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Department of History
"History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again."Maya Angelou
Due to COVID-19, the Department of History office at the University of South Alabama will be closed beginning on March 18 until further notice. During this time, faculty and staff will be telecommuting and will be most accessible via email- their emails are accessible on the Department webpage, under "Faculty and Staff". If you have general inquiries, please email history@southalabama.edu
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.
Scotty Kirkland, Alabama Department of Archives and History
Wednesday, February 12 @ 6:00 p.m.
Marx Library Auditorium
Dr. Richard Frankel, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
"The Politics of Exclusion: Antisemitism and Fascism in Germany and the United States, Then and Now"
November 19, 2019 @ 6:00 p.m.
Laidlaw Performing Arts Auditorium
Dr. Kelly Urban, University of South Alabama
"A Medical Monument: How a Tuberculosis Hospital Helped Spark the Cuban Revolution."
Co-Sponsored with the Mobile Medical Museum
November 6, 2019 @ 6:00 p.m.
Marx Library Auditorium
Dr. Tera Hunter of Princeton University
"Can Marriage Save the Race? Ideas about African-American Marriage from W. E. B. Du Bois to Our Own Times"
October 29, 2019 @ 7:00 p.m.
Laidlaw Performing Arts Auditorium
History Department Discussion of USA Common Read novel, Julie Otsuka's When the Emperor was Divine, about Japanese-American internment.
October 14, 2019 @ 5:00 p.m.
Humanities 390
Hosted by Dr. Harry Miller and Dr. David Messenger
For more about Common Read: https://www.southalabama.edu/departments/commonread/
Dr. Hilary Green, University of Alabama
"Confederate Monument Debates in Black and White"
September 19, 2019 @ 6:00 p.m.
Marx Library Auditorium