FEATURED PROJECT:
HAYWARD IS HOME

Hayward is Home is the culmination of a Fall 2022 digital historical methods course (HIST403) taught by Dr. Bridget Ford, current chair of the History Department at California State University, East Bay. Drawing inspiration from other digital humanities projects, a diverse group of undergraduates, graduate students, and lifelong learners came together to mine the archives at the with no idea where our research would take us. We identified three central themes throughout the materials: Meanings of Home, Understandings, and Belonging. From a home-grown radical newspaper printed in the 1970s, to a hidden Japanese garden oasis that changed the course of two highways, to the endangered–and adorable–salt marsh harvest mouse that calls the Hayward Shoreline home—Hayward’s history offers something for everyone.

Preservation as a Model for Sustainability

The Cal State East Bay Department of History is pleased to welcome Becky Urbano, Senior Architectural Historian at Environmental Science Associates, to give a talk about historic preservation as a model for sustainability. Urbano has a solid background in materials science, on-site investigations, compliance regulation requirements, and environmental review procedures at the local, state, and federal levels. Through her years of work in California, she has extensive knowledge of the wide range of local archives, historic resources, and regional development patterns.

An Intern's Look at the Early San Francisco Punk Scene through the San Francisco Punk Archive

Cal State East Bay history major McKenzie (Mac) Reed interned at the Punk Rock Archive at the San Francisco Public Library. During her internship she assisted with the archiving of punk rock flyers donated to the library, wrote blog posts and

Student Projects

Project Ukraine

Project Ukraine

Each year the department’s Warfare, Genocide, Terrorism: Violence and Globalization since 1914 undertakes a digital or public history project related to one of the case studies from the course. The current war in Ukraine is a shocking reminder of the continued relevance of 20th century history and the ability of political violence to shift the world order quickly and permanently.

Our Spring 2023 students collaborated to craft a single timeline of key events as they happened.

Stalingrad

Stalingrad

Students from Dr. McGuire's "Warfare, Terrorism, and Genocide" class set up a tent outside the student union and showed passersby a multimedia experience about the Battle of Stalingrad.

 

Click below to watch the video.

Latin American Monsters

Latin American Monsters

Students in Dr. Alexander's Public History class collaborated with digital illustration students from Josh Funk's class at Chico State to explore the history of folklore and monsters in Latin America. The history students wrote essays and the art students interpreted the essays and created illustrations about each monster.

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