Research interests: Public history (+ history of it), heritage creation, settler-colonial mythmaking, and nation-building in the late nineteenth to mid-twentieth century Pacific Northwest. In addition to being a PhD student, Lily is also currently the Editorial and Content Manager at Confluence.

Fields

• Regional Field: North American West.
• Thematic Field: Public History.
• Time Period: Late nineteenth to mid-twentieth century.

Public History Projects

• My Name is LaMoosh, by Linda Meanus, project manager/editor. Published by Oregon State University Press and Confluence, May 2023.
• Vancouver Holocaust Education Center, student researcher and podcaster, 2021.
• Oregon Historical Society, volunteer fact-checker and proofreader for the Oregon Historical Quarterly and the exhibit “Beers, Barley, and Brew,” 2018.
• “Restricted PDX: An Exploration of Restrictive Covenants & Residential Segregation,” Student Researcher, Spring 2018.
• Beyond Footnotes Podcast, PSU History Department, Co-Host, May 2017- June 2018.

Selected Conferences and Presentations

“Collaborative Storytelling: Supporting the Transition from Oral Stories to Published Book,” in the Teaching Indigenous History Through Children’s Books: A Conversation on Storytelling and Collaboration panel with Linda Meanus, Katrine Barber, and Kim Hogeland, Western Historical Association Conference, October 2023, Los Angeles, CA.

‘No one knows where these people came from.’ Dispossession Through Settler Colonial Anthropology in Canada, 1860-1940,” Canadian Historical Association Conference, Toronto, Ontario, May 30, 2023.

“John McLoughlin, Dragon Slayer,” in the Down the Rabbit-hole of Uncomfortable Settler Histories panel with Sarah Fox and Neil Christensen. Pacific Northwest History Conference, September 2022. Kennewick, WA.

Author

Peer Reviewed

“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)

Non peer reviewed

Americanstudier and Lily Hart, “Guest Post on Voices of the River,” AmericanStudies (blog), November 19, 2022, https://americanstudier.blogspot.com/2022/11/november-19-20-2022-lily-harts-guest.html.

Editorial Work

Managing Editor, Voices of the River Journal, Confluence (2022-present)

Literary Editor, Managing Editor, Phoenix Art and Literary Journal, Clark College (2014-15)

• 2024 Donald J. Sterling, Jr. Graduate Fellow, Oregon Historical Society (2024)
• Canadian History Graduate Research Travel Scholarship, University of British Columbia (2023-24)
• Affiliated Fellowship, University of British Columbia (2021-22)
• The Global Undergraduate Awards, Highly Commended for two papers (2018)
• Outstanding Service to the History Department, Portland State University (2018)
• Urban Honors College Laurels Scholarship, Portland State University (2018)

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