On Friday, February 27, 2026, Dr. Chris Magra spoke at the Knoxville Volunteer Rotary Club about the Center for the Study of Tennesseans and War and shared his insights on Knoxville during World War II.
Timothy Vane was interviewed by the Center’s Director, Dr. Chris Magra, on February 17, 2026. For more information on Timothy Vane, view his record here: https://cstw.utk.edu/our-digital-archive/cold-war-records/. We appreciate Tim for coming to the Center and sharing his story with us.
On September 20, 2025, Dr. Chris Magra, Director for the Center for the Study of Tennesseans and War, spoke at Knoxville’s Sevier Day to Commemorate the Battle of King’s Mountain which took place on October 7, 1780. This event took place at Marble Springs State Historic Site. Dr. Magra lectured on the battle with special […]
Yesterday, the Center was honored to host Scott Milner for a visit. Scott is the stepson of the late Dr. Charles Johnson, the founder of the Center. He came by to visit and to make a very generous donation of Dr. Johnson’s books so that new generations of scholars can continue to learn from him. […]
The Center for the Study of War & Society’s materials on Exercise Tiger were highlighted in the most recent issue of Tennessee Alumnus.
In the lead-up to the anniversary of WWI, the German newspaper “Die Welt” recently listed Dr. Liulevicius’s first book as “obligatory reading” on the war.
The first event of the semester in our Faculty Research Seminar on “AfterWars” will occur on Sept. 11 at 4 p.m. We will discuss an article-in-progress by Brad Nichols, graduate student in history.