Lily Hart
Thematic Research Area
Regional Research Area
Education
PhD, University of British Columbia, started 2022, ongoing (supervisor Coll Thrush)
M.A. History, University of British Columbia, 2022 (supervisors Paige Raibmon and Coll Thrush)
B.A. History (Hons.), Portland State University, 2018 (supervisor Tim Garrison)
Research
Research interests: Public history (+ history of it), heritage creation, settler-colonial mythmaking, and nation-building in the mid nineteenth to mid-twentieth century Pacific Northwest. In addition, Lily is the Managing Editor for the Confluence Voices of the River journal, and previously worked in a variety of roles for Confluence.
Fields
- Regional Field: North American West.
- Thematic Field: Public History.
Publications
“Voices of the River: The Confluence Story Gathering Interview Collection.” Oregon Historical Quarterly 119, no. 4 (2018)
“Invisible Walls: Mapping Residential Segregation In Portland.” Katrine Barber, Lily Hart, Curtis Jewell, Madelyn Miller, and Greta Smith. Oregon Historical Quarterly 119, no. 3 (2018)
Awards
- 2024 Donald J. Sterling, Jr. Graduate Fellow, Oregon Historical Society (2024)
Graduate Supervision
Coll Thrush