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Doctoral Candidate Adam Petty Publishes Article in Civil War History

April 7, 2017

Adam Petty, a doctoral student in the Department of History, has just published an article in the March 2017 edition of Civil War History. The article, “Wilderness, Weather, and Waging War in the Mine Run Campaign,” analyzes the Mine Run campaign from an environmental perspective, and argues that the battle become a model for subsequent campaigns. Congratulations, Adam!

Join the Department of History for our Honors Day Convocation on April 7

April 5, 2017

Make plans to join the Department of History on April 7, at 2:00 PM, in room 252 ten Hoor Hall for our Honors Day Convocation. The Department will recognize our outstanding graduate and undergraduate scholarship, as well as the dedicated service of our peer mentors and other volunteers. Light refreshments will be served immediately following the awards presentation. For more information, contact Ellen Pledger.

The 2017 Phi Beta Kappa Going Lecture to be Held April 5.

April 1, 2017

The Alpha of Alabama Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa will host the 2017 Going Lecture on Wednesday, April 5, at 4:00 PM in room 205 of Gorgas Library. This years lecture will be given by Professor James Turner and is entitled, “The Future and the Past of the Humanities.” Professor Turner is Cavanaugh Professor Humanities Emeritus at the University of Notre Dame, where he taught in the Department of History and the History and Philosophy of Science Program. He is […]

Department Hosts Graduate Visit Day for Incoming and Prospective Graduate Students

March 30, 2017

The Department of History recently hosted a Graduate Visit Day, where prospective graduate students were able to learn more about the program and talk with professors, faculty, and current students. Dr. Daniel Riches, Director of Graduate Studies, made the following statement about the event: “Graduate Visit Day gave us the chance to welcome to campus twenty-two applicants who have been accepted into our graduate program for Fall 2017 admission, and gave those applicants the chance to see our campus and […]

Dreams of Dominion Conference a Success

March 30, 2017

On Monday, March 27, 2017, The University of Alabama Department of History hosted a conference entitled “Dreams of Dominion; The U.S. South and Latin America.” The event featured two panels, the first, “Slavery and its Legacy,” with Martha S. Santos, Chase McCarter, David. C. Lafevor, and moderated by Professor John Giggie, and the second, “Expansion,” with Roberto Saba, Daniel Burge, and moderated by Professor Lesley Gordon. The event ended with a keynote lecture by David Lafevor entitled, “The Slave Ship Ciceròn and […]

Department Alumna Donna Cox Baker Builds Career in Historical Publishing

March 28, 2017

Dr. Donna Cox Baker, a 2014 graduate of the University of Alabama’s History PhD program, is the editor-in-chief of Alabama Heritage magazine, serves as the acquisitions editor, recruiting history titles for The University of Alabama Press, and co-chairs the Statewide Initiatives Committee for the Alabama Bicentennial Commission. Baker says that students should not feel overly pessimistic about finding work. “You’ve got to look for jobs, but you never know what elements in your particular experience might fill a need in […]

Assistant Professor Sharony Green’s The Grant Green Story to be Screened by School of Music

March 26, 2017

Assistant Professor Sharony Green’s documentary on the late jazz guitarist Grant Green – The Grant Green Story – will be the noon convocation event for the School of Music next Friday, March 31. This screening lasts one hour and will be held in the recital hall. The film unveils the life of the late jazz guitarist Grant Green, her former father-in-law. Green is best known for his work with Blue Note Records, America’s first independent jazz label, during the company’s heyday, the […]

Dreams of Dominion Conference to Highlight to Highlight Connections Between the 19th Century U.S. South and Latin America

March 21, 2017

A daylong conference highlighting the transnational connections between the 19th century U.S. South and Latin America will be held in the Hotel Capstone Ballroom at The University of Alabama on March 27, 2017 . Historians Martha Santos (the University of Akron), Roberto Saba (the University of Pennsylvania), Angela Diaz (Texas Tech University) and David C. LaFevor (University of Texas, Arlington) will share their scholarship alongside UA faculty and graduate students. That evening, David C. Lafevor will present a keynote lecture, […]

Cornell University Professor Edward Baptist Speaks to Department

March 7, 2017

On March 6, 2017, Professor Edward Baptist spoke to a packed house in ten Hoor Hall about his new project, a history of efforts to contain black movement in North America and of resistance to those efforts. His talk, entitled “Making White Freedom by Hunting Enslaved Africans,” described the evolution of laws and social practices in colonial America that made people of African descent subjects of suspicion and susceptible to policing by white colonists. Professor Baptist is a professor of history […]

J. Michael Francis Speaks With Department About Indians, Europeans, and Africans in Florida Before 1603

March 7, 2017

Dr. J. Michael Francis, Hough Family Chair of Florida Studies at the University of South Florida in St. Petersburg, spoke to a group of faculty and students last week in a lecture entitled “Before Jamestown: Europeans, Africans, and Indians in La Florida, 1513-1603.” His talk highlighted work he has been involved with in early Florida history and current public history projects commemorating the state’s colonization by Europeans. Francis’s visit was sponsored by the Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies Program, […]

Dr. Edward Baptist to Speak on “Creating White Freedom by Hunting Enslaved Africans”

February 28, 2017

Dr. Edward Baptist, professor of history at Cornell University and author of The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism, will be giving a talk on Monday, March 6, at 5pm in 30 ten Hoor Hall. The talk is entitled, “Creating White Freedom by Hunting Enslaved Africans.” This event is hosted by the Frances S. Summersell Center for the Study of the South and the Department of History. It is free and open to the […]

Careers for History Majors Luncheon Held

February 28, 2017

On Monday, February 27, the Department of History hosted a luncheon for those history majors thinking about the job market and possible careers. The UA Career Center’s Tiffany Goodin spoke about how to translate marketable skills learned in history classes into a job or career. Pamela Derrick, the Director of Experiential Learning, also attended, and suggested ways for history majors to translate their in-class learning into the real world, and how extracurricular experiences could influence career preparation. Finally, faculty and […]

Students to Help Unveil Marker for Victims of Lynching

February 26, 2017

Please join Professor John Giggie and students from his seminar on Southern memory course as they gather with Bryan Stevenson and members of the Equal Justice Initiative for the unveiling of a historical marker to the victims of lynching in Tuscaloosa County. Prof. Giggie’s students have spent the semester researching the eight documented lynchings in Tuscaloosa County and will present on the meaning of their work during the unveiling ceremony. The group will gather at 2803 6th Street (Google Maps […]

USF Professor J. Michael Francis to Speak on “Before Jamestown: Europeans, Africans, and Indians in La Florida, 1513-1603”

February 22, 2017

The Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies Program and the Department of History welcome Dr. J. Michael Francis who will speak on “Before Jamestown: Europeans, Africans, and Indians in La Florida, 1513-1603,” on Friday, March 3, 2017, at 3:00 PM, in room 251 ten Hoor Hall. Dr. Francis is the Hough Family Chair of Florida Studies at the University of South Florida in St. Petersburg. He received his Ph.D.from the University of Cambridge. At the University of South Florida, he […]

Department Celebrates Publication of Dr. Erik Peterson’s The Life Organic

February 10, 2017

On February 2, the Department of History celebrated the publication of Dr. Erik Peterson’s The Life Organic: The Theoretical Biology Club and the Roots of Epigenetics. Dr. Peterson’s book tells the story of scientists in the late nineteenth nd early twentieth century who pursued a middle road of investigation between mechanists, those who argued that living beings were simply complex machines, and vitalists, who believed that animals and humans possessed a “vital spark,” an ineffable essence that separated living and […]

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