Associate Professor Holly Grout’s book The Force of Beauty: Transforming French Ideas of Femininity in the Third Republic, published by LSU Press in June 2015, examines the effects of the […]
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Phi Alpha Theta Students Participate in Selma-to-Montgomery March Commemoration
Members from the Beta-Omicron Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta traveled recently to Selma, Alabama, where they participated in ceremonies commemorating the Fiftieth Anniversary of the landmark Selma-to-Montgomery March. The were […]
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Graduate Student Examines Link Between Charlie Brown and Charlie Hebdo.
Blake Ball, a graduate student in The University of Alabama History Department, wrote a recent editorial for al.com examining the use of Charles Schultz’s “Charlie Brown” character from the Peanuts […]
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Fashion Statement as Political Statement: The Antislavery Movement and “I Can’t Breathe”
Professor Joshua Rothman’s recent publication at WereHistory.org examines similarities between recent protests against police conduct and the antislavery movement. From Werehistory.org: Amidst the protest movement that has taken shape in […]
UA History Professor Explores Link Between Coca-Cola, Corn Syrup, and Obesity.
Assistant Professor Bart Elmore’s investigation of the link between the introduction of high-fructose corn syrup and the American obesity epidemic is featured in Salon. Elmore’s article in the Huffington Post […]
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Assistant Professor Bart Elmore’s recent work reviewed in the Wall Street Journal
Assistant Professor Bart Elmore’s recent book, Citizen Coke: The Making of Coca-Cola Capitalism, was recently reviewed in the Wall Street Journal. […]
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Cold War Dixie Wins Best Book Award
Dr. Kari Frederickson’s Cold War Dixie: Militarization and Modernization in the American South, which examines the impact of the Cold War on the U.S. South, was recently named the recipient […]
“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 […]
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Associate Professor Margaret Abruzzo Awarded NEH Fellowship.
Associate Professor Margaret Abruzzo received a year-long fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities for her project entitled Good People and Bad Behavior: Changing Views of Sin, Evil, and […]
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First Fall Session of the Military History Round Table to be Held Friday, Sept. 6
Three US Marines at Alcázar de Colon during the first US intervention in the Dominican Republic. Mark Folse, a doctoral student at the University of Alabama, will be the featured […]
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Dr. Lisa Lindquist-Dorr Appointed Associate Dean
Dr. Lisa Lindquist-Dorr, associate professor in the department of history, has been appointed an associate dean in The University of Alabama’s College of Arts and Sciences. Lindquist-Dorr will administer the […]
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Bunker Wins Thomas McGann Award and Mexico Humanities Book Award
Dr. Steven B. Bunker, associate professor of history at The University of Alabama, has received awards from two distinguished Latin American studies associations for his book, Creating Mexican Consumer Culture […]
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Graduate Student Publishes in National Journal
Andrew Amron’s article, “Reinforcing Manliness: Black State Militias, the Spanish-American War, and the Image of the Black Soldier, 1891-1900,” appeared in the Fall 2012 issue of the Journal of African American History. […]
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News from the Job Market
Dr. Becky Bruce (PhD, 2012) was hired as Assistant Professor of 20th Century US at Southwestern Oklahoma State University. Dr. Jill Cooley (PhD, 2011) was hired as a Postdoctoral […]
Recent Books Published
Books that have been recently published by our faculty include: Creating Mexican Consumer Culture in the Age of Porfirio Diaz by Dr. Steven Bunker Protestant Cosmopolitanism and Diplomatic Culture: Brandenburg-Swedish […]