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In 1867, less than three years after the assassination of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln, his (now widowed) wife and former first lady, Mary, traveled to New York in hopes of securing funds to cover her mounting expenses. Having acquired a significant amount of debt prior to her husband’s reelection and finding herself in an even […]
Institute for Historical Studies – Monday February 28, 2022 Notes from the Director Drawing on the expertise of historians who specialize on the history of slavery, emancipation, and race in the Caribbean and the south Atlantic, this panel seeks to explore the 1619 Project within a wider continental and Atlantic perspective. In which ways would the 1619 […]
By Jack E. Davis, Professor of History and Rothman Family Chair in the Humanities, University of Florida Note: This profile was first published as part of the 2022 Annual Meeting Presidential Address by the American Historical Association. It celebrates the remarkable career of Jacqueline Jones, Ellen C. Temple Chair in Women’s History Emerita, at the […]
Institute for Historical Studies – Monday February 14, 2022 Notes from the Director The 1619 Project has attracted a lot of attention. Some historians have been critical of what they see as factual errors in the original manifesto. Some historians, for example, have questioned The 1619 Project’s representation of independence from Britain as a social movement […]
This episode of IHS podcasts highlights the work of Dr. James Sidbury, Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Professor of Humanities and Professor of History at Rice University where he is also a faculty member of the Center for African and African American Studies . The episode also features Dr. Cañizares-Esguerra, the Director of the IHS, and Ashley Garcia, a […]
In honor of the centennial of the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection, the 2022 Lozano Long Conference focuses on archives with Latin American perspectives in order to better visualize the ethical and political implications of archival practices globally. The conference was held in February 2022 and the videos of all the presentation will be available soon. Thinking […]
by Gwendolyn Lockman The best part of reading for comprehensive exams in graduate school is getting to read scholarship that inspires, even if it is not directly related to your dissertation research. I am a historian of labor and leisure in the U.S. West, so my comprehensive exams encompassed readings in U.S. History, divided into […]
The success of Not Even Past is made possible by a remarkable group of faculty and graduate student writers. Not Even Past Author Spotlights are designed to celebrate our most prolific authors by bringing together all of their published content across the site together on a single page. The focus is especially on work published by UT […]
Megan Kate Nelson has written a captivating history of the southwestern theater of the American Civil War. There more than one war took place as different groups of people envisioned futures dependent on control of the region. The balance of perspectives makes it clear the Civil War was not just a battle for the preservation […]
Monday September 20, 2021 • Webinar 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM With the arrival of Iturbide’s Mexican Empire in Tejas, the alliance of Apache with Comanche and with patriot-exile-Tejano raiders became the temporary victors. The creation of Empire led to the return of diplomatic negotiations between Comanches -Apache-Tejano raiders and Iturbide’s Empire. The new Empire relied on […]