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Dr. Glenn Brasher’s Review of PBS’s Mercy Street Featured in Smithsonian.

Dr. Glenn Brasher‘s review of PBS’s Mercy Street was recently featured in Smithsonian Magazine. “Days before President Trump proposed eliminating federal funds for public broadcasting, PBS cancelled “Mercy Street,” the ambitious period drama they debuted with high expectations in 2016. PBS stated that it could no longer afford the expensive production and high-caliber cast — especially after losing a major grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Sadly, this means we will forever have only 12 episodes of a show that […]

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Graduate Students Fall to Faculty in Annual Softball Match

On Saturday, April 15, the History Department came together to play the fourth annual Faculty-Graduate Softball Game.  The graduate students came ready for a fight, and for the first several innings it seemed that victory was within their grasp.  The faculty, however, came prepared to fight for the longue durée, and rallying in the fourth inning, powered through to a 16-7 win.  The students have requested new graduate recruitment efforts in the Dominican Republic and Cuba for the 2017-2018 academic […]

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Dr. Lawrence F. Kohl Retirement Lecture a Huge Success

  Dr. Lawrence F. Kohl is retiring after thirty years of teaching at The University of Alabama. He and the department celebrated his upcoming retirement with a lecture entitled, “On Life, History, and Teaching: Reflections on Retirement.” Kohl’s moving speech spanned from his serene childhood in Michigan, to his lifelong obsession with time, to the importance of teachers and students. Following the lecture was a reception in the Gorgas House for Dr. Kohl’s family, friends, and colleagues. View a video of […]

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Associate Professor Andrew Huebner Appointed Distinguished Lecturer

Dr. Andrew Huebner, an associate professor in The University of Alabama’s Department of History, has been appointed a distinguished lecturer of the Organization of American Historians. As a speaker for the Distinguished Lectureship Program, Huebner agreed to a three-year renewable term in which he will travel the country, speaking about all facets of U.S. history in museums, libraries, universities, community centers, churches, and other public/academic history forums. “I’m honored to be included in this program, which offers a great way to […]

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Department Professors Participate in Commemoration of WWI Centennial

On Friday, April 14, History Department Professors Harold Selesky, John Beeler, and Andrew Huebner spoke on topics related to the First World War.  The event, sponsored by the Department of History, the US Army Crimson Tide ROTC, Battalion, and the USAF Detachment 010, was held to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of American entry into the conflict. Dr. Beeler spoke about the war as a watershed moment in world history, and detailed its environmental, technological, and political legacies. Dr. Huebner examined […]

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Students Participate in The University of Alabama’s annual Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Conference

On March 30, three History Department students, Senior Hillary Jones, Senior Leif Midgorden, and Junior Charlotte Waters, participated in the University of Alabama’s annual Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity conference (URCA). The conference is provides an opportunity for undergraduates to present original research or creative activities. The most outstanding undergraduate researchers from all disciplines of the university present their work in both poster sessions and oral presentations. Each oral session offered students an opportunity to make a 20-minute presentation, followed […]

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2017 Honors Day Awards Review

Each April, the Department of History salutes the achievements of its students, recognizing their commitment to excellence and high academic and personal standards.  The faculty of the Department of History extends our heartfelt congratulations to the families and friends of the students honored today.  On this Honors Day, please know that we share your pride in the hard work demonstrated by your honoree and look forward to the many further contributions he or she will certainly make, both to our […]

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Meet 2017 John Fraser Ramsey Award Recipient Charlotte Watters

Named after long-time History faculty member John Fraser Ramsey, the Ramsey Award is the oldest, university-wide endowed award at The University of Alabama and the most prestigious of the University’s Premier Awards. Endowed by “Doc” Ramsey’s many admirers at the end of his forty-two-year career at Alabama, the Award honors ” the versatility of gifts and attainments, as well as the breadth of excellence in mind and character, that have traditionally been the goals of a liberal education.” In addition […]

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Doctoral Candidate Adam Petty Publishes Article in Civil War History

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!

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

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.

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

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 […]

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Department Hosts Graduate Visit Day for Incoming and Prospective Graduate Students

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 […]

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Dreams of Dominion Conference a Success

  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 […]

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