Alumni – Department of History

603 Entertains at First Tuscaloosa Alumni Happy Hour

Posted on: March 10th, 2023

Get back, Paul McCartney: there’s a new band in town! On March 1, the Department of History held its first (but not last) Alumni Happy Hour. Alums from across generations […]

Tuscaloosa-area Alumni Happy Hour Set for March 1

Posted on: February 8th, 2023

The Department of History is pleased to announce our first-ever Tuscaloosa-area alumni happy hour, which will be held on March 1, from 5-7 at Loosa Brews, 412 20th Avenue, across […]

Department Alum & WHHA President Stewart McLaurin to Speak March 1

Posted on: February 7th, 2023

Stewart McLaurin, a 1981 graduate of The University of Alabama Department of History and current president of the White House Historical Association (WHHA), will return to campus on March 1 […]

Department Alumni and Friends Make Contact, Connections

Posted on: December 8th, 2022

The University of Alabama Department of History is proud of its many alumni—over 6,000 in all. They can be found around the country and around the world, but many are […]

Alumnus Elected to College Football Hall of Fame

Posted on: January 19th, 2022

Sylvester Croom, Jr., a 1975 graduate from The University of Alabama’s Department of History, was selected as a member of the 2022 College Football Hall of Fame induction class. Croom […]

Department Tailgates for Homecoming

Posted on: November 5th, 2019

The Department of History held a Homecoming tailgate on Saturday, October 26, braving the rainy and mucky weather before enjoying Alabama’s 48-7 deconstruction of the Arkansas Razorbacks. The wetness of […]

Department Alum Marcus Witcher Featured on WaPo’s “Made By History.”

Posted on: July 5th, 2019

UA Department of History Alum Marcus Witcher, currently a scholar in residence with the department of history and the Arkansas Center for Research in Economics at the University of Central […]

Department Hosts Friends & Alumni at SHA-Birmingham

Posted on: December 3rd, 2018

The Department of History was happy to host a Department Friends & Alumni Meet-Up for all attendees at the 2019 Southern Historical Association Conference in Birmingham this November. Current professors and graduate […]

Alumnus Adam Petty Working with Joseph Smith Papers

Posted on: September 2nd, 2018

Department alumnus Adam Petty (PhD 2018, MA 2014) has recently accepted a position as a Historian and Documentary Editor for the Joseph Smith Papers. Petty completed his doctorate under George […]

Former Ambassador and UA Alum Lino Gutiérrez to Discuss Post-Graduate Career Options in the Federal Government

Posted on: February 8th, 2018

Former US ambassador to Nicaragua and Argentina, UA alum Lino Gutiérrez, will hold an informal discussion with History & Political Science graduate and undergraduate students on employment options, requisite skills, […]

Noted Civil War Historian William C. Harris’s Career Began in the Department of History at The University of Alabama

Posted on: August 20th, 2017

Alumnus William C. Harris, professor emeritus at North Carolina State University, began his fifty-year career as a Civil War historian here in Tuscaloosa, earning both his undergraduate and graduate history […]

Congratulations to Dr. James Mixson, Winner of the 2016 Outstanding Commitment to Teaching Award

Posted on: October 31st, 2016

The History Department is proud to congratulate Dr. James Mixson, winner of the 2016 Outstanding Commitment to Teaching Award. This award is given by the National Alumni Association annually to […]

Three Department Alums Featured in New York Times Disunion Compendium

Posted on: October 14th, 2016

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 […]

Associate Professor James Mixson Receives Outstanding Commitment to Teaching Award.

Posted on: May 2nd, 2016

The Department of History’s Dr. James D. Mixson, a scholar of Medieval Europe, is one of four UA faculty to win this award for the 2015-6 school year. In 1976, […]