Nathan Marvin

UA Little Rock Professor to Present Lecture on the Legend of Petit Jean

Nathan Marvin, assistant professor of history at UA Little Rock, will present the next lecture for the Evenings with History series, focusing on the history of French colonization in Arkansas. Continue reading “UA Little Rock Professor to Present Lecture on the Legend of Petit Jean”

Dr. Andrew Amstutz

Evenings with History Lecture to Address AIDS Activism in Arkansas

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s next Evenings with History lecture will address the history of the AIDS epidemic in Arkansas through a conversation between Ruth Coker Burks, who is known as the “Arkansas Cemetery Angel,” and Dr. Andrew Amstutz, a former assistant professor of history at UA Little Rock. Continue reading “Evenings with History Lecture to Address AIDS Activism in Arkansas”

Dr. John Kirk

Kirk to Present “Doing History: Research-Based Teaching & Learning” at Next Evenings with History Event

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock will hold the next meeting in the Evenings with History series on Tuesday, Dec. 6, at the Historic Arkansas Museum at 200 E. 3rd Street in Little Rock. Continue reading “Kirk to Present “Doing History: Research-Based Teaching & Learning” at Next Evenings with History Event”

Faculty Excellence nominee Edward Anson. Photo by Ben Krain.

UA Little Rock Evenings with History Lecture to Discuss Warfare in Ancient Times

The first UA Little Rock Evenings with History lecture of the fall 2022 semester will explore the purpose of Greek and Roman warfare in ancient history. Continue reading “UA Little Rock Evenings with History Lecture to Discuss Warfare in Ancient Times”

Peter Scheidt

Scheidt’s Woodworking Works on Display at Arkansas Historic Museum

The furniture sculptures of Peter Scheidt, UA Little Rock woodworking professor, are on display at the Historic Arkansas Museum in Little Rock in a new exhibit featuring how local artists have reinvented abandoned objects that might otherwise be considered metaphorically dead.  Continue reading “Scheidt’s Woodworking Works on Display at Arkansas Historic Museum”