Howard Jones‘s My Lai: Vietnam, 1968, and the Descent into Darkness continues to garner high praise from critics. Last November, New York Times book reviewer Thomas E. Ricks said that Jones’s work is “at once painful and useful,” adding that My Lia is “likely to become the standard reference work” on the subject. John Williams, the Daily Books Editor for the Times, has included My Lia in his list of “11 New Books We Recommend This Week.” Just recently, the BBC’s Max Hastings, writing in the London Review of Books, […]
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Three Department Alums Featured in New York Times Disunion Compendium
Department of History PhD alums Glenn Brasher (2007), Christian McWhirter (2009), and Larry Kreiser (2001) are featured in the newly released New York Times compendium, Disunion: A History of the Civil War. From the publisher’s dust jacket description: “Between 2011 and 2015, the Opinion section of The New York Times published ‘Disunion,’ a series marking the long string of anniversaries around the Civil War, the most destructive, and most defining, conflict in American history. The works were startling in their […]
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“Interracial Intimacy in Antebellum America” Panel Discussion Podcast Now Available
A printed transcript of the audio for this event is available here. “Interracial Intimacy in Antebellum America” | Panel Discussion from UA College of Arts & Sciences on Vimeo. Approximately 100 people gathered at Tuscaloosa’s Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center on Tuesday, January 26 to hear a panel presentation on the topic of Interracial Intimacy in Antebellum America from Dolen Perkins-Valdez, author of the New York Times bestseller Wench; Trudier Harris, Professor of English, The University of Alabama; Sharony Green, […]
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“Interracial Intimacy in Antebellum America” Panel Discussion a Success – Text Readable
Approximately 100 people gathered at Tuscaloosa’s Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center last Tuesday (January 26) night to hear a panel presentation on the topic of Interracial Intimacy in Antebellum America from Dolen Perkins-Valdez, author of the New York Times bestseller Wench; Trudier Harris, Professor of English, The University of Alabama; Sharony Green, Assistant Professor of History, The University of Alabama; and Lisa Ze-Winters, Associate Professor of English, Wayne State University. The event was co-sponsored by The University of Alabama’s New […]
“Interracial Intimacy in Antebellum America” Panel Discussion a Success.
Approximately 100 people gathered at Tuscaloosa’s Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center last Tuesday (January 26) night to hear a panel presentation on the topic of Interracial Intimacy in Antebellum America from Dolen Perkins-Valdez, author of the New York Times bestseller Wench; Trudier Harris, Professor of English, The University of Alabama; Sharony Green, Assistant Professor of History, The University of Alabama; and Lisa Ze-Winters, Associate Professor of English, Wayne State University. The event was co-sponsored by The University of Alabama’s New […]
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