Tag: History, General

books, digital media, posts about history as a discipline

UA Hosts 15^th Annual Southeastern German Studies Conference

March 2, 2023

On February 23-24, The University of Alabama and the Department of History hosted the 15th annual Southeastern German Studies Conference. The event, held in cooperation with The University of Alabama at Birmingham, The University of Alabama at Huntsville, and Spring Hill College, brought together scholars and students from across the Southeast in all disciplines who share interest in the language, literature, history, culture, music, film, and political structures of the German-speaking lands. The workshop focused on three large themes: “The […]

History Faculty and Grad Students Brave the Elements to Tailgate on the Quad Before the LSU Game

November 11, 2015

History faculty and graduate students braved the rain on Saturday, November 7, 2015, to tailgate on the Quad before the Alabama – LSU game. The Crimson Tide defeated the LSU Tigers 30-16.

Margaret Peacock to discuss her recent book, Innocent Weapons: The Soviet and American Politics of Childhood in the Cold War

September 30, 2014

Dr. Margaret Peacock will be giving a talk on her recently-published, groundbreaking work, Innocent Weapons: The Soviet and American Politics of Childhood. In this book, Peacock recounts the Soviet and American history of childhood in the Cold War. She shows how propagandists on both sides of the iron curtain mobilized similar images of children in order to manipulate their populations into compliance and consensus. Based on extensive research spanning fourteen archives and three countries, Peacock tells a new story of […]

The University of Alabama Press Book Sale – September 26 – 28

September 23, 2014

The University of Alabama Press Annual Book Fall Book Sale – Sept 26 – 28, 2014 The University of Alabama Press will hold its annual fall book sale September 26 – 28 on the second floor of the McMillan Building. UAP will offer hundreds of new and backlist titles from a cornucopia of subjects, including: the history of the university, UA football history, Alabama history, southern history, civil rights history; as well as titles in fiction, literature, archaeology, communications, and […]