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��Vlog��ý Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture to host History Alive: Virtually! Session on Feb. 1

John Hill — Thu, 27 Jan 2022 14:56:53 +0000

The next Evenings with History lecture series of “History Alive: Virtually!” session will begin Tuesday, Feb. 1, at 7: 30 p.m via Zoom. “History Alive: Virtually!,” is a digital humanities project created for Arkansas educators and students focused on using archival documents in the social studies classrooms. Free registration for this event is linked . A Zoom link will be provided upon registration. The Center for Arkansas History and Culture will have four presenters: Deborah Baldwin, Cody Besett, Marta Cieslak, and Elise Tanner. The session will talk about how the project came to be amidst the pandemic, in response to recent issues Arkansas teachers and kids are facing; how to use the resources we acquired and generated in the classroom; and how anyone interested in Arkansas history ties to American and international history can benefit from “History Alive: Virtually!” For more information about the History Institute and its Evenings with History lecture series, visit us at /history/history-institute. If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Michael Heil at mwheil@ualr.edu.

Next Evenings with History Lecture to Explore the Effect of Railroads and Reconstruction in Arkansas

John Hill — Fri, 29 Oct 2021 15:04:12 +0000

��Vlog��ý Little Rock’s next Evenings with History lecture will discuss the importance of the Reconstruction period and its effect on Arkansas. Dr. Charles Bolton, a professor emeritus of history at ��Vlog��ý Little Rock, will be presenting “Railroads and Reconstruction in Arkansas,” at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 2, virtually on zoom. You may . At the end of the Civil War, Arkansas had one working railroad that ran from Little Rock to DeValls Bluff on the White River. When Radical Reconstruction ended in 1874, the capital city was connected by rail with St. Louis to the north and Texarkana and Texas railroads to the south. A branch line extended east to Memphis and another nearly to Fort Smith in the west. “The situation got better, but the question is why Arkansas remained a poor state for so long, even though the state has resources and it has one of the most fertile lands,” Bolton said. “After the war, The confederates in the South, back being citizens of the United States, were really anxious to modernize the economy, they wanted to compete with the North, and the railroads were the big thing at that point. They took over the government and loaned bonds to build railroads, and when it was time to pay back the loans, they refused. If you don’t pay your debt, nobody is going to loan you money anymore, which results in economic consequences for years later.” A former chair of the Department of History, Bolton retired from ��Vlog��ý Little Rock in 2009 and serves on the editorial board of the Arkansas Historical Quarterly. He earned a bachelor’s degree from St. Lawrence University and completed master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Evenings with History series, sponsored by the University History Institute, features presentations by ��Vlog��ý Little Rock faculty members sharing their current research. Admission to the series is by subscription to the University History Institute, although visitors to individual talks are welcome to attend for free. ��Vlog��ý Little Rock students may attend free of charge.

��Vlog��ý Little Rock to host the Public History Graduate Student Research Forum

John Hill — Fri, 05 Feb 2021 17:10:21 +0000

The University History Institute at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock will continue their 2020-2021 virtual Evenings with History lecture series by hosting the Public History Graduate Student Research Forum at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 9. ��Vlog��ý Little Rock graduate students Acadia Roher, Emily Summers, and Mollie Waldon will discuss their current research as well as answer questions from the audience. Roher will discuss her work creating immersive StoryMaps that highlight and give context to primary sources made available by . “Mapping renewal creates opportunities for scholars and the general public to explore the history and impacts of urban renewal in Little Rock,” Roher said. “The StoryMaps delve into the intersecting histories of school desegregation, ‘slum’ clearance, and the construction of I-630 during the urban renewal period.” Summers’ research will explore the connection between film and culture, examining how major historical events might have impacted the types of movies made. “Using records from the Arkansas Amusement Corporation in Little Rock, I will track trends in genre popularity from the 1930s to the 1960s and determine if they correlate with major historical events and national trends,” Summers said. To register for the free event, visit .

��Vlog��ý Little Rock to host Jan. 19 roundtable discussion on 2020 election

John Hill — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 21:04:40 +0000

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Department of History will host a roundtable discussion to talk about the historical significance of the 2020 election cycle.

The roundtable, “Election 2020: An Immediate History,” will begin at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19. Moderated by Dr. Jess Porter, chair of the ��Vlog��ý Little Rock Department of History, the event will feature history professors Drs. David Baylis, John Kirk, Brian Mitchell, and Jim Ross.

The roundtable discussion features the first event for the 2021 Evenings with History Lecture Series.

Those interested in attending the roundtable may register . For more information, Contact Dr. Michael Heil at mwheil@ualr.edu.

��Vlog��ý Little Rock professor explores pedestrian accessibility in Little Rock, implications for well-being of underrepresented individuals

John Hill — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 09:41:41 +0000

A University of Arkansas at Little Rock professor will reveal disparities in sidewalk infrastructure and explore how greater pedestrian accessibility can be realized in Little Rock during a March 10 lecture. Dr. David Baylis, assistant professor of geography, will give the talk, “Where the Sidewalk Never Begins: Race, Class, Accessibility, and Wellness in Little Rock, Arkansas,” at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 10, at the Historic Arkansas Museum, Ottenheimer Auditorium, 200 E. Third St. in Little Rock. “While there are many ways to approach the topic of accessibility and numerous modes of transportation to highlight, perhaps none are more ostensibly simplistic than walking,” Baylis said. “Yet, a cursory view of sidewalk conditions and their inconsistent presence in Little Rock’s neighborhoods reveals a highly uneven geography of pedestrian access.” As Baylis explains, in some circles, questions of accessibility hardly come up and tend to be discussed with respect to leisure or convenience. For others, however, accessibility is a matter of well-being and even survival. In this talk, Baylis will consider the past, present, and future of pedestrian accessibility in Little Rock. “Some Little Rock residents are faced with fundamental questions such as, ‘How will I get to work today?’ or ‘Where can my children go to play outside?’” Baylis said. “They rely on their own means, but do not necessarily have universal access to the basic safety infrastructure that sidewalks provide.” Refreshments will be served at 7 p.m., followed by the talk at 7:30 p.m. The talk is part of the University History Institute’s Evenings with History lecture series. The event is free and open to the public. Baylis is a human geographer with research interests in social geography, cartography, and geo-visualization.

History lecture to explore how to approach and understand the civil rights movement

John Hill — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 14:22:20 +0000

A University of Arkansas at Little Rock professor will give a Feb. 4 lecture that explores how historians approach and understand the civil rights movement. Dr. John Kirk, George W. Donaghey Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, will give the talk, “What is the Civil Rights Movement?” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 4, at the Historic Arkansas Museum, Ottenheimer Auditorium, 200 E. Third St. in Little Rock. “Initially focusing on the 1950s and 1960s and on the leadership of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., civil rights studies have expanded chronologically and thematically since the 1960s to paint a very different picture of a black struggle for freedom and equality,” Kirk said. “This talk will outline and examine the nature and context of those changes and assess how historians view the civil rights movement today.” Kirk’s research focuses primarily on the history of the civil rights movement. He has published nine books, including the award-winning “Redefining the Color Line: Black Activism in Little Rock, Arkansas, 1940-1970.” His forthcoming book, “The Civil Rights Movement: A Documentary Reader,” will be published later this year. Parking is available at the Historic Arkansas Museum parking lot at Third and Cumberland streets. Refreshments will be served at 7 p.m., followed by the talk at 7:30 p.m. The talk is part of the University History Institute’s Evenings with History lecture series.

History lecture to explore characteristics of absentee plantations

Mon, 04 Nov 2019 17:43:17 +0000

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock will host a lecture about life on absentee plantations in the Mississippi River on Nov. 5. Dr. Kelly Houston Jones, assistant professor of history at Arkansas Tech University, will give the talk at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5, at the Historic Arkansas Museum Ottenheimer Auditorium, 200 E. Third St. Parking is available at the Historic Arkansas Museum parking lot at Third and Cumberland streets. Refreshments will be served at 7 p.m., followed by the talk at 7:30 p.m. The talk is part of the University History Institute’s Evenings with History lecture series. Throughout the Mississippi Valley, including Arkansas, the actual owners of many plantations did not live on-site. In this talk, Jones will examine these operations and explore questions about their management and similarity to absentee-owned plantations in the Caribbean. “One of the first things people conjure in their mind when they think of a southern plantation is a big, opulent home with beautiful moonlight and magnolias,” Jones said. “But across much of Arkansas and northern Louisiana, many plantation owners lived east of the Mississippi River and hired plantation managers to oversee their investment in what was considered a somewhat uncivilized region west of the river. This reminds us that, first and foremost, plantations were an economic venture. At the end of the day, it’s a factory in a field.” The lecture offers an opportunity to consider what life was like for enslaved people on absentee plantations. “Absentee plantations operated free of the domestic politics that otherwise would have been created by owner families living on-site,” Jones said. “This would have influenced the power struggle between between owners and managers, managers and slaves, and between slaves.”

Libya to be subject of next ‘Evenings with History’ lecture series

��Vlog��ý Little Rock — Tue, 24 Sep 2019 19:21:21 +0000

Dr. Katrina Yeaw, assistant professor of Middle Eastern studies at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, will give the talk, “Beyond Benghazi: A Brief History of Modern Libya,” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1, at the Historic Arkansas Museum. Yeaw will summarize modern Libyan history with particular emphasis on the colonial period, the founding of Libya as a modern nation state, and the more recent Arab Spring. “In September 2012, members of the Islamic militant group Ansar al-Sharia, carried out coordinated attacks against the American diplomatic compound and another government facility in Benghazi, Libya, resulting in the deaths of four Americans,” Yeaw said. “This tragedy has become central to American understanding of contemporary Libya, as well as influential to American politics.” Parking is available at the Historic Arkansas Museum parking lot at Third and Cumberland streets. Refreshments will be served at 7 p.m., followed by the talk at 7:30 p.m. The event is part of the University History Institute’s Evenings with History lecture series.

Moneyhon to give lecture on the end of Reconstruction Era

Ajani Oyindamola — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 19:01:52 +0000

Dr. Carl Moneyhon, a University of Arkansas at Little Rock history professor and Civil War expert, will give a lecture on the end of the Reconstruction Era in the South on April 2. The Evenings with History lecture, “The End of Reconstruction and the Long-Term Cost of Conservative Redemption,” at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 2, at Historic Arkansas Museum, 200 E. Third St. in Little Rock. Refreshments will be served at 7 p.m. “Progressive and bi-racial governments created following Congressional intervention in the Reconstruction of the South in 1867 all came to end in the period 1870 to 1875,” Moneyhon said. This talk examines how Conservative and Democratic opponents of these governments used a variety of tactics that included violence, appeals to racial hatred, and charges of government corruption to achieve this end. It also considers the long-term social and economic impact of such tactics on the history of the South and the rest of the nation. The, sponsored by the University History Institute, features presentations by ��Vlog��ý 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. ��Vlog��ý Little Rock students may attend free of charge. For more information, contact Dr. Jess Porter, chair of the ��Vlog��ý Little Rock Department of History, at jcporter@ualr.edu or 501-569-3236.

Evenings with History lecture will explore how to define the American empire

Ajani Oyindamola — Fri, 01 Mar 2019 14:57:27 +0000

The next ��Vlog��ý Little Rock Evenings with History lecture series will explore how to define the expansion of the American empire on Tuesday, March 5. Dr. Charles Romney, associate professor of history at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, will present “Defining the American Empire,” 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—and possibly unique—history of zones controlled by the United States. “Scholars struggle to locate the right analytical framework to understand the expansion of the United States,” Romney said. “Is 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’s republican ideology?” The, sponsored by the University History Institute, features presentations by ��Vlog��ý 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. ��Vlog��ý Little Rock students may attend free of charge. For more information, contact Dr. Jess Porter, chair of the ��Vlog��ý Little Rock Department of History, at jcporter@ualr.edu or 501-569-3236.

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����Vlog��ý Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture to host History Alive: Virtually! Session on Feb. 1