Dr. Hubbs’s book Class, Whiteness, and Southern Literature is the topic of conversation on the latest (June 15, 2023) episode of the popular History of Literature podcast. You can listen
Professor Morgan participated in a panel presentation with Selma Civil Rights Movement veterans
In late April, Professor Morgan participated in a panel presentation with Selma Civil Rights Movement veterans Joyce O’Neal and Dianne Harris at the Birmingham Public Library. The panel was held
Dr. Hubbs Awarded Promotion to Full Professor
Congratulations to Dr. Hubbs for her promotion to Full Professor! She joined the department in 2009 and has taught and published extensively on US Southern literature and culture. Her latest
Dr. Weisbard Wins Fulbright Award
Congratulations to Dr. Weisbard for winning a Fulbright Award for the 2023-24 academic year! He will spend this time at Uppsala University in Sweden working on two book projects and
Dr. Innis-Jimenez Elected to OAH Executive Board
Congratulations to Dr. Innis-Jimenez, who has been elected to the Executive Board of the Organization of American Historians (OAH) for a three-year term (2023-2026).
Dr. Hubbs’s book just out from Cambridge University Press
Dr. Hubbs’s book, Class, Whiteness, and Southern Literature, was published on December 15, 2022 by Cambridge University Press. Part of the Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture series, the book
New Book From UA Professor Investigates Cross-Cultural Body Modification
Dr. Mairin Odle’s book, Under the Skin: Tattoos, Scalps, and the Contested Language of Bodies in Early America (University of Pennsylvania Press, Nov. 2022), looks at body modifications as signs of
AMS major Kathryn Haynes releases debut EP
It’s a perennial question when everyone returns to the UA campus each fall: What did you do during the summer? For AMS major Kathryn Haynes, her primary focus this summer
Dr. Morgan joins panel for Thorton Dial exhibit
Professor Morgan recently joined artists Lonnie Holley and Richard Dial and curator-scholar Anne Collins Smith as part of an opening panel discussion for the exhibition Thornton Dial: I, Too, Am
New Book Announcement
Dr. Mairin Odle’s book, Under the Skin: Tattoos, Scalps, and the Contested Language of Bodies in Early America (University of Pennsylvania Press, Nov. 2022) looks at body modifications as signs