By Adriana Aumen, College of Arts & Sciences PULLMAN, Wash. – A secret history of politics, religion and espionage in World War II is the topic of a Washington State University professor’s research receiving new grant support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
By Adrian Aumen, College of Arts & Sciences PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University historian Matthew Avery Sutton has been appointed a 2016 Guggenheim fellow “on the basis of prior achievement and exceptional promise.” The fellowship was awarded to 178 scholars in the U.S. and Canada from nearly 3,000 applicants.
PULLMAN, Wash. – A dialogue about God, science and the nature of reality between a Washington State University philosophy professor and a chemist from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will be at 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 2, in the CUB auditorium. A Q&A session and reception will follow.
PULLMAN, Wash. – Recruitment of religious spies during World War II helped shape the U.S. intelligence network and create the modern American security state, according to a Washington State University scholar.
By Linda Weiford, WSU News PULLMAN, WASH. – It’s not often that a humanities researcher is awarded a grant for nearly a million dollars – especially when the money is distributed from the government of another nation.
Photo by Tim Marsh, WSU Today Related: K-House history Video of life at the Interfaith House Common Ministry mission statement Interfaith House staff PULLMAN – WSU’s Common Ministry recently elected to change the name of its building from the Koinonia House (K-House) to the Interfaith House. The name change is designed to reflect the more global […]
PULLMAN – WSU’s Foley Institute’s Coffee and Politics Series will present “God and Politics: The systematic use of religion in American democracy,” noon-1:15 p.m. Thursday, March 25. The discussion will be held in the CUE, Room 518, and will feature authors David Domke and Matthew Sutton. Sutton Domke Sutton’s book, […]
A documentary drawing on a book by WSU assistant professor of history Matthew A. Sutton will re-air on the Public Broadcasting System next week. “Sister Aimee” details the life of controversial Pentecostal evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson. Check local listings for times. First broadcast nearly two years ago as part of the PBS “American Experience” series, […]
PULLMAN — The Thomas S. Foley Institute for Public Policy and Public Service will present a public lecture by Robert K. Musil, former executive director of Physicians for Social Responsibility, at 3:30 p.m. Jan. 21 in CUE 202. Musil, author of “Hope for a Heated Planet” (2009), will talk about climate change. His presentation, “How […]