UA Little Rock Prepares for Spring 2025 Evenings with History Lectures
With a new semester beginning, the Department of History at UA Little Rock is preparing for the three final lectures of this academic year’s Evenings with History lecture series.
The fall 2024 lectures featured Dr. Roy Ritchie, Dr. Johanna Miller Lewis, and Dr. Hannah Anderson. The speakers for this semester’s lectures are featured below:
Feb. 4: Katrina Yeaw, “Finding Girls in the Archives: The Case of Fekiriyeh and Renghi Sefa”: Assistant Professor of History Dr. Katrina Yeaw starts the spring 2025 lectures with a presentation on two girls from the Sudan, Fekiriyeh and Renghi Sefa, who escaped slavery. Their story will be discussed as a case study to analyze the experiences of non-elite girls and women in the Middle East.
March 4: Charles Romney, Kris McAbee, and Larry Smith, “Playing with History: Community and the Contemporary Stage”: Drs. Charles Romney (Professor of History), Kris McAbee (Associate Professor of English), and Larry Smith (Associate Professor of Theatre Arts) will discuss the intersection of history, drama, and community by applying their disciplinary expertise to particular plays. Their presentation will suggest ways in which theater helps us understand both history and the world today.
April 1: Kyungsun Lee, “The Arkansas River: Navigating the Impact of Climate Change”: Assistant Professor of Geography Dr. Kyungsun Lee will give the final lecture of the year. As a member of the second cohort of SciComm Identities Projects Fellows, Lee will share her research on the historical significance of the Arkansas River and how it has been impacted by climate change.
For each event, light refreshments will be served at 7 p.m. with lectures to begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Ottenheimer Auditorium at the Historic Arkansas Museum (200 E. Third St.) in Little Rock.
The long-standing Evenings with History series features UA Little Rock faculty members and guest speakers who give presentations on historical topics and is sponsored by the University History Institute. The events are free and open to the public; however, those interested in supporting the series can purchase a subscription online.
More details regarding the Evenings with History series can be found on the Department of History’s website. For additional information, contact Dr. Michael Heil at mwheil@ualr.edu.
