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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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Selesky Donates Comic Book Collection to UA Special Collections

Dr. Harold Selesky has donated his collection of comic books to The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. Many of these comic books are now being featured in an exhibit in Special Collections in Mary Harmon Bryant Hall, titled “Saving the Universe One Panel at a Time: Heroes & Superheroes of the Bronze Age of Comic Books and Beyond.” Comic books from the Bronze Age (1970-1985) often included darker narratives than those of the Silver Age (1955-1970), sometimes eschewing the […]

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