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”
The University History Institute at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock will continue their 2020-2021 virtual Evenings with History lecture series by hosting the Public History Graduate Student Research Forum at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 9. Continue reading “UA Little Rock to host the Public History Graduate Student Research Forum”
A University of Arkansas at Little Rock professor will reveal disparities in sidewalk infrastructure and explore how greater pedestrian accessibility can be realized in Little Rock during a March 10 lecture. Continue reading “UA Little Rock professor explores pedestrian accessibility in Little Rock, implications for well-being of underrepresented individuals”
A University of Arkansas at Little Rock professor will give a Feb. 4 lecture that explores how historians approach and understand the civil rights movement. Continue reading “History lecture to explore how to approach and understand the civil rights movement”
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock will host a lecture about life on absentee plantations in the Mississippi River on Nov. 5. Continue reading “History lecture to explore characteristics of absentee plantations”
Dr. Katrina Yeaw, assistant professor of Middle Eastern studies at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, will give the talk, “Beyond Benghazi: A Brief History of Modern Libya,” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1, at the Historic Arkansas Museum. Continue reading “Libya to be subject of next ‘Evenings with History’ lecture series”
The first Evenings with History lecture series discussion of the new year will cover new research discovered about the Elaine Massacre. Continue reading “Next Evenings with History lecture to explore new research in Elaine Massacre”
The first Evenings with History lecture of the 2018-19 year will explore perjury, forgery, and other forms of deception in early medieval Europe. Continue reading “Evenings with History lecture to discuss truth and deception in early medieval law”
When the Great Depression struck in the 1930s, hunger, unemployment, and misery swept the nation. President Franklin Roosevelt responded to the terror by establishing the New Deal, a plan that included the passing of banking reforms, emergency relief, work relief, and agricultural programs.
Continue reading “History lecture to discuss women in leadership during Great Depression”