Displaying items by tag: Department of History
December 12, 2014
History/African American Studies Major to Give Commencement Speech
Martez Files, the undergraduate speaker for the Fall 2014 morning commencement ceremony, is graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and a Bachelor of Arts degree in African American Studies.
December 08, 2014
Lessons from an Internship: Independence, Self-Confidence, and Patience
History student and REV Birmingham intern Stephanie Qualls has become a regular face amongst the cobblestone streets and old buildings of downtown.
November 05, 2014
Going Global
Nowadays, it seems like everybody’s going global. Here in the College of Arts and Sciences, we’re doing our part to cross the continents, too, with faculty and students making their mark in more places than we can mention in a single article.
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November 05, 2014
Horse Power
Sometimes, inspiration comes from the unlikeliest of places.
October 27, 2014
History Intern Helps Revitalize Birmingham
Stephanie Qualls has always had a love for history, which is why she wants to teach others about our world and its cultures.
September 26, 2014
Seventy Years Ago: WWII's Operation Market Garden
Last week Dr. André Millard's World War Two class studied Operation Market Garden that began on September 17, 1944 — exactly 70 years ago. The class covers events of the war on the anniversary of when they occurred, which means it covers the events of August to December 1944, one of the most important and dramatic periods of WWII.
August 05, 2014
Vulcan History Review Volume 18 Now Available
The latest issue of the Vulcan Historical Review, the journal written and edited by undergraduate and graduate history students at UAB, is now available for all lovers of history to read.
July 18, 2014
Liber Lends Ukraine Expertise to Local News
Professor George Liber's expertise in Soviet, post-Soviet, and East European history has been in demand by local news media ever since the crisis in Ukraine began in February 2014.
June 26, 2014
Solving "Wicked" Problems
Five college faculty members have been chosen as Edge of Chaos Scholars along with 21 other UAB faculty and staff members. In their new role, they will be making presentations throughout the coming academic year on the problems our society has struggled to solve.
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June 13, 2014
Fall 2014 Special Topics Class: World War II
Graduate students will be able to take a unique World War II class this fall. HY 693 covers events of the war exactly 70 years after they occurred, which means it will cover the events of August to December 1944 — one of the most important and dramatic periods of the war.
May 02, 2014
Seeds of Success
CAS Alumni Entrepreneurs are rooted in their UAB education.
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April 30, 2014
Polishing the Diamond: Alumnus David Brewer
As the executive director of the nonprofit Friends of Rickwood, UAB alum David Brewer is the chief steward of Rickwood Field's legacy.
April 23, 2014
Congratulations to our Faculty!
It is with great pleasure we celebrate the awards that our colleagues have won this semester: Raymond Mohl, Carolyn Conley, Glenn Feldman, and Andrew Demshuk.
April 22, 2014
“How Islam Saved the Jews” in Birmingham this Week
The Department of History and the Birmingham Islamic Society will host a free, public lecture on “How Islam Saved the Jews” at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 24.
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April 21, 2014
Feldman's Book Receives Critical Acclaim
Glenn Feldman received the Anne B. and James B. McMillan Book Prize from the University of Alabama Press for his book The Irony of the Solid South: Democrats, Republicans, and Race, 1865-1944.
Congratulations to these highly accomplished, hardworking, and talented individuals in the College of Arts and Sciences.
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April 15, 2014
UAB Professor’s Book Receives Critical Acclaim
Glenn Feldman, Ph.D., professor of history, received the Anne B. and James B. McMillan Book Prize from the University of Alabama Press for his book “The Irony of the Solid South: Democrats, Republicans, and Race, 1865-1944.”
April 15, 2014
UAB Professor Receives Award to Compare History, Memory
Andrew Demshuk, Ph.D., assistant professor of history, has received a prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Research Award that will enable him to pursue a comparative history of post-1945 reconstruction and urban planning in three cities divided by Cold War borders — Frankfurt am Main, West Germany, Leipzig, East Germany, and Wrocław, western Poland.
Pamela Sterne King, an assistant professor of history at UAB and former historic preservation officer for the city of Birmingham, wants students to learn about the city’s "often-forgotten fun personality."
March 24, 2014
CAS Students Place at 2014 Graduate Student Research Days
Two advanced students in The College, Nicole Watkins in History and Kyle Besing in Mathematics, won second and first place, respectively, in this year’s Graduate Student Research Days, hosted by UAB Graduate School.
