This is a wonderful program run by our friends and colleagues Wrigley Institute for Environment & Sustainability! And they've supported the work of our PhD students in History in the past. Applications for 2025 are due Dec. 6. Details ⤵️

Please join us for Infrastructure and Environmental Justice in U.S. History: A Pop-up Exhibit in USC Special Collections, curated by students in ENST 499. 🗓️ Thursday, 12/5, 10am to 3pm 📍 Doheny Memorial Library, DML 206 calendar.usc.edu/event/nfrastru…

We're so excited to be hosting, with The Huntington, the 19th annual Western History Dissertation Workshop! May 15-16, 2025 at The Huntington. Five advanced western history Ph.D. students will be selected to present a chapter of their work to a collegial group of 10-12 leading

🎉More than 23,000 people have downloaded our podcast, Western Edition! And if you haven’t listened yet, we think it makes an excellent travel companion. Take us along on your holiday travels! Season 4: Hidden Pasadena digs deep into the “Crown City” of the San Gabriel Valley

"...a reminder that we should treat citrus not as a metaphor for the California Dream but rather the fragility of it."

CFP out for Urban History Association Conference in Los Angeles, urbanhistory.org/uha2025

Join us for our first book talk of 2025, "American Burial Ground: A New History of the Overland Trail." Historian Sarah Keyes offers her interpretation of the mid-19th century overland migration to the Pacific. Tuesday, Jan. 14 at 4:30 p.m. Register here: stanford.io/4j3Njku

A few weeks ago, our colleague Wade Graham wrote a case study, “Malibu Burning,” as part of our West on Fire initiative. It is a powerful history of fire and human interactions with the environment in Malibu and greater Southern California over the past century. We share it now,

Rebuilding after L.A.’s wildfires isn’t just about homes and infrastructure. A USC Dornsife historian urges us to restore the social ties and shared history that make communities whole. Read Bill Deverell's op-ed in Los Angeles Times ⤵️ latimes.com/opinion/story/… ICW: California & The West

Join us to celebrate the new anthology, 'Writing the Golden State: A New Literary Terrain' Thursday, February 13, 2025 12:00 – 1:00pm PST Join ICW for a discussion about California’s past and present with contributors Jennifer Carr, David Ulin, David Helps, and Wendy Chang.

📢Graduate students in Western history! The deadline for the Western History Dissertation Workshop has been extended to Feb. 7. Apply now to participate in this dynamic writing workshop and get feedback from leading scholars on your works-in-progress:

Important piece from our colleague Prof Joan Flores-Villalobos USC Van Hunnick History Department ✌️ on Trump policy and the history of the Panama Canal: "By erasing the racial disparities at the center of the Panama Canal construction, Trump gives justification to his expansionist policy while ignoring

You should attend our grad student Abby Gibson's upcoming lecture at UCLA for the title alone! 'Wild and Ungovernable Passions': Emotional Scripts and the Fate of the U.S. Expansion in the Vigilante Rocky Mountain West, 1864-1866 Link to the Zoom webinar:

We're so glad to end this week with good news--a $300,000 NEH grant to continue work on our Chinatown History Project. The Chinatown History Project is an initiative that uses augmented reality to digitally reconstruct artifacts and spaces from Los Angeles’ historic Chinatown.

John Conness, who last served California in the U.S. Senate back in 1869, might be the best defense we have against Donald Trump's lawless efforts to end birthright citizenship, writes Joe Mathews. Read Conness' argument for the 14th Amendment: zps.la/417iILQ

Applications are now open for Visual Wests An NEH Summer Institute for Higher Education Faculty The University of Oklahoma, Norman Oklahoma July 7-August 1, 2025 To apply: visualwest1.com

Join ICW for a webinar conversation about the history of Los Angeles transit and a community-based response to the Los Angeles Aerial Rapid Transit proposal for a gondola to Dodger Stadium. Panelists will include UCLA professor Eric Avila, California State Parks planner Jim

👋 Hi friends! We're going to be here a little less and over on some of our other social media channels a little more. See you there!