The Fall 2022 edition of Historically Speaking, the Department of History's biannual newsletter, is hot off the presses!
The Frances S. Summersell Center for the Study of the South and the Charles G. Summersell Chair of Southern History at The University of Alabama are pleased to announce that they are receiving nominations for the 2024 Summersell Deep South Book Prize for the best book on the history of the American South.
To support the study of southern history and promote the use of the manuscript collections housed at The University of Alabama, the Frances S. Summersell Center for the Study of the South will offer a total of eight research fellowships in the amount of $750 each for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Dr. David Thomson will present a talk based on his book, Bonds of War, on Thursday, February 16, at 5:30 PM in room 253, ten Hoor Hall.
Please join us for the opening session of “Early Modern Intersections in the American South,” a symposium hosted by A&S in conjunction with the Folger Institute, on February 16, in the Camellia Room in Gorgas Library.
Stewart McLaurin, a 1981 graduate of The University of Alabama Department of History and current president of the White House Historical Association, will return to campus on March 1 to speak.