The History Department cordially invites you to our next Lunch, Learn & Link on Wednesday, April 7, 2021, 12:00-1:00. Two guest speakers who graduated from UTC with a history degree will share with us how their history degree has helped them professionally.
“The Future of Confederate Monuments” – 3/29, 6-7pm, Zoom
On Monday, March 29th from 6-7pm, the History Department and Africana Studies Program invite the UTC and Chattanooga communities to engage in a virtual conversation about “The Future of Confederate Monuments” with Virginia Tech professor and artist Meredith Drum.
Latin American Music as Latin American History: Understanding the Making of a World Region
What are the links between the history of music, the construction of Latin America as a region, and conversations around Latin American and Latinx identity? In this talk, Dr. Pablo Palomino will discuss how the evolution of Latin American music as a category helps us understand the past and present of a world region.
Dr. Eckelmann Berghel on A Team Approach to Open Pedagogy through High Impact Practices and Experiential Learning
On March 3, 2021, Associate Professor of History and Director of Africana Studies Susan Eckelmann Berghel participated in a panel on “A Team Approach to Open Pedagogy through High Impact Practices and Experiential Learning,” which was part of Tennessee Open Education Week Organized by the Tennessee Higher Education Commission’s Textbook Affordability for Student Success Task Force.
History Department Receives $500,000 Gift
The Russell Linnemann Memorial Endowment gives $450,000 for the study of African and African-American history along with the story of the blues. The money, given in perpetuity, is divided into $450,000 to fund ongoing programs and $50,000 to create an account to honor the career of Linnemann and his academic contributions.