On December 2, from 4-5:30 pm, in The University of Alabama’s Gorgas House, students enrolled in “The Nineteenth Century City,” a course taught by Sharony Green, Assistant Professor of History, will present an exhibit on young women attending female academies and institutions of higher learning in West Alabama and other areas of the country. Between the 1830s and 1920, cities increasingly grew in the United States owing partly to the invention of the steamboat and railroads, two technologies that helped […]
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Assistant Professor Sharony Green Discusses Remember Me to Miss Louisa with Denver Station
Assistant Professor Dr. Sharony Green appeared recently on KUSA Channel 9, in Denver, Colorado, to discuss her recent book, Remember Me to Miss Louisa: Black and White Intimacies in Antebellum America.
Department Celebrates Two Faculty Publications
On September 14, the Department of History celebrated the publication of two new monographs by members of our faculty, Dr. Holly Grout and Dr. Sharony Green. Dr. Kari Frederickson, the Chair of the Department of History commended Drs. Grout and Green for navigating successfully through the painstaking and involved process of publishing one’s first book. Dr. James Mixson then introduced Dr. Grout’s book, The Force of Beauty: Transforming French Ideas of Feminity in the Third Republic (Louisiana State University Press, […]
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“Druid City” Documentary to premiere at Jemison Mansion, December 3
This is the trailer for the world premiere of “Druid City,” a wonderful song performed by Bible Study, a Tuscaloosa band. This trailer and the music video was a class project for students enrolled in the University of Alabama’s Department of History “The Nineteenth Century City” course during the Fall 2014 semester. Special thanks to Ian Crawford, Tim Higgins, Jemison Mansion, members of the group Bible Study as well as everyone who has supported this effort including Kari Frederickson, Chair […]
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