LSU History Department

New lecture series cosponsored with the LSU Ethics Institute on Race, History, and Medicine: Monday, 10/23, 3:30 PM, Hill Memorial Library – Kevin McQueeney (Nicholls State), “A City Without Care: 300 Years of Racism, Health Disparities, and Healthcare Activism in New Orleans”

Italian archeologists are hailing the discovery of two dozen bronze statues as the "most exceptional" in the last 50 years. The figurines were perfectly preserved in an ancient Tuscan thermal spring. n.pr/3PwgHSh

Congratulations to the History Department's Dr. Jason Wolfe, who received the Phi Kappa Phi Outstanding Instructor Award from the LSU Alumni Association. Well done!

First week at LSU! ✅

Tom Barber and Jeff Crawford have published a piece in Muster, the Journal of the Civil War Era, about their successful effort to remove a monument to white supremacy in Colfax, Louisiana. Well done, Tom and Jeff! journalofthecivilwarera.org/2021/07/removi…

East Baton Rouge Parish Family Court judge committed judicial misconduct when she had the stepmother of a child involved in a visitation case arrested at the school where she taught, a state panel says. ⤵ theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/ne…

The final #LSU21 graduation ceremony is complete! Congrats to all our newest alumni! 🎉💜💛 #GeauxTigers #LSUGrad

Professors Suzanne Marchand and Aaron Sheehan-Dean will participate in a forum discussion, Uncertainty Across the Arts and Sciences, on March 9. Sign up to attend virtually, through Eventbrite!

Join us Thursday, Jan. 28 at 7:00PM CST for a Town Hall on the January 6 Insurrection. @ManshipSchool Prof. Bob Mann will moderate the discussion, feat. Professors Belinda Davis, Jonathan Earle, Aaron Sheehan-Dean, Jas Sullivan, and Matthew Valasik. JOIN: lsu.zoom.us/j/97404875508?…

Is this "1776?" Is it "1865?" Is it "1877?" Prof. Jonathan Earle spoke with Governing magazine about history and the current political moment: governing.com/now/Trumps-Sec… #lsuhistorians

Students in Prof. Marchand's HIST 2126 researched cities of Modern Europe during the Fall semester. Click to view an informative (and fun!) video presentation of some of the results of their research... Enjoy! tinyurl.com/LSUHistory2126…

EVENT: How Languages Saved Me: An Exemplary Story of Survival by Dr. Stefanie Naumann, Professor of Management at the University of the Pacific Tuesday, Feb 9 at 5 p.m. Learn more: lsu.edu/hss/fll/news/2…

Eerie echoes of the past in today's electoral (and anti-electoral) politics: Department chair and Fred C. Frey Professor Aaron Sheehan-Dean wrote about parallels with pre-Civil War America in an op-ed published in the Washington Post. washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/1…

Dr. Stephen Andes' book, Zorro's Shadow, made the list of the Chicago Tribune's 12 must-reads for Fall 2020. Well done @steveandes!

Dr. Stephen Andes is scheduled to be moderator at the upcoming BR MidCity MicroCon panel on LatinX representation in comics! @steveandes is author of the new book, Zorro's Shadow: How a Mexican Legend Became America's First Superhero. youtube.com/watch?feature=… #lsuhistorians

HIGH RATINGS: Prof.Catherine Jacquet is the subject of a highly complimentary Reveille profile that praises her inspirational work teaching a generation of students who are in college during today's tumultuous times. Well done Dr. Jacquet! lsureveille.com/news/lsu-histo… @catoclysmic

LSU historian's work cited in a Supreme Court opinion. Thank you for demonstrating the value and relevance of real historical scholarship, Dr. Isenberg! lsu.edu/hss/news/isenb… @andyandnancy

Profs. Veldman, Gutfreund and Bardes co-authored a very timely piece in The Advocate, on the history of LSU and segregation resistance! Well done.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/op…

Charlie Royster: AHA Perspectives has published a fitting obituary and career review of the late former Boyd Professor --an accomplished historian, genial colleague and athoughtful mentor: historians.org/publications-a…

Congratulations to our very own Kris Plunkett!