There's still plenty of time to register for the Marco Institute's 2024 Summer Latin Program! Section 1 of Beginner/Review is full and there are limited spots in Intermediate Readings, but we have lots of space left in Section 2 of Beginner/Review and Advanced Readings!

So proud of our graduate student Kaitlin Simpson who will be Assistant Professor of US History at UL Lafayette Public History from next year ! Amazing news and so richly deserved. Go set the academic world on fire!

Fantastic to see this - thanks History News Network! UT Knoxville UTK History RichardNixonLibrary

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It was such a pleasure chatting with Kate at Drafting the Past Podcast about RED DEAD'S HISTORY, the craft of writing, and how to engage multiple audiences with serious history. Take a listen below!

Can video games be a tool for understanding the dilemmas of the American past? In my new piece for The Conversation U.S., I argue YES - and describe how my new book and experimental class on #RedDeadRedemption2 might help explain patterns of American violence. theconversation.com/why-i-turned-t…

Adam Alfrey from the East Tennessee Historical Society talked to our interns this morning about exhibitions. He discussed what it is and a few guidelines on curating one. #publichistory #museumexhibition #museumcurator #easttennesseehistoricalsociety

If you’re a journalist, podcaster, streamer, etc and are curious about how video games can help us learn big ideas (especially history), reach out to me! I always enjoy doing interviews. DM me here or shoot an email to [email protected]

If this still inspires wonder today, imagine how sensational these experiences must have been in the premodern period. (Image from the 18th-century Ottoman manuscript "Surname-i Vehbi.")

Congratulations to Ernest Freeberg and Michael Woods on their National Endowment for the Humanities grants! These awards will shed new light on the past, enriching our understanding of history and its impact on the present. UTK History

JOB ALERT: come and join us - we are looking for an Assistant/Associate Professor of Appalachian History, with experience in public history especially welcome! Materials due by October 1st: jobs.chronicle.com/job/37685215/a… NCPH Public History Weekly (PHW) Appalachian Studies Inside Appalachia Appalshop

The National Endowment for the Humanities announced grants for 240 humanities projects across the country including funding for Department of History Professors Ernest Freeberg and Michael Woods. Learn more: bit.ly/3X614F4 #UTArtSci #EndlessOpportunities UTK History

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CfP: a symposium on the Military History of the Declaration of Independence by TNandWar

One of our faculty - way to go!

we invite you to this year's Fleming-Morrow Lecture: “Bound in Wedlock: Slave and Free Black Marriage in the Nineteenth Century" by Dr. Tera W. Hunter, Princeton: the first comprehensive history of African American marriage in the nineteenth century. OCT 3, Mossman 202, 5:30!

Our first Big Hairy Grants workshop of the term, "Write Your Elevator Pitch," is coming up this Friday, Sept. 20 (date corrected from previous post) at 11:30 AM in the Denbo Center. UT arts & humanities faculty are invited to participate!