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Welcome to the Department of History!
Mark Atwood Lawrence, Chair
"Converging Roads: Researching and Working at the Forty Acres" by Carlos Blanton, on Not Even Past.
New on Not Even Past
In this new NEP feature, Dr. Carlos Blanton chronicles his decades-long relationship with the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Blanton recounts his evolving connection to the Forty Acres, from early graduate school trips in the 1990s to long days in the Briscoe and Benson reading rooms to his recent appointment as the Barbara White Stuart Centennial Professor in Texas History. The article beautifully traces the physical and emotional rhythms of archival work, moments of solitude and discovery, and personal intersections with intellectual life in Austin. Read the feature here.
Dr. Martha G. Newman, Interim Chair of History, and Professor in the Departments of History and Religious Studies.
Welcome to the History Department at The University of Texas at Austin!
We are a large and distinguished department, filled with prize-winning scholars and innovative teachers who write field-defining books and articles, teach engaging classes, and work as public historians. We investigate historical events from across the globe and over the last two millennia. Our collaborative community of scholars centers on our Institute of Historical Studies and on our vibrant graduate program. Our faculty have established pioneering courses such as Japan Lab, the Mapping Violence Project, the Radical Hope Syllabus, and the Normandy Scholars Program, and they reach audiences beyond the university with their digital magazine and podcasts, including Not Even Past, This is Democracy, and 15 Minute History. We are convinced of the power of historical inquiry to tell us about the processes that have shaped our world. Continue reading ...
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History
The University of Texas at Austin
128 Inner Campus Dr. B7000, Austin, TX
Austin, Texas 78712-1739
Mark Atwood Lawrence
historychair@austin.utexas.edu
512-471-3261