Ryan Dearinger: “Hop-Picking Cultures and the Perils of Diversity in the Pacific Northwest”

Eastern Oregon University Professor of History Ryan Dearinger will give a talk entitled, “Dirty Work: Hop-Picking Cultures and the Perils of Diversity in the Pacific Northwest,” at Western Washington University from 4:00-5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 25 in Western Libraries Special Collections (Wilson Library 6th floor). The event is free and open to the public. Dearinger’s research incorporates a regional lens to examine conflicts over race, class, labor, immigration and national belonging. In his talk, he will explore the shifting cultural bridges and walls of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century U.S. West through a close examination of the hop industry in the Pacific Northwest.