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”
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”
Next Evenings with History Lecture to Explore the Effect of Railroads and Reconstruction in Arkansas
UA Little Rock’s next Evenings with History lecture will discuss the importance of the Reconstruction period and its effect on Arkansas. Continue reading “Next Evenings with History Lecture to Explore the Effect of Railroads and Reconstruction in Arkansas”
Four faculty members are among the inaugural cohort to receive the title of distinguished professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Continue reading “Four UA Little Rock Faculty Members Named Distinguished Professors”
Dr. Brian Mitchell, associate professor of history at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, received the Phillis Wheatley Book Award for his nonfiction graphic history on May 21. Continue reading “Mitchell Selected for Phillis Wheatley Book Award for Graphic History Novel”
