UTC Department of History

Nov. 7 at 5:00 pm -- 5 Broken Cameras Documentary Screening

Please join the Department of History and the History Club for a screening of the the award-winning documentary 5 Broken Cameras.

Thursday, November 7, 5:00 pm
UC Raccoon Mountain Room
Pizza provided!

Please RSVP to Prof. Michael Samuel ([email protected]) by the end of the day on Tuesday, November 5 so we know how much pizza to order.

5 Broken Cameras, co-directed by an Israeli and a Palestinian, is a deeply personal first-hand account of life and nonviolent resistance that chronicles the contestation between the Israeli military and the the residents of the West Bank village of Bil'in over the construction of a separation wall on the village's lands.

Nominee, Best Documentary Film, 2013 Academy Awards
Winner, Best Documentary Film, 2013 International Emmy Awards
Official Selection and Nominee for Grand Jury Prize (Documentary), 2012 Sundance Film Festival

Recognizing and Feeling the Human Element of Civil Rights Activism
Dr. Michael V. Williams, Incoming Professor of History and Director of Africana Studies
Thursday, April 18 2024 at 3:30 PM EDT
Guerry Center Reading Room
https://blog.utc.edu/history/2024/04/10/recognizing-and-feeling-the-human-element-of-civil-rights-activism/

Welcoming Dr. Michael Vinson Williams!

https://blog.utc.edu/history/2024/03/28/welcoming-dr-michael-vinson-williams/

UTC Holocaust Lecture on April 2

April 2, 2024, 5 p.m.

Derthick Hall 201

“A Priest in a N**i Collar”: German Military Chaplains and the Holocaust

Doris L. Bergen

Doris L. Bergen is the Chancellor Rose and Ray Wolfe Professor of Holocaust Studies. Her research focuses on issues of religion, gender, and ethnicity in the Holocaust and World War II and comparatively in other cases of extreme violence. Her books include Twisted Cross: The German Christian Movement in the Third Reich (1996); War and Genocide: A Concise History of the Holocaust (2003); The Sword of the Lord: Military Chaplains from the First to the Twenty-First Centuries (edited, 2004); and Lessons and Legacies VIII (edited, 2008).

https://blog.utc.edu/history/2024/03/27/utc-holocaust-lecture-on-april-2/

A Conversation with Sari Bashi

Wednesday, March 27, 3:00 pm

University Center, Signal Mountain Room

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Demystifying Grad School on 3/27

The Department of History invites you to attend Demystifying Graduate School for History Students.

Are you grad-school curious? Want to know what you can expect from research and professional graduate programs and how to select a program? Interested in learning more about funding your graduate education and how you can make yourself a competitive applicant?

Join us on Wednesday, March 27 from 12-1 for a lunchtime event led by Dr. Lisa Piazza, Executive Director of Undergraduate Research and Creative Endeavor.

Date: Wednesday, March 27
Time: Noon to 1pm
Location: UC Heritage Room (University Center, 339)

https://blog.utc.edu/history/2024/03/18/demystifying-grad-school-on-3-27/

Historians React to Current Events: Premodern Edition

The Department of History invites you to attend our Historians React to Current Events panel on Monday, February 26 at noon. This semester, our premodern faculty will help us think about how the distant past shapes today’s headlines.

Date: Monday, February 26
Time: Noon to 1pm
Location: 393 Lupton Hall

Speakers:
Dr. James Guilfoyle, “Rapid Secularization in Catholic Ireland: The Silent Revolution”
Dr. Kira Robison, “Making Time: Earning an Extra Day since 45 BCE”

https://blog.utc.edu/history/2024/02/22/historians-react-to-current-events-premodern-edition/

UTC History Associate Lecturer Dr. Kelli Nelson did an interview for President’s Day about James K. Polk, one of the three presidents from Tennessee.

Dr. Kelli Nelson Interview on President Polk - History UTC History Associate Lecturer Dr. Kelli Nelson did an interview for President's Day about James K. Polk, one of the three presidents from Tennessee. Continue Reading

CALL FOR PAPERS

The 19th Annual Southeast Tennessee Regional Student History Conference
In association with local Phi Alpha Theta chapters

Wednesday 10 April 2024 at Southern Adventist University in Collegedale, Tennessee

Undergraduate students from colleges and universities in southeast Tennessee, North Georgia, and Alabama are invited to submit research paper proposals for the 19th Annual Southeast Tennessee Regional Student History Conference. Interested scholars should send a paper title, an abstract of no more than 350 words, and a brief biographical summary to Dr. Lisa Clark Diller at [email protected]

DEADLINE IS April 1st

Student ambassadors spread the word about Africana Studies minor

Honoring Jane Harbaugh
Jane Harbaugh’s 43-year career made her one of the longest-serving faculty members and administrators at UTC.
https://blog.utc.edu/history/2024/02/04/honoring-jane-harbaugh/