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The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture (CAHC) today announced the opening of the James Guy Tucker Jr. Papers. Tucker’s collection spans nearly 600 cubic feet of materials, including letters, legislative documents, legal papers, campaign materials, and photographs that cover a wide range of political, social, and economic issues of … Tucker papers open to public, document political career of 43rd governor

[Activists on the front lines] often view professors as people who are either too timid or are not committed to the front lines of whatever political or social movement preoccupies them…This basic binary worldview obscures the complexities of engaging in intellectual activism in both social locations as well as the connections between them…the potential for … Finding the meaning of activism with Florence B. Cotnam

The UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture will co-sponsor historian and artist Erin Bernard, developer of the Philadelphia History Truck, an innovative, community-based public history project, for two events in Little Rock, March 3 and 4, 2017. March 3 | 4 p.m. “Hotwire History: The Evolution of the Philadelphia History Truck” Arkansas Studies Institute building · Room … Community Historian-Artist to visit Little Rock March 2017

The UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture announced today the G. Thomas Eisele Research Fellowship is now open for the 2017 cycle. The award recognizes and acknowledges the role of the federal courts and judiciary in the state of Arkansas and promotes a better understanding of that role through scholarly study at the … Eisele Research Fellowship call for proposals 2017

The UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture (CAHC) is leading a team effort to commemorate a pivotal moment in women’s plight to secure the vote. Part of that effort is a new virtual exhibit titled “Arkansas Women’s Suffrage Centennial,” which opened on February 7, 2017. The exhibit, ualrexhibits.org/suffrage, features essays on topics such … Virtual exhibit honors history of women’s suffrage in Arkansas

Deborah J. Baldwin, Ph.D., has been appointed as interim Provost and Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs for the spring 2017 semester.  This will allow the University time to search for a permanent Provost with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2017. Baldwin has served the University in many capacities. She was Chair of the history department … CAHC director announced as interim provost

The UALR Center for Arkansas History and Culture (CAHC) has received a $6,440 grant award from the Arkansas Humanities Council for a project focused on the history of women’s suffrage in the state of Arkansas. The year 2017 will mark 100 years since Arkansas signed women’s suffrage into law, three years before the US passed … Grant supports women’s suffrage virtual exhibit

A newly published online exhibit, “No Laughing Matter: Political Cartoons and the Arkansas Historical Perspective,” examines the profound effects political cartoons have had on Arkansas history and culture. Hosted by the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture (CAHC), the exhibit coincides with a symposium of the same title set for Thursday, Nov. 3 at the Little … Political cartoons make for engaging online exhibit

Educators, students, and members of the general public are invited to a free symposium on the influence of political cartoons. The  symposium, “No Laughing Matter: Political Cartoons and the Arkansas Historical Perspective,” is set for Thursday, Nov. 3, at the Little Rock Marriott Hotel and Statehouse Convention Center. It will be hosted by the University … Symposium puts spotlight on the influence of political cartoons

Members of the public are invited to a free performance that fuses historic inquiry and interpretation. The UALR Center for Arkansas History and Culture (CAHC) partnered with the Department of Theatre Arts and Dance to present “Voices, Vignettes, and Context: Performance Research from Archives.” Historical figures such as Bernie Babcock, Harvey Lee Goodwin, Mary Lee … Performance research offers new life for archival holdings