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Tag: Department of History
A&S in the News: April 18-24, 2021
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A&S in the News: April 11-17, 2021
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A&S in the News: March 28 – April 3, 2021
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A&S in the News: March 21-27, 2021
Read local, national, and world news that feature faculty, students, and alumni from the College of Arts & Sciences. Most recently, the College is trending in the news for the SEC Faculty Achievement Award, Moundville’s BirdFest, and more.
History Graduate Student Participates in White House Historical Association Internship
From the March 2021 Desktop News | Thanks to a partnership between the White House Historical Association and UA’s Department of History, graduate student Jessica Brodt spent her summer as a virtual WHHA intern, where she contributed to the Association’s mission of preserving and sharing the history of the White House. The WHHA was established in 1961 by First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy to help fully understand and exhibit the extensive history of the White House. Today, it continues that mission, […]
A&S in the News: March 14-20, 2021
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Jackson Foster ’22, Religious Studies and History
Jackson Foster is a religious studies and history double major with minors in both the Blount Scholars Program and the Randall Research Scholars Program. A junior from Fort Lauderdale, FL, he recently interned with the research division of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), an independent federal agency focused on advancing the humanities. How did you choose your major? What sparked your interest in the field? I will admit that the route to my current majors was rather circuitous. […]
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A&S in the News: February 28 – March 6, 2021
Read local, national, and world news that feature faculty, students, and alumni from the College of Arts & Sciences. Most recently, the College is trending in the news for the UA Museums virtual nature camp, the Alabama Amazon union, and more.
Digital Slavery Archive Receives $750,000 Grant
From the January 2021 Desktop News | Dr. Joshua Rothman, professor and chair of the department of history, is part of a team of researchers that was recently awarded a $750,000 National Endowment for the Humanities grant for a project, “Freedom on the Move,” which works to collect and digitize advertisements for runaway slaves that appeared in American newspapers before the Civil War. This is the second NEH grant for the project, which also received $300,000 in 2017. The most […]
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