Pacific Historical Review@PacHistReview

For 85+ years, history journal of the US West & Pacific. Offices @PSU_History, published by @ucpress, official journal of @PCB_AHA. Follow or RT ≠ endorsement.

 Portland, OR
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Joined November 2015
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Check out Portland State University's article celebrating 30 years with PHR! Featuring interviews with Editor Marc Rodriguez, Associate Editor Brenda Frink, and student editorial fellows Lauren Yanase (grad) & Ava Becking (undergrad) pdx.edu/news/pacific-histori… @PDXCLAS @ucpress

Pacific Historical Review celebrates 30 years at PSU

Thirty years ago, the Pacific Historical Review made Portland State University its home. Since then, dozens of undergraduate and graduate students have helped shape the nationally recognized journal...

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PHR Fellow & PSU History alum Dave Hedberg's documentary Seeds of Peace is hosting special screenings this week in honor of the Hiroshima & Nagasaki memorial anniversary. Learn more at outdoorhistoryconsulting.com… & opb.org/article/2026/08/04/t… @PDXCLAS @Portland_State @outdoor_History

The Seeds of Peace — Outdoor History

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Summer PHR just dropped: check out new articles from Bernard Gordillo Brockmann, Arang Ha, and Dean Kotlowski. ucpress.edu/blog-posts/new-f… @PDXCLAS @ucpress

New from "Pacific Historical Review": Mission Bells, Chinese Exclusion Act, Indigenous Land Rights

Preview the new Summer 2026 issue of "Pacific Historical Review."

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Current PHR Grad Fellow & PSU MA student Lauren Y. won the 2026 Palmer Award for her OHQ article "'Not Fit For Human Habitation': Portland's Japanese American Wartime Detention Camp." Congratulations Lauren! We're so proud of you. ohs.org/oregon-historical-qu… @PDXCLAS
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PSU History MA & PHR Fellow alum Dave Hedberg's film The Seeds of Peace follows Hiroshima bomb survivor Hideko Tamura Snider as she brings seeds of trees that survived the bomb to Oregon in a message of peace. Now showing at film festivals. Congrats Dave! outdoorhistoryconsulting.com…

The Seeds of Peace — Outdoor History

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PHR Editor Marc Rodriguez will be speaking at Vietnam National University Hanoi 4/1/26 facebook.com/share/p/1AmB4by…
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30 years of PHR at PSU! Thank you to all who came to celebrate with us over pizza & stories🥳 @PDXCLAS @PDXHonors @ucpress
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Congratulations, Nicole Martin on this prize from SHGAPE! Martin's article appeared in PHR's special issue on Feminist Histories. online.ucpress.edu/phr/issue… @PSU_History @PDXCLAS @nnlmartin @shgape
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Congratulations to all PHR's authors. Happy new year & onward to 2026! @PDXCLAS
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This Sunday, @OrHist is hosting its Holiday Cheer celebrating Oregon authors, including former PHR fellow, Marc Carpenter! This event is free & open to the public. Find out more at ohs.org/events/holiday-cheer… @PDXCLAS
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Grateful and proud of all of our former PHR Fellow alums! See this #TBT article featuring Ana, 2021-23 fellow and talented vocal musician. pdx.edu/music-theater/blog/s…
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Marc James Carpenter, former PHR Fellow and PSU History BA, will be talking about his new book, 'About the War on Illahee', at McMenamins Kennedy School's History Pub on Nov 24. Find out more here: mcmenamins.com/events/262013… @PDXCLAS @OrHist @UJ_Jimmies
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CFP extended! Come visit us at Portland State University, 4/30/26-5/2/26 for the Richard Robinson Business and Labor History Workshop. Details here: networks.h-net.org/group/ann…
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Our new issue features an Editor's Essay & research on Colorado's Rocky Flats nature preserve, protest movements against the 1892 anti-Chinese Geary Act, & diplomatic history of the JACL's role in US-Asia relations ucpress.edu/blog-posts/new-f… @PDXCLAS @CruceMicaela @ucpress

New from “Pacific Historical Review”: Editor’s Essay, Nuclear Nature, Chinese Exclusion, and the...

Preview the new Fall 2025 issue of "PHR," including Marc Rodriguez's editorial reflecting on his last ten years at the helm of the journal.

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Check out this Q&A with Nicole Martin, whose PHR article "The Indian, Chinese, and Mormon Questions: The American Home and Reconstruction Politics in the West" won the WHA 2025 Ray Allen Billington prize! ucpress.edu/blog-posts/probl… @nnlmartin @StanfordHistory @PDXCLAS @WhaHistory

“Problem” Groups and the Home in Western Reconstruction: A Q&A with Nicole Martin, winner of the...

WHA award-winner Nicole Martin discusses the history behind who has had the right to possess homes and, by extension, American citizenship.

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In this Q&A, PHR author Travis Hancock discusses his article "The Many (De)colonial Lives of Kāpena George Gilley," which was the co-winner of the AHA Pacific-Coast Branch's Abbott-Johnson Award @uofuhistory @PDXCLAS ucpress.edu/blog-posts/study…

Studying the Only Known Native Hawaiian Whaling Captain: A Q&A with Travis Hancock

Uncovering the history of Kāpena (Captain) George Gilley, the first Native Hawaiian known to lead whaling expeditions.

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In this Q&A, Iker Saitua discusses his Cherny Prize-winning PHR article "'Labor Freezing': Spanish-Basque Immigrants, Mexican Labor, and the Sheepherder Shortage in the American West during the Second World War" ucpress.edu/blog-posts/labor… @upvehu @PDXCLAS

“Labor Freezing” and the Quiet Skills Behind the West’s Sheep Industry: A Q&A with Iker Saitua

Who counts as a "skilled" worker for immigration purposes, and who doesn't and why?

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In this Q&A PHR author @kmariemarino discusses her article “Rosa Rayside and Domestic Workers in the Fight against War and Fascism" ucpress.edu/blog-posts/domes… @PDXCLAS @PSU_History @UCLAHist

Domestic worker activism and anti-fascism: A Q&A with Katherine M. Marino

Who speaks out against fascism—is it only the most powerful or politically connected who can do so, or is it those whose rights are most in danger?

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Very happy to announce that Katherine M. Marino's PHR article is the honorable mention for the Robert W. Cherny Award of the PCB-AHA.   doi.org/10.1525/phr.2024.93.…  @PSU_History @UCLAhistory @ucpress @kmariemarino

Rosa Rayside and Domestic Workers in the Fight against War and Fascism

This article explores connections between domestic worker activism and anti-fascism in the United States—two topics that historians have usually considered separately. Through the lens of Black...

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Iker Saitua's PHR article received the Robert W. Cherny Award.  doi.org/10.1525/phr.2024.93.…  @PDXCLAS @PSU_History @UCRiverside

“Labor Freezing”Spanish-Basque Immigrants, Mexican Labor, and the Sheepherder Shortage in the...

During the Second World War, the recruitment of Basque immigrants became a pressing issue among wool growers all over the American West. The restrictive immigration measures the U.S. Congress put in...

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