The paleo skills workshop, which takes place Oct. 8, allows students to experiment with archaic weaponry and tools to better understand the evolution of human technology around the world.
Students document the lives of African-American women in Chattanooga with Mayor Council’s initiative to tell herstories
A collaboration of UTC’s Special Collections and Department of History, with the City of Chattanooga Mayor’s Council on Women, Southern Adventist University and Covenant College, captures the testimonies of local women to diversify the historical narrative of Chattanooga and add their unique perspectives.
Panel Discussion considers Reconstruction Era and the National Park Service
A three-person panel will present an overview of the Reconstruction Era and how the National Park Service is focusing on the era.
Call for Papers: Symposium on the 19th Century Press, Civil War, and Free Expression
With an August 29th submission deadline, the 24th annual Symposium’s steering committee is currently seeking papers to be presented at their three day conference on November 10-12 in Chattanooga, TN.
Barry Bookheimer: Student Success Profile
After ten years of service in the Navy, Barry Bookheimer enrolled at UTC. Bookheimer contributes his years spent travelling with the Navy and experiencing new cultures to what sparked his passion for History.
SEWHA presents “Arenas of Deception: Views from Late Imperial China”
The UTC History Department and College of Arts and Sciences, in partnership with the Southeast World History Association (SEWHA) will host Dr. Mark McNicholas’s lecture on Friday, April 1, 6:00 P.M. at the Read House in downtown Chattanooga. This event is free and open to the public.
Lecture: “Between Race and Nation: Shirley Chisholm and National Politics.”
The Department of History will host the lecture, “Between Race and Nation: Shirley Chisholm and National Politics” by Dr. Anastasia Curwood (Ph.D., Princeton University, 2003) of Emory University. Chisolm was the first African American woman to be elected to the United States Congress.
Lecture: “‘If There is a Worse Place Than Hell, I Am in It’: Abraham Lincoln as a War Leader”
Dr. Stephen Berry of the University of Georgia will deliver the lecture “‘If There is a Worse Place Than Hell, I Am in It’: Abraham Lincoln as a War Leader” on Wednesday, November 6, at 6 p.m. at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga University Center, Signal Mountain Room.
Noted Classical archaeologists to speak on campus
The UTC Department of History, with the support of the UTC Speakers & Special Events Committee and the UTC ThinkAchieve program, announces two upcoming lectures this week by two noted Classical archaeologists.
“Star Wars” offers perspective into ancient history
Every Wednesday afternoon in a classroom far, far at the top of Brock Hall…