Dr. Michael Heil

Heil Pens Book Chapter Detailing How Catholic Clerics Used Canon Law in Medieval Italy

A University of Arkansas at Little Rock history professor has written a book chapter outlining how Catholic clerics used canon law more than 1,000 years ago in Italy. Continue reading “Heil Pens Book Chapter Detailing How Catholic Clerics Used Canon Law in Medieval Italy”

Dr. John Kirk

Kirk to Give Talk on Little Rock Nine at Eisenhower Presidential Library

Dr. John Kirk, George W. Donaghey Distinguished Professor of History at UA Little Rock, will give a virtual presentation on the Little Rock Nine at the Dwight D. Eisenhower President Library, Museum, and Boyhood Home on Tuesday, June 13. Continue reading “Kirk to Give Talk on Little Rock Nine at Eisenhower Presidential Library”

UA Little Rock students Dora Bradley, Emily Housdam, and Revis Edmonds receive the Gingles Award from the Arkansas Historical Association.

UA Little Rock Historians Win Gingles Award

A group of historians from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock have won the Gingles Award from the Arkansas Historical Association for their exploration of the criminal case of two African American Arkansans who were executed for the alleged rape of a white woman in the 1930s. Continue reading “UA Little Rock Historians Win Gingles Award”

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has chosen Drs. Robert Lytle, Rebecca Glazier, Stephen Grace, Mark Baillie, and John Kirk as the winners of the 2023 Faculty Excellence Awards.

UA Little Rock Honors Lytle, Glazier, Grace, Baillie, Kirk as 2023 Faculty Excellence Winners

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has chosen Drs. Robert Lytle, Rebecca Glazier, Stephen Grace, Mark Baillie, and John Kirk as the winners of the 2023 Faculty Excellence Awards.
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UA Little Rock Downtown, in collaboration with the UA Little Rock Department of History, will host a career and mentorship panel for history students and prospective students on Thursday, April 13.

UA Little Rock Downtown to Host Career Panel for History Students

UA Little Rock Downtown, in collaboration with the UA Little Rock Department of History, will host a career and mentorship panel for history students and prospective students on Thursday, April 13. Continue reading “UA Little Rock Downtown to Host Career Panel for History Students”

Photo of Dr. Jess Porter by Ben Krain.

Porter Named Executive Director of Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Dr. Jess Porter, associate professor of geography at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, has been named the executive director of the university’s Center for Arkansas History and Culture. Continue reading “Porter Named Executive Director of Center for Arkansas History and Culture”

Harrison Mitchell

UA Little Rock Graduate Completes Thesis on Content in German-Language Newspaper During WWI

A graduating UA Little Rock student is thankful to the history department for helping prepare him for a career as an archivist through the extensive research he was required to do for his thesis.  Continue reading “UA Little Rock Graduate Completes Thesis on Content in German-Language Newspaper During WWI”

Brian Neel

Neel Awarded Inaugural Grant from Rutherford Endowment to Create Oral History of Ralph Bunch Community

A UA Little Rock student is one of four students selected across the University of Arkansas System who is an inaugural recipient of a grant honoring James L. “Skip” Rutherford III, dean emeritus of the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service. Continue reading “Neel Awarded Inaugural Grant from Rutherford Endowment to Create Oral History of Ralph Bunch Community”