John C. McManus (’96) received the seventh annual Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History for his book Fire and Fortitude: The US Army in the Pacific War, 1941-1943. The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History bestows the $50,000 prize annually in recognition of the best book in the field of military history published in English […]
We were delighted to participate last week in the Knox County Schools In-Service District Learning Day organized by the Knox County Schools Social Studies Department. Under the theme of “Americans at War”, Dr. Freeberg (Chair, UT History Dept.) lectured on WWI and Dr. Liulevicius lectured on strategies for teaching WWII. It was great to meet […]
Our brief video documentary, “The Knoxville Veterans Legacy Program at University of Tennessee”, chronicles the work of the 2017-2018 Veterans Legacy Program in Knoxville, Tennessee, funded by a contract from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The Knoxville National Cemetery was established in the midst of the Civil War, and since then United States Veterans […]
UT’s Center for the Study of War and Society and our History Department have been awarded a contract as part of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ new Veterans Legacy Program. This program pairs local universities and local school systems to produce education materials and public outreach programs about local National Cemeteries, telling the individual stories […]
UT’s Center for the Study of War and Society and our History Department have been awarded a contract as part of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ new Veterans Legacy Program. This program pairs local universities and local school systems to produce education materials and public outreach programs about local National Cemeteries, telling the individual stories […]
Dear Friends of the Center for the Study of War and Society! Please join the UT Libraries for the opening of our newest exhibit, Echoes of War: Human Experiences during World War I and World War II. The evening will include a lecture by Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius, Distinguished Professor in the Humanities in the University of Tennessee […]
Dear Friends of the Center for the Study of War and Society! Have you ever wanted to see how historians do what they do? Have you ever wanted to learn more about the past using primary sources? Or are you perhaps just looking for a fun way to both learn yourself and help others learn […]
This past week, Dr. Vejas Liulevicius and Dr. Ernest Freeberg of the Department of History at The University of Tennessee contributed to the Knoxville News Sentinel. Their columns examine two perspectives on the official entry of the United States into the First World War one hundred years ago. Dr. Liulevicius examines the global reaction to […]
UT’s very own Dr. Ernie Freeberg and Dr. Vejas Liulevicius discuss the impact of World War I on our current society in a recent story published by Tennessee Today. The two history professors discuss everything from geopolitics to fashion and language as they highlight the importance of World War I as a lens to understanding our […]
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 […]