Young and Hillyer receive lectureships from the Oregon Council for the Humanities

Associate Professor of History Elliott Young and Visiting Assistant Professor Reiko Hillyer received Oregon Council for the Humanities Conversations Project lectureships. Dr. Young's work is titled "Imagining New Communities: Immigrants, Globalization and Translocal Community." Dr. Hillyer, who is also 2009's Teacher of the Year, will speak on "The Power of Place: The Past and Future of Local Landscapes."