Highline
Community College
FOR RELEASE: IMMEDIATELY
DATE: March 20, 2009
CONTACT: Tim
McMannon: (206) 878-3710, ext. 3329, tmcmanno@highline.edu
Lisa Skari: (206) 870-3705;
lskari@highline.edu
Event: History
Seminar
Date(s): Wednesdays,
April 1 to June 3
Time: 1:30-2:20
p.m.
Price: Free
Location: Highline Community College’s main campus, Building 3, room 102
Highline’s
main campus is located midway between Seattle and Tacoma at South 240th Street
and Pacific Highway South (Highway 99); address: 2400 S. 240th St., Des Moines,
WA 98198.
Website:
http://flightline.highline.edu/history/
Presentations include:
April 1
The Poison
Squad
Tim
McMannon, an American and
April 8
Remembrance of the Dead in
Post-World War I
History
instructor Ben Montoya explores how memorializing the dead from the Great War
was used to preserve and build national cohesion in
April 15
Susan Rich, an instructor of
humanities, literature and writing, examines the work of poet, photographer and
painter Myra Albert Wiggins who has been called the first internationally
recognized artist in the
April 22
Environmental Justice and the
Faculty librarian Jonathan
Betz-Zall presents this special Earth Day seminar that discusses the people of
Seattle’s South Park neighborhood, who have stood up for continued livability
since the 1950s and continue to struggle against the industries that pollute
their air and water.
April 29
The American Pig War at 150
Years
Michael
Vouri, author of several books about the Pig War and a historian at
May 6
American Indian Resistance
Movements
Anthropology
instructor Lonnie Somer focuses on the efforts of American Indians to stop the
expansion of Westerners into their territories.
May
13 The History of HIV
Psychology
and behavioral science instructor Bob Baugher discusses why thousands of people
in the
May
20 Slave Historiography,
Literature and writing
instructor Tommy Kim discusses how American historians have reconstructed history
back to slavery in a variety of ways, not necessarily for historical veracity
but rather for political expediency.
May
27 European Witchcraft Trials
Teri Balkenende, an instructor
of western civilization and women’s history, examines the witches of
June
3
Ruth Windhover, a literature,
humanities and writing instructor, explores the impact of colonialism on the
rights of Peruvian women. Ellen Hofmann, a French language and writing
instructor, discusses the controversy surrounding the modern discovery of
ancient
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