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The History Faculty New Book Series presents: Her Neighbor’s Wife: A History of Lesbian Desire Within Marriage(University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019) A book talk and discussion withLauren Jae GuttermanAssistant Professor of American Studies, and Women’s & Gender Studies, andFaculty Affiliate, Department of History and LGBTQ StudiesThe University of Texas at Austinhttps://liberalarts.utexas.edu/ams/faculty/lg32432 At first glance, Barbara […]
By Horus T’an The opium myth is one of the most important pillars of the conventional narrative of modern Chinese history. According to the myth, opium is presumed to be a highly addictive narcotic and highly harmful to its users’ health, and Great Britain used its military superiority to impost the shameful opium trade on China […]
Films about historical events have enormous power to affect us, both to enlighten and to mislead. Historical films are perennially popular, often because they tell history through individual lives, because they invent characters and add personal, emotional drama to events that we want to learn about. Those same fictionalizing qualities make them great tools for […]
Over the past five years, NEP has posted hundreds of articles, book recommendations, film reviews, and blogs on every period of US History. These articles make great teaching material. Some introduce a topic to students entirely unfamiliar with it. Others present one or both sides of a controversy that can be used to launch a […]
by Julia Gossard and Shaherzad Ahmadi
Few people look past the glamorization of the flappers, but we wanted to dig deeper to find both the causes of the reform in gender roles as well as the era’s lasting impact on women today. In November, after a preliminary perusal of various sources at our local public library, we decided that our project should explore the controversial fashions of the twenties that boldly symbolized the liberation of women from confining Victorian social expectations.
As some of our readers may know, the Chair of the History department, Dr. Daina Ramey Berry, will leave UT to become the next Michael Douglas Dean of Humanities and Fine Arts at UC Santa Barbara. In addition to being a brilliant scholar, inspirational teacher, and remarkable leader, Dr. Berry has also been an incredible […]
From the editors: NEP Faculty Features are a new series at Not Even Past designed to celebrate the achievements of faculty and to showcase their wide-ranging work. They are a companion to NEP Author Spotlights which focus on graduate students. In this, the first in the series, we feature the work of Dr Ashley Farmer, […]
The History Faculty New Book Series presents:Sex in an Old Regime City Young Workers and Intimacy in France, 1660-1789 A conversation with JULIE HARDWICKJohn E. Green Regents Professor of History, and UT Distinguished Teaching ProfessorUniversity of Texas at Austinhttps://liberalarts.utexas.edu/history/faculty/jholwell and KARIN WULFProfessor of History, College of William & Mary, andDirector, Omohundro Institute of Early American […]
2020 is a significant moment in the history of the United States. As some locations begin the process of opening up in the midst of the Covid19 pandemic, the country is now collectively mourning and joining in protests against police brutality in the wake of the murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minnesota […]