A recent visitor to the Center for the Study of war and Society revealed fascinating artifacts from the First World War. He brought an unique collection of letters and photographs of an American veteran of the First World War. Paul Harvey, who served in the United States Army during the conflict and in occupation in […]
Prof. Jordan Kuck, assistant professor of history at West Virginia Wesleyan College, a former graduate assistant at UTK’s Center for the Study of War and Society, and a graduate of UTK’s doctoral program in Modern European history, has been honored in a highly international way! Prof. Kuck was invited to contribute a chapter to the […]
Looking for a worthwhile way to spend some extra time online? The Torchbearer found six “rabbit holes” worth exploring through sites connected with The University of Tennessee. The Center for the Study of War & Society is pleased to say that our extensive World War II oral history collection was one of them. Over the […]
Last week Dr. Jesse Kauffman gave a lecture on “German Occupation and the Road to Polish Independence, 1915-1918”, if you would like to watch the lecture you can see the event in its entirety below. http://mediasite.utk.edu/UTK/Play/b410ac6271f941cbbe80c928270fa0c11d
Dear Friends of CSWS, We have great news to share from history graduate students active at the Center for the Study of War and Society. Josh Sander won a significant summer travel grant from the Central European History Society. He will use it to make a last research trip this summer to Amsterdam’s NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust, and Genocide […]
Dear Friends of the Center for the Study of War and Society, The Center for the Study of War and Society has just published our fall 2015 Newsletter. Below you will find a few highlights of the newsletter. The full newsletter can be accessed via the link at the bottom of this post. HIGHLIGHTS include: The […]
The Great Courses company has just released a new course on DVD/CD/Download by our Center Director, Dr. Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius (this is his seventh course with the company. Others include WWI, diplomacy, dictatorship, espionage, turning points of modern world history, and explorers). The new course, “A History of Eastern Europe”, covers the Baltics to the […]
Our Director at the Center for the Study of War and Society was quoted in this new article about the OSS in World War II, on the occasion of Veteran’s Day. See more: http://news.investors.com/management-leaders-and-success/111015-780073-jack-taylor-was-wwii-special-operator.htm?p=full
Dear Friends of the Center for the Study of War and Society, The Director of our Center, Dr. Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius, will be the featured professor in a LIVE CHAT on-line hosted by The Great Courses, which produces recorded lecture courses on DVD, CD, and download. They have produced six recorded lecture courses by Liulevicius, on topics […]
The Center for the Study of Tennesseans and War at the University of Tennessee would like to inform you that we have recently set up a Facebook page. It can be found at https://www.facebook.com/UniversityofTennesseeCSTW/info?tab=overview or by searching for The Center for the Study of Tennesseans and War on Facebook. We encourage all of you to like and share […]