the Friday evening keynote lecture for the regional Phi Alpha Theta Conference, and it gave us a chance to reconnect with some of our wonderful alumni from throughout the region.

We were especially honored to welcome the many Plateau artists and curators who were gathering that weekend at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture (for which Dr. Arnold serves on the Board of Trustees).

And special thanks, of course, to Professor Arnold for delivering the lecture and inviting us to reflect on how we might better share our next 250 years as neighbors!

The History Department was honored to host this year’s regional Phi Alpha Theta Conference! In late April, more than nin...
05/20/2026

The History Department was honored to host this year’s regional Phi Alpha Theta Conference! In late April, more than ninety History honors students from fifteen Pacific Northwest universities presented their research, including twenty students from Gonzaga. We thank all of them for sharing their work! (Special thanks to Professor De Barra for organizing the conference and to Professor Donnelly for delivering the Friday afternoon keynote lecture!)

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