The Second Annual Fleming-Morrow Distinguished Lecture in African-American History, Thursday, February 23, 2017 – 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. “Torchbearers of Democracy: The History and Legacy of African American Soldiers in World War I” A Lecture Delivered by Dr. Chad L. Williams ALUMNI MEMORIAL BUILDING ROOM 210 The Center for the Study of War and […]
We are delighted to invite you to hear Prof. Don Hickey of Wayne State College, Nebraska, speak on the topic of the War of 1812. His talk is entitled “Forgotten Conflict: Why Historians Should Pay Attention to the War of 1812 Today”. It will take place this Friday, Jan. 27, 2017 at noon, at E308 […]
“Total Wars and the Making of Modern Ukraine, 1914-1954” by Prof. George Liber (University of Alabama at Birmingham) Nov. 28, Monday, 4-5pm, in Hoskins Library, 2d Floor (outside the Center for the Study of War and Society). Join us for Prof. Liber’s lecture which discusses his newly published book, Total Wars and the Making of […]
WE INVITE YOU TO THE UPCOMING HISTORY LECTURE: “German Occupation and the Road to Polish Independence, 1915-1918” by Prof. Jesse Kauffman (Eastern Michigan University) on Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at 5pm at the Linsday Young Auditorium in University of Tennessee Hodges Library on campus. In 1815, Poland was wiped off the map of Europe when […]
Please join us for a lecture by the Center Director, Prof. Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius as he presents a talk entitled, “No Quiet on the Eastern Front: German Occupation in Eastern Europe in World War I.” The lecture introduces a new exhibit on the First World War, entitled “World War I: A View from the Eastern […]
Dear Friends of the Center for the Study of War and Society, We start our eighth year of AfterWars events with a very timely presentation by Dr. Andrew White, Director of the UT Aerospace and Defense Business Institute in the Haslam College of Business, entitled “Reflections on 9/11: Wartime Military-Media Relations in the Information Age”. Drawing […]
Dear Friends of the Center for the Study of War and Society, This season marks the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin, Ireland. On April 25 (Monday) at 4-5pm in the seminar space outside the Center for the Study of War and Society at Hoskins Library at UTK, Prof. Martin Griffin (Department of […]
Dear Tennessee Great War Commission and Friends, Here is news about a World War I event in Knoxville, a mini-exhibition at the McClung Museum on UT’s campus. The organizer of the exhibit, Robert Rennie, will give a brief gallery talk on the exhibit on April 6 at 1:30pm. Rennie is the McClung Museum Academic Programs […]
Dear Friends of CSWS, We invite you to join us next Tuesday for a fascinating lecture by a scholar of the role gender plays in partisan warfare and irregular conflicts, and the politics of memory concerning this topic. The lecture is free and open to the public. You are welcome to invite undergraduates from your classes to attend […]
Dear Friends of the Center for the Study of War and Society, We invite you to hear Dr. Susan Eastman (UTC) speak on “The Evolution of the Veterans’ Writing Group at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga” . The free event takes place Feb. 25 (Thursday), noon, in the seminar space in Hoskins Library, 2d floor. Bio: Dr. Susan L. Eastman is […]