Department of History, Politics, & Society

The University Library and Department of History are proud to announce the 2017 Isaac Backus American Freedoms Lecture, to be delivered by Holly Hollman, General Counsel & Associate Executive Director for the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty:

Religious Liberty Challenges and Opportunities: An American Story

Tuesday, April 25, 2017
6:00pm in Cossentine Hall 100

In addition to exploring the uniquely protected role that religious liberty plays in the American legal system, Ms. Hollman will also explore some of the tensions that exist between the free exercise and no establishment clauses of the first amendment.

History, Sociology, & Global Studies Friends! The end of the year is in sight and we'd like to do something as a department to close out the year. The plan is to head out to Huntington Beach for the afternoon on Friday and have a beach cookout. I'd really like to get some sort of a head count to see if this works for everyone or if it's something that anyone would like to do. Please let me know ASAP, either by responding to this, emailing me ([email protected]), or texting me if you have my number.

Thanks!

-Brenda

HPS Folk!

Tomorrow at 11 a.m. there is a College of Arts & Sciences Assembly. There will be students from our Department being honored, as well as one of our own teachers winning a very special award. The assembly is in HMA, so please come and support your department!

Friends,

The History Department is thinking of having a beach vespers on Friday, May 10. Anyone is welcome to join us for a cook out. We'll have hot dogs (real and veggie), corn, chips, salsa, and the ever important s'mores! Please let me know if this date works for anyone by sending an email to: [email protected] or shooting me a Facebook message (Brenda Schaffner).

We'd try to get out there as soon as we can (maybe around 1 p.m.) and stay until sunset and even a little bit afterwords, but please come and stay for as long as you'd like.

Thank you!

This year, the Office of Advancement is offering the "Athena Scholarship, a $1000 award for a female student who demonstrates excellence in her field and a commitment to her community." Please send a letter of application to Cassandra Hicks ([email protected]) about your accomplishments in your studies and chosen field, community involvement, volunteer work, etc. The deadline for this single page letter of application is this Thursday, April 25.

HPS MAJORS!:

Jamie Beck will be giving a talk on Career Planning for HPS majors on Wednesday, April 24, from 5-7pm in La Sierra Hall 320. This is somebody who is a trained professional in the field of Careers, so if you want ideas about career paths or advice upon how to best go about a specific career, this is the event for you. So that Ms. Beck can better plan her presentation, please fill out the attached form and return it to me by Monday by 5pm.

INCENTIVE 1 - The amazing career advice that you will receive.

INCENTIVE 2 - Pizza!

INCENTIVE 3 - The first six students to complete the attached form and return it to [email protected], and then attend the workshop, will receive $15 gift cards to Starbucks.

THE ATTACHED FORM WILL BE IN THE HISTORY OFFICE IN LA SIERRA HALL, ROOM 302 STARTING NEXT WEEK.

On this date in history:

At 7:22 a.m. on April 15, 1865, Abraham Lincoln died.

Hello, friends!

The History Department will be hosting a departmental assembly on:

Tuesday, March 5 @ 11am in La Sierra Hall 320

For the winter departmental assembly, History, Politics, & Society welcomes Molly Lineberger from the Monterey Institute of International Studies. Ms. Lineberger will be talk about foreign policy, development, non-proliferation, terrorism studies, and other possibilities for graduate studies and/or internship.

Following the assembly, pizza will be provided for an informal conversation with Ms. Lineberger about the field of Global Studies.

Hope to see you all there!

Hello, friends!

We're having our first game night of the quarter on Thursday night, January 31 at 6:30 p.m. In addition to awesome games, there will also be pizza and snacks provided by the department.

Spread the word! Bring your friends!

If you have any questions, feel free to swing by the department office in La Sierra Hall, room 302 or give us a call at (951) 785-2065.

Hope to see you all there!

Hello, Friends! Come out to the department lunch on Wednesday, April 18 in La Sierra Hall room 307! There will be free food, games, and time to spend with your fellow department members. We also want to especially encourage our first year students to join us so we can get to know you better and welcome you into our department.

Hope to see everyone there!

-Brenda

Thursday night, 6 p.m. in the Fred Hoyt Library, all department majors are invited to a department game night! There'll be food, fun, and games, as well as giving you an opportunity to meet the faculty and fellow majors in the department. Hope to see everyone there!