The University of South Alabama Department of History helps students gain an ability to understand unfamiliar people and societies, read and think critically, and write with clarity and precision. With a dedicated faculty covering a diverse array of geographic and intellectual areas, as well as an expansive temporal depth, history majors will not only learn about the past, they will learn to create history.
What Can I Do With a Degree in History?
History majors at South follow many career paths with their degree. Graduates move on to teach students about the past, preserve historic buildings, create museum exhibits, or film documentaries. Others pursue careers in law, journalism and business. Workplaces need employees who can quickly digest large amounts of information, draw logical conclusions from it, and express themselves clearly orally and in writing.
Dr. Michael Fitzgerald, The KKK in Alabama
Co-sponsored with the McCall Library of the University of South Alabama. Dr. Michael Fitzgerald, retired faculty from St Olaf College in Minnesota, will discuss his new book based on one family's involvement in the KKK after the civil war, drawn from the Pickens Papers collections held in the McCall Library at the University of South Alabama . The book is entitled Shades of Complicity: One Family's Experience of Klan Participation (LSU Press, 2026).
Marx Library , Rodning Gallery (3rd floor) October 29, 4:30pm
