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 […]
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 […]