Department of History

Sewanee: The University of the South


Sewanee's history professors boast remarkably different purviews, with concentrations in the history of women, medieval Europe, Russia and the Far East, the Middle East, Southern Africa, Latin America and the colonization of the New World, 19th- and 20th-century pop culture, politics and military, African Americans in America, and economics and society during and after the Reconstruction, among others.


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History department revises requirements for major

February 1, 2010

Pending College Faculty approval, students in the class of 2012 will be accorded greater choice in fulfilling history major requirements.

The Anita S. Goodstein Lectureship

January 28, 2010

Miriam Forman-Brunell, Professor of History at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, will give the 2010 Goodstein Lecture based on her recent book, Babysitter: An American History (New York University Press, 2009). The lecture will take place in Gailor Auditorium, 7:00 p.m. A reception will follow.

Sewanee Medieval Colloquium

January 12, 2010

The annual Sewanee Medieval Colloquium will take place on Friday and Saturday, April 9-10, 2010, and will be on the theme of "Pilgrimage in the Middle Ages."


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Miriam Forman-Brunell to present lecture

Gailor Auditorium

Wed, March 24, 2010 - 7:00 pm

On March 24, 2010, Miriam Forman-Brunell, Professor of History at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, will give a lecture based on her recent book, Babysitter: An American History (New York University Press, 2009).


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