Brenden W. Rensink

Historian of the North American West, Borderlands, Indigenous Peoples, and Environment

Category: Blog

Blog, Borderlands

Borderlands at the Western History Association confererence, Tucson, October 9-12, 2013

(Also posted at the Borderlands History Blog) I did this last year and thought it would be a good thing to do again.  Browsing through the conference program for nextContinue readingBorderlands at the Western History Association confererence, Tucson, October 9-12, 2013

Blog, From the Bookshelf

From the Bookshelf: Valenčius – The Health of the Country

From the Bookshelf Periodic musings on books I like A couple of years ago I was looking for something new and fresh to assign for a graduate reading seminar inContinue readingFrom the Bookshelf: Valenčius – The Health of the Country

Blog, Living Western History

Goodbye Lake Powell, it Was Nice Knowing Ya’

Living Western History: Periodic musings on Western history and its contemporary Implications Continuing the discussion from last week about the West’s ongoing water crisis, I just happened upon this postContinue readingGoodbye Lake Powell, it Was Nice Knowing Ya’

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From the Bookshelf: Kelman, A Misplaced Massacre

From the Bookshelf Periodic musings on books I like. As I explained last week, the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre was the first topic to draw me into Western History.  AfterContinue readingFrom the Bookshelf: Kelman, A Misplaced Massacre

Blog, Living Western History

Living Western History: Water in the West, or, why is it so dry out here?!

Living Western History: Periodic musings on Western history and its contemporary Implications Today’s topic: Water in the West  Remember back in 1820 when Stephen long dubbed the Great Plains ofContinue readingLiving Western History: Water in the West, or, why is it so dry out here?!

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Living Western History: New Blog Series

Living Western History: Periodic musings on Western history and its contemporary Implications A few of you may know, when I started college as a History major, I abhorred the U.S.Continue readingLiving Western History: New Blog Series

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Last Call for…Western History Association 2014 Proposals

As a member of the 2014 Program Committee for the 2014 Western History Association Annual Conference (Newport Beach!!!) I feel it necessary to put out one last reminder about theContinue readingLast Call for…Western History Association 2014 Proposals

Blog, From the Bookshelf

From the Bookshelf – Bockstoce, Furs and Frontiers

From the Bookshelf Periodic musings on books I like. Those familiar with some of the projects I have worked on know that I love the strange.  I love historical topicsContinue readingFrom the Bookshelf – Bockstoce, Furs and Frontiers

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From the Bookshelf – New Blog Series

I recently moved from Nebraska to Utah and moving my office was something of a task.  The books filled up about 30 bankers/xerox paper boxes.  When I moved into myContinue readingFrom the Bookshelf – New Blog Series

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On Embargoing Dissertations

There has been quite a bit of discussion over the last couple weeks about graduate students’ ability to embargo their dissertations.  For those unaware of the process (although, if you’reContinue readingOn Embargoing Dissertations