Congratulations to University of South Alabama Department of History professor Dr.
Claire Cage, whose second book, The Science of Proof: Forensic Medicine in Modern
France, has been published by Cambridge University Press.
Click here for more information: https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/law/legal-history/science-proof-forensic-medicine-modern-france?format=HB&isbn=9781009198332&fbclid=IwAR1ejec5iz7xA67k19d3MdK7drlBeL8wjQG7twRHb-FWIUEbXJqnUswVUgU
Department of History
Photos courtesy of The Doy Leale McCall Rare Book and Manuscript Library
"History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again."Maya Angelou
Knowledge and awareness of history and society are important ingredients of a liberal
education. The Department of History offers general courses for all students, a major
and a minor in history, and preparation for students who plan to continue study at
the graduate level, to teach history, or to enter related fields.
Our web site will introduce you to our faculty and staff, our courses, the requirements for a degree, and other information that can help you decide if you'd like to study history at USA. Please let us know if we can help by contacting us by phone or email.
Latest News
Department Newsletter Spring 2022
CAGE PUBLISHES NEW BOOK
LOMBARDO ON JANUARY 6 IN USA TODAY
Dr. Timothy Lombardo, Associate Professor of History, recently commented on a court case related to the January 6 Capitol Hill riots, giving some historical perspective to the USA Today story, here: https://sports.yahoo.com/apologetic-rioter-had-moment-during-090023738.html
USA OUT IN THE WORLD!
Dr. David Meola led a seminar on Antisemitism and its history in Spring, 2022, and students from that class travelled to Montgomery in April 2022 to participate in a seminar with students at five other Alabama Universities studying the same subject.
COOKE SECURES MAJOR NEH GRANT TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY HISTORY ACROSS CAMPUS
October 2021 Dr. Kathy Cooke, Professor of History, is leading a team of faculty and staff from the College of Arts and Sciences, the McCall Library and Archives and the Archaeology Museum that has secured a $453,000 grant from the National Endowment of the Humanities to support and grow the University's involvement in community history across Mobile and our Gulf Coast region. This is the largest Humanities grant ever awarded to the University! Congratulations! See more here: https://www.southalabama.edu/departments/publicrelations/pressreleases/100421nehgrant.html
HISTORY DEPARTMENT COLLABORATES WITH HONORS COLLEGE
November 2020 A team at the University of South Alabama led by the Honors College, with collaborators from the Office of Community Engagement, African American studies program, department of history, and the Doy Leale McCall Rare Book and Manuscript Library, received a renewal for its Delta Fellows program from the Jean O’Connor-Snyder Internship Program at the David Mathews Center for Civic Life.
Upcoming Events
October 13, 6:30pm via Zoom
Dr. Monique Laney, History, Auburn University
"Germans, Nazis and Scientists in Huntsville, AL"
Zoom link: https://southalabama.zoom.us/j/95246691345
Germany on Campus Series sponsored by Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Washington
2022 Annual Stallworth Lecture
Thursday October 27, 7pm
“‘I have done his washing and cooking:’ The Political Vocabulary of a Free People.”
Dr. Thavolia Glymph, Professor of History and Law, Duke University
MacQueen Alumni Center Ballroom,
100 Alumni Dr., Mobile, 36608
