Sights and smells from around the world recently filled the Panhellenic Building as students in Charles Sanft’s History of World Civilization to 1500 class shared ancient foods they prepared in their own kitchens.
The Center for the Study of War and Society, in conjunction with the East Tennessee History Center, holds a day of events to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I.
By tracing the movement of people through the South in the eras of slavery, segregation, and the present, Edward Ayers will tell the story of Southern history over two centuries.
Two staff members in the Department of History, both of whom lost their military sons in Iraq, were among the Gold Star families invited to the White House.
The Knoxville National Cemetery has served as the final resting place for many local veterans from every US conflict since the Civil War—including UT’s General Robert Neyland.
Vejas Liulevicius spoke with WBIR about detailing the lives of Knoxville veterans thanks to an award from the Veterans Legacy Program.
What does tenure mean to UT faculty? Tenure means protection for faculty to do their job, according to UT history professor Monica Black in a recent letter to the News Sentinel editor.
A team of UT scholars is researching the stories of veterans interred at Knoxville National Cemetery.
The role of the Tennessee frontier in the revolutionary founding of the nation will be the topic of an inaugural symposium April 21.
The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Germany’s main newspaper for international affairs coverage, interviewed history professor Vejas Liulevicius about the March 1918 Treaty of Brest Litovsk.
Daniel Feller, a professor of history, spoke with Courthouse News about how government norms change over time, which sometimes makes it difficult to assess the viability of claims made by politicians in power.
Julie Reed, associate professor of history, spoke with Voice of America about a new exhibit at the American Indian Museum that explores the use of American Indian imagery over the years.
