Lily Hart
Thematic Research Area
Regional Research Area
Education
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
She is currently the Digital Manager at Confluence, where she maintains a research library, interview collection, manages and edits a podcast, and coordinates a new NEH-funded journal, Voices from the River.
Research Interests
- North American West
- Public History
Public History Projects
- Project manager/collaborator, My Name is LaMoosh, by Linda Meanus. Oregon State University Press and Confluence, forthcoming May 2023.
- Vancouver Holocaust Education Center, student researcher, 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
“The Moundbuilder Myth in Canada.” Western Historical Association Conference. October 2022. San Antonio, TX.
“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.
“Misconceptions of “Stupendous Antiquities”: Native American Mounds, Euro-Americans, and Racial Ideas.” Paper presented at the Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference, Spokane, (Spring 2018) and the Phi Alpha Theta Biannual National Conference, New Orleans, (Winter 2018)
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
- Affiliated Fellowship, University of British Columbia (2021-22)
- The Global Undergraduate Awards, Highly Commended for two papers (2018)
- Papers: “Political Activism Through Words: Arab Americans in WWI” and “Misconceptions of “Stupendous Antiquities”: Native American Mounds, Euro Americans, and Racial Ideas.”
- Outstanding Service to the History Department, Portland State University (2018)
- Urban Honors College Laurels Scholarship, Portland State University (2018)
Graduate Supervision
Coll Thrush