Tag: John Ratliff


Department Moves all Instruction Online in Response to COVID-19 Emergency

The department has joined the rest of The University of Alabama (and most of the nation) in moving all instruction online in response to ongoing Covid-19 Pandemic. In early March, university administration informed faculty and staff to prepare for alternative instruction methods if necessary and ordered a review of our academic continuity plans. The department responded rapidly. Undergraduate Director Dr. Margaret Peacock organized a Zoom and online pedagogy roundtable training session with Dr. John Ratliff, the department’s instructor in UA […]

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Fall Edition of Historically Speaking Now Available

We are please to announce that the Fall 2018 edition of Historically Speaking  is now in print and on its way to faculty, students, alumni, and friends of the Department of History at The University of Alabama. An electronic version of the current issue is available at this link for those who can’t wait for the postman to deliver the hard copy version! Thank you to everyone who contributed to this publication, especially the members of the department’s Communications Committee: Drs. Sarah Steinbock-Pratt, Juan Ponce-Vazquez, Holly […]

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Our New Department Newsletter, Historically Speaking, Now Available!

We are pleased to announce that issue number one of Historically Speaking is now in print and on its way to faculty, students, alumni, and friends of the Department of History at The University of Alabama. Our intention is to produce and send print copies of the newsletter each fall and another, electronic version, each spring. An electronic version of the current issue is available at for those who can’t wait for the postman to deliver the hard copy version! […]

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