History news from summer 2017: Why history is still such a useful major, and why studying the liberal arts gives you an edge, in the job market and beyond.
National Book Award Finalist Delivers 4th Annual Africana Studies Lecture on March 23
UTC’s Department of History and Africana Studies program are pleased to welcome 2016 National Book Award finalist Heather Ann Thompson of the University of Michigan to deliver the 4th annual Africana Studies Lecture on March 23.
Why the U.S. President Needs a Council of Historians
In a new article in The Atlantic, Graham Allison and Niall Ferguson, both scholars at Harvard University, urge the president to establish a “Council of Historians,” arguing that “the U.S. could avoid future disaster if policy makers started looking more to the past.”
The Flexibility of a History Degree
A new post from the AHA discusses the career flexibility and versatility history majors get with their degrees. History, as the author notes, “is an all-encompassing degree.”
More reasons to study history: “Why America’s Business Majors Are in Desperate Need of a Liberal-Arts Education”
More reasons to study history, this time from The Atlantic. Bottom line: take more history classes!