by Cheyenne Roy | Jul 4, 2024 | Books & Publications, Features, Research
Mahmoud, Felciano Publish Books on Postcolonial Bildungsroman in Egypt and Puerto Rico Rania Mahmoud, assistant professor of Arabic, and Violeta Lorenzo Feliciano, associate professor of Spanish, both in the Department of World Languages, Literatures and Cultures,...
by Melinda Adams | Jul 2, 2024 | Books & Publications, Features, Research
History Professor Wins National Book Prize Brian McGowan, an assistant professor in the Department of History, along with his collaborator, Michael Gennaro, from Seminole State College, have won the 2024 North American Society for Sports History Best Anthology Award...
by Padma Viswanathan | Jun 14, 2024 | Books & Publications, Events, Features, Research
Inaugural Arkansas International Writer-at-Risk Anticipates First Novel Nigerian author and inaugural Arkansas International Writer-at-Risk Fellow Uchenna Awoke is less than a month away from his prestigious debut as a novelist. Although the writer has published short...
by Hardin Young | Jun 5, 2024 | Awards & Honors, Books & Publications, Faculty Points of Pride, Features, Research, Research and Innovation
The Courtesy to Listen: The Extraordinary Success of Historian Elliott West When Elliott West arrived at the University of Colorado in 1967 to begin his master’s degree in history, he was shocked to find out he had to specialize in a particular area. He studied...
by Andra Liwag | May 4, 2024 | Awards & Honors, Books & Publications, Features, Research
NEH Grant to Support History Research on South American Indigenous War and Mission Militias Shawn Austin, associate professor of history, received a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend — one of two recipients of NEH support in the state of Arkansas in...
by Andra Liwag | Apr 7, 2024 | Awards & Honors, Books & Publications, Faculty Points of Pride, Features, Research
U of A’s Elliott West Wins Prestigious Bancroft Prize U of A historian Elliott West has been named one of two winners of the 2024 Bancroft Prizes in American History and Diplomacy – known as one of the most distinguished and coveted awards in the field of...