Pacific Historical Review

06/06/2025

Great work, Charles Huxley. PHR's Caroline P. Stoel Editorial Fellow received the 2025 Friends of History Award for Outstanding Graduate Seminar Paper, in addition to the award for the highest graduate GPA in history. Charlie has been part of the PHR team for two years now, he'll receive his M.A. in history next week. Congratulations!

Portland State University Department of History Portland State University College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

06/06/2025

Congratulations to PHR fellow Charleen Kepner for her honorable mention for an Honors College Community Engagment Award. Charleen is an undergrad at the PSU Honors College and about to graduate with a BA in Child, Youth, and Family Services. Next fall, she'll continue at Portland State to pursue a graduate certificate in Infant and Toddler Mental Health. Charleen has been our John and LaRee Caughey Fellow for the past two years, managing the workflow of PHR's book reviews, in addition to other editing responsibilities. Congratulations Charleen!

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05/28/2025

Seeing Cannibalism--or not--in the Enlightenment. We just noted this nice summary of Carol Higham's PHR article in the JStor daily:

The responses British and Spanish explorers had to the Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) people and their alleged cannibalism came down to imperialist goals.

05/21/2025

We love this Q&A with Jennifer Bess on border-crossing in the 1890s--which shows just how timely history can be. Bess's article on the border experience of the Quechan and Tohono O’odham received honorable mention for the Judith Lee Ridge Prize of the Western Association of Women Historians.

Portland State University Department of History Portland State University College of Liberal Arts & Sciences University of California Press

Borders mark off the place where one nation ends and another begins. But what happens when you belong to a people that has lived on both sides of the border, since long before the border even existed?

05/09/2025

Welcome to the PHR, Lauren! Lauren Yanase is completing her B.A. and earning her M.A. at Portland State University Department of History. We are excited for her to join the Pacific Historical Review staff next fall, as our Caroline P. Stoel Graduate Editorial Fellow.

Portland State University College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

There are 36 days until graduation! Today we are celebrating Lauren Yanase, an Honors College () student, getting her BA in History while also beginning the MA in our new (BA+MA program).

Lauren writes: “As a declared-history major transfer student who had never taken a collegiate history class (previous college didn’t offer history), the PSU History Department community (staff, faculty, students, ‘Friends of,’ etc.) affirmed and reaffirmed my decision to a) study history and b) transfer to PSU as a history student. I’ve so enjoyed these past few years—so much, that I decided to complete my History MA here as a BA + MA student and further explore and benefit from all that the History Dept has to offer.

The faculty who I’ve been lucky to work with so far are not only experts in their field, but are fabulous instructors who invest in their students. The students who I am honored to call my peers are passionate learners who, regardless of future plans (with or without ‘academic’ history), go above and beyond the grade ‘requirements’ to further historical knowledge for themselves and their communities.

The PSU History Department has helped me pursue my love of history academically and realize a longtime dream to become a published writer; first through the History Honors Thesis (under Prof. Ken Ruoff’s guidance, and in conjunction with the Honors College’s senior thesis), and most recently through a class seminar paper-turned full length research article (HST 492 Environmental History with Prof. Catherine McNeur!) in the Oregon Historical Quarterly. Professors Ruoff and McNeur provided invaluable mentorship as my Undergraduate Honors Thesis Advisor, and Graduate Advisor, respectively. With their support, I’ve been able to make my passion for researching/writing history a viable career path as I now continue at the graduate level in my studies. I am excited for the next ‘chapter’ in my academic history journey at PSU!”

Congratulations, Lauren! We are lucky to not have to say goodbye yet!

05/09/2025

Our first-ever publications open house, with Pacific Historical Review and Women and Social Movements at Portland State University Department of History. Thank you to our students, Portland State University College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, PSU President Ann Cudd, and everyone who attended.

05/05/2025

Join us! Celebrate the spring issues of Pacific Historical Review and Women and Social Movements. Enjoy free pizza at our open house, and congratulate our student editorial fellows on their work. Wed May 7, 441 Cramer, https://www.pdx.edu/events/department-history-publications-open-house. Portland State University Department of History Portland State University College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

You’re invited to PSU History's Publications Open House: Pacific Historical Review (PHR) & Women and Social Movements (WASM) 📅 Wed 5/7/2025 🕑 12:00 PM 📍 441 CRAMER HALL 1721 SW Broadway Portland, OR 97201 Email: [email protected] Phone: 503-725-3917 📰🖊️Celebrating the spring issues of....

04/29/2025

Congratulations Jennifer Bess! Her PHR article, “The ‘Crisis’ of Native American Mobility: Border Crossing and the Influence of International Relations on Indian Policy, 1896-1898” received honorable mention for the Judith Lee Ridge Prize for the best article in the field of history, at last weekend's Western Assoc of Women Historians conference. Read Bess's article paywall-free, for a limited time: https://doi.org/10.1525/phr.2024.93.2.169

Goucher College Portland State University Department of History University of California Press

04/29/2025

Congratulations to our Pacific Historical Review authors! Cameron Blevins (CU Denver) and Annelise Heinz (U of Oregon) have won the 2025 Barbara "Penny" Kanner Award for their co-authored article, “‘Separated, but far from alone’: Forging Le***an Networks in the 1970s-1980s.” The award is conferred annually by the Western Association of Women Historians. For a limited time, read their article paywall-free: https://doi.org/10.1525/phr.2024.93.3.417

CU Denver History Department Department of History, University of Oregon University of California Press Portland State University Department of History

04/29/2025

Spring is here and so is the new Pacific Historical Review. Read up on our articles about Jade Snow Wong's cultural ambassador tour of Asia, women's self-defense in WWII, and Patricia Derian's foreign policy work during the Indochinese Refugee Crisis. Big thanks to our spring authors Anna Wei Marshall, Wendy L. Rouse, and Zachary Tayler.

Portland State University Department of History Portland State University College of Liberal Arts & Sciences University of California Press

A preview of the Spring 2025 issue of "Pacific Historical Review," which takes readers to World War II, the Cold War, and beyond.

04/17/2025

Fifty years have passed since the end of the Vietnam War. UC Press offers an overview of crucial readings on the conflict, including Pacific Historical Review articles by Helen Pho and Kyle Longley. Portland State University Department of History Portland State University College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

02/06/2025

The winter issue of PHR brings new insights into the Potsdam Declaration and the dropping of the atomic bomb, Chinese youth during the Cold War, and the labor and environmental justice work of the California Rural Legal Assistance. Read a preview of the issue's articles below and enjoy free online access to the issue for a limited time.

https://www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/new-from-pacific-historical-review-potsdam-declaration-chinese-youth-in-the-cold-war-california-rural-legal-assistance

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