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Exhibition “Afghanistan: Unordinary Lives” to open in Knoxville on February 7

Arts & Culture Alliance Presents “Afghanistan: Unordinary Lives” (01/14/2014/Knoxville) – The Arts & Culture Alliance proudly presents “Afghanistan: Unordinary Lives”, a new exhibition of photographs by Slovenian artist Manca Juvan. The 20 images in the exhibition portray civil society in Afghanistan. Juvan made several trips to the country between 2003 and 2009, documenting the lives […]

15th Annual Johnson Lecture on Jan. 16

On Thursday, January 16, the Center for the Study of War and Society and the UT History Department will welcome Dr. Warren Dockter to deliver the Fifteenth Annual Charles W. Johnson Lecture at 5PM in the University Center Crest Room on UT’s campus. Dr. Dockter’s lecture is entitled, “‘The Weight of Islam’: Winston Churchill, the Ottoman Empire and the First World War.”

upcoming Dec 4 AfterWars event

The next event in the “AfterWars” research seminar will take place on Dec. 4 at 2:15 p.m., when we will convene to discuss Dr. Steve Ash’s new book, “A Massacre in Memphis: The Race Riot that Shook the Nation One Year After the Civil War.” The event will be held on the second floor of Hoskins Library.

Dr. Liulevicius quoted in the L.A. Times

This past weekend Dr. Vejas Liulevicius, Professor of History at UT and Director of CSWS, was quoted in the L.A. Times in regard to denunciations in Stalin’s Soviet Union.

CSWS graduate assistant publishes an article

Jordan Kuck, a graduate assistant at CSWS, has an article appearing in the most recent issue of Fascism: The Journal of Comparative Fascist Studies. The article examines the lesser-known authoritarian regime of Karlis Ulmanis, the dictator of Latvia from 1934-1940, including an interesting take on the Latvian version of American 4-H.

CSTW graduate assistant publishes an article

Jordan Kuck, a graduate assistant at CSTW, has an article appearing in the most recent issue of Fascism: The Journal of Comparative Fascist Studies. The article examines the lesser-known authoritarian regime of Karlis Ulmanis, the dictator of Latvia from 1934-1940, including an interesting take on the Latvian version of American 4-H.