A graduating UA Little Rock student is thankful to the history department for helping prepare him for a career as an archivist through the extensive research he was required to do for his thesis. Continue reading “UA Little Rock Graduate Completes Thesis on Content in German-Language Newspaper During WWI”
A UA Little Rock student is one of four students selected across the University of Arkansas System who is an inaugural recipient of a grant honoring James L. “Skip” Rutherford III, dean emeritus of the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service. Continue reading “Neel Awarded Inaugural Grant from Rutherford Endowment to Create Oral History of Ralph Bunch Community”
Aaron Shuman, a 2021 graduate of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, has been recognized as the 2022 Public History Graduate Student of the Year by the Arkansas Museums Association. Continue reading “UA Little Rock Alumnus Named AMA Public History Graduate Student of the Year”
A group of historians from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock have won the Lucille Westbrook Award from the Arkansas Historical Association for the best article manuscript on an aspect of local Arkansas history. Continue reading “UA Little Rock Historians Win Lucille Westbrook Award from Arkansas Historical Association “
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has chosen Joshua Silverstein, Noureen Siraj, and John Kirk as the 2022 winners of the Faculty Excellence Awards. Continue reading “UA Little Rock Selects Silverstein, Siraj, Kirk as 2022 Faculty Excellence Award Winners”
Dr. John Kirk, George W. Donaghey Distinguished Professor of History at UA Little Rock, has published a new book examining the first 44 years of former Arkansas governor Winthrop Rockefeller’s life. Continue reading “Kirk Releases New Biography Covering Winthrop Rockefeller’s New York Life”
A University of Arkansas at Little Rock history professor has created a digital history project that brings to life the untold story of the enslaved colonial people who were sold as national property during the French Revolution. Continue reading “UA Little Rock Professor Creates Digital History Project Examining Enslaved People Sold as National Property During the French Revolution”
Acadia Roher is graduating this month with a master’s degree in public history from UA Little Rock. After completing her thesis, “Urban Renewal in Little Rock’s Dunbar Historic Neighborhood: A Walking Tour,” the new graduate will begin her career as a historical research associate in Maryland. Continue reading “UA Little Rock Public History Graduate Spotlight on Acadia Roher”
A UA Little Rock student is graduating this fall with a master’s degree in public history. Christy Hendricks, a native of Ward, Arkansas, will graduate Dec. 18. Continue reading “UA Little Rock Public History Graduate Spotlight on Christy Hendricks”
A University of Arkansas at Little Rock public history student has begun a new career running a living history program at the National Museum of the Pacific War, which provides the nation’s most comprehensive account of World War II in the Asiatic-Pacific theater. Continue reading “UA Little Rock Student is Coordinating Living History Program at National Museum of the Pacific War”