/news-archive/tag/charles-romney/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Mon, 19 Dec 2022 16:00:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /news-archive/2022/12/19/harrison-mitchell-graduation/ Mon, 19 Dec 2022 16:00:44 +0000 /news/?p=84114 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Graduate Completes Thesis on Content in German-Language Newspaper During WWI]]> Little Rock native Harrison Mitchell earned his bachelor鈥檚 degree in news editorial journalism from 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock in 2011. Now over a decade later, he graduated with a master鈥檚 degree in public history on Dec. 17. Mitchell鈥檚 thesis explores written content in , a German-language newspaper based in Little Rock during World War I. The Echo is the only surviving newspaper source about Arkansas鈥檚 German community, as well as the only insight into what the German press was printing during the war. Mitchell got his inspiration for the topic from the year he spent as a foreign exchange student in Vienna, Austria, in high school. 鈥淭hat experience really cemented the language for me,鈥� Mitchell said. 鈥淲ithout it, I wouldn鈥檛 have been able to do this research at all, since most of it was in German.鈥� Mitchell focused his research on the years between 1914 and 1918, comparing the tone and content before and after the United States entered the war to see how the newspaper handled the growing anti-German sentiment in the country during the shift. Research also came from, 鈥淒as Arkansas Echo: A Year in the Life of Germans in the Nineteenth-Century South鈥� by Kathleen Condray, associate professor of German at the University of Arkansas. The book examines the topics covered during its inaugural year, including the newspaper鈥檚 crusade against prohibition, advocacy for German schools and language, and stance on immigration. 鈥淥verall, I鈥檇 say the program prepares you for the field really well, especially when it comes to research,鈥� Mitchell said. 鈥淚 even had a graduate assistantship for the Center for Arkansas History and Culture downtown to supplement my archival learning and give me hands-on experience.鈥� He organized his information on a database, the idea of which he credits to Dr. Charles Romney, professor of history and graduate coordinator of the public history program. 鈥淚 collected about 300 articles, so it was a lot to keep track of,鈥� Mitchell said. 鈥淭he database gave me key searchability, helped me identify common themes, and what was going on. Staying organized is one of the most important parts of a research process.鈥漖]> /news-archive/2020/03/09/ua-little-rock-honored-for-exhibit/ Mon, 09 Mar 2020 15:29:50 +0000 /news/?p=76236 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock honored for exhibit preserving history of Robinson Center]]> Preserve Arkansas awarded the center an honorable mention in the Outstanding Achievement in Preservation Education category for the mural/timeline exhibit at Robinson Memorial Auditorium. The Arkansas Preservation Awards, held annually in January, recognizes preservation efforts across the state. These achievements range from outstanding examples of rehabilitated structures, revitalized neighborhoods, and commercial districts. The 鈥�Timeline of Historic Robinson Center鈥� was unveiled Nov. 9, 2019, in the Robinson Center. The exhibit was a collaboration between 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock鈥檚 Center for Arkansas History and Culture, Department of Art and Design, Department of History, and the Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau. The timeline stretches more than 50 feet along the interior wall, detailing the history of the center from the 1930s to the present. At one end of the timeline is a 10-foot-tall photograph of Joseph Taylor Robinson, the former Arkansas governor and U.S. senator for whom Robinson Auditorium was named. At the other end is a reproduction painting of the newly remodeled building that re-opened Nov. 10, 2016, following a 28-month, $70-million restoration, renovation, an expansion led by the Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau. Shannon Lausch, an archivist at the Center for Arkansas History and Culture, was the lead researcher and wrote the primary text panels for the exhibit. Charles Romney, associate professor of history, and Vincent Vinikas, professor of history, also contributed to the research. Kevin Cates and Thomas Clifton, professors in 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock鈥檚 Department of Art and Design, oversaw the exhibit design. 鈥淚 coordinated the research and writing for the Robinson Center exhibit,鈥� Lausch said. 鈥淭he exhibit鈥檚 success came from the collaboration among many people with different talents. I enjoyed working with my colleagues and getting to know people outside of my department. Many of the historic images used in the exhibit were taken by a Little Rock architectural photographer, whose collection I was working on at the time. It was gratifying to see his photographs used to illustrate the exhibit.鈥� The Robinson Center was constructed during the Great Depression as a building project under President Franklin Roosevelt鈥檚 New Deal legislation. At the groundbreaking ceremony on Dec. 14, 1937, city officials dedicated the building to Sen. Robinson, who had died six months earlier. The city saw it as a fitting tribute to name the structure after Robinson, whose work in supporting the New Deal had enabled projects like the Robinson Auditorium. Over the years, Robinson has hosted theater, music, dance, lectures, sports, and civic events. When it opened, it became the first auditorium in the South with air conditioning. Conventions, theatrical shows, and numerous musical acts all came to Little Rock. In fact, the first recording of Elvis Presley鈥檚 鈥淗ound Dog鈥� was made on Robinson鈥檚 stage. 鈥淩emembering the connections between past and present allows us to build a brighter future,鈥� Vinikas said.]]> /news-archive/2019/03/01/american-empire/ Fri, 01 Mar 2019 14:57:27 +0000 /news/?p=73610 ... Evenings with History lecture will explore how to define the American empire]]> The next 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Evenings with History lecture series will explore how to define the expansion of the American empire on Tuesday, March 5.聽 Dr. Charles Romney, associate professor of history at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, will present 鈥淒efining the American Empire,鈥� at 7:30 p.m. at Historic Arkansas Museum, 200 E. Third St. in Little Rock. Refreshments will be served at 7 p.m. Romney will explain traditional approaches to defining the American empire before exploring more recent interpretations that stress the unusual鈥攁nd possibly unique鈥攈istory of zones controlled by the United States. 鈥淪cholars struggle to locate the right analytical framework to understand the expansion of the United States,鈥� Romney said. 鈥淚s the American empire similar to the British empire in its features, or is the acquisition of territory by the United States distinct from European imperialism because of America鈥檚 republican ideology?鈥� The, sponsored by the University History Institute, features presentations by 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock faculty members sharing their current research. Admission to the series is by subscription to the, although visitors to individual talks are welcome to attend for free. 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock students may attend free of charge. For more information, contact Dr. Jess Porter, chair of the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Department of History, at jcporter@ualr.edu or 501-569-3236.]]>