The University of Tennessee Center for the Study of War & Society and the Department of History invites you to attend a lecture by the Center’s Graduate Assistant and UT Doctoral Student, Joshua Sander. On Wednesday, October 18, 2017 at 4PM in the UT Humanities Center Seminar Room (Melrose Hall E308), Joshua Sander will present […]
The Center for the Study of War and Society’s Resident Scholar, Capt. Rosemary Mariner (USN, retired), will present a lecture that addresses key questions, including: Why does the Constitution require Congress to fund the Army every two years, but not the Navy? Which branch of government writes military rules and regulations? Who was the military […]
Please join us next week, on March 27, 2017 (Monday), 4pm, for Dr. James Hudson’s talk, “WW II in China: Important Questions and Debates” in E308 Melrose Hall. Dr. Hudson will explore how past scholarship has informed our understanding of World War II in East Asia, and the recent debates that are reshaping this fascinating area of […]
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 […]