The College of Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences, and Education (CHASSE) at UA Little Rock has announced its upcoming events in November during the fall 2024 semester. With only one event scheduled in December—the final Evenings with History lecture of the year featuring Dr. Hannah Anderson—these events round out the fall 2024 semester. Continue reading “CHASSE Announces November College Events”
The College of Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences, and Education (CHASSE) at UA Little Rock has announced its scheduled events for the month of October during the fall 2024 semester. The lineup of events for the remainder of the semester can be found on the college’s website. Continue reading “CHASSE Announces October College Events”
Sponsored by the University History Institute, the Department of History at UA Little Rock will host the annual Evenings with History lecture series featuring UA Little Rock faculty members and guest speakers who give presentations about historical topics. Continue reading “UA Little Rock Announces Evenings with History 2024-25 Speakers”
Dr. John Kirk, George W. Donaghey Distinguished Professor of History at UA Little Rock, will be one of the featured speakers in a series aimed at fostering awareness and dialogue about equality, justice, and human rights at the Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site. Continue reading “Kirk to Speak about Civil Rights Movement Following Central High Desegregation Crisis”
Dr. John Kirk, George W. Donaghey Distinguished Professor of History at UA Little Rock, has received the 2024 Booker Worthen Literary Prize from the Central Arkansas Library System for his 2022 biography, “Winthrop Rockefeller: From New Yorker to Arkansawyer, 1912-1956.” Continue reading “Kirk Receives Booker Worthen Literary Prize for Winthrop Rockefeller Biography”
A University of Arkansas at Little Rock professor has been selected for an academic fellowship that supports early-career researchers studying science communication related to water issues.
Continue reading “Lee Selected for Prestigious Science Communicators Fellowship”
A University of Arkansas at Little Rock history professor has written a book chapter outlining how Catholic clerics used canon law more than 1,000 years ago in Italy. Continue reading “Heil Pens Book Chapter Detailing How Catholic Clerics Used Canon Law in Medieval Italy”
Dr. John Kirk, George W. Donaghey Distinguished Professor of History at UA Little Rock, will give a virtual presentation on the Little Rock Nine at the Dwight D. Eisenhower President Library, Museum, and Boyhood Home on Tuesday, June 13. Continue reading “Kirk to Give Talk on Little Rock Nine at Eisenhower Presidential Library”
A group of historians from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock have won the Gingles Award from the Arkansas Historical Association for their exploration of the criminal case of two African American Arkansans who were executed for the alleged rape of a white woman in the 1930s. Continue reading “UA Little Rock Historians Win Gingles Award”
Dr. Kristin Dutcher Mann, a history professor at UA Little Rock, is working to make it easier for students across the world to learn about the history of Spanish colonial missions in North America. Continue reading “Mann Creates Content for Oxford University Press Uncovering World History Series”
