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Please join us in congratulating CJ Werking, who has been selected to serve as a member of the Graduate Council of the Society for Civil War Historians!

Beginning today, August 9, masks will be required inside of all University of Kentucky indoor spaces, including both our academic and medical campuses, regardless of an individual’s vaccination status. ➡️uky.edu/coronavirus/up…

Spotted in the #RegisterKHS office - Surviving Southampton: African American Women and Resistance in Nat Turner’s Community by University of Kentucky’s very own @drvholden. @IllinoisPress @UKYHistory @SHEARites @womnknowhistory #RegisterReads

As Kentucky schools start welcoming students back in to their hallways, we thought we'd share some back to school pictures from the archives. Tag a teacher past or present to show support for this upcoming school year! 🍎

Please join us in congratulating @SteffiGreenhill, who successfully defended her dissertation: “Escaped From Dixie: Civil War Refugees and the Creation of a Confederate Diaspora.” Congratulations, Stefanie! #history #civilwarhistory @universityofky

Please join us in congratulating John Perry, who successfully defended his dissertation, “Contested Sovereignty and the Limits of the Postcolonial Nation-State: The United States, Palestinian Refugees, the Muslim Brotherhood, Syrian Ethnic Minorities, and the Early Cold War.”

Join us in congratulating Cody Foster, who successfully defended his dissertation: “To Reawaken the Conscience of Mankind: The International War Crimes Tribunal and Transnational Human Rights Activism During the Vietnam War, 1966-1967.” Congratulations, Cody! @univofkentucky

Check out new book by @nicholsonjamesc - Racing for America: The Horse Race of a Century and the Redemption of a Sport #twitterstorians. Spotted in the #RegisterKHS office today. @KentuckyPress @UKYHistory @Equine_History @HNet_Sport

Please join us in congratulating Carson Benn, who successfully defended his doctoral dissertation, “Appalachia on the Airwaves: A History of Public Educational Television in the Southern Mountains.” #history #Appalachia #PhD

Please join us in congratulating Abigail Stephens who successfully defended her MA thesis, “Building Public Health in a Rural State: Strategies for Preventing Disease in Kentucky, 1883-1914.” Congratulations @abikstephens !!!

Join us in congratulating @CurwoodA who received the UK College of Arts & Sciences Distinguished Service or Engagement Award! Congratulations Dr. Curwood!

muse.jhu.edu/issue/40220 Vote for your favorite article in link above. @May201856 @andrewppatrick @SCWHGrads @SHEARites @AppalachStudies @UKYHistory @CentreC

Please join us in congratulating Emily Libecap, the recipient of the UK College of Arts & Sciences Outstanding TA award! Congratulations, Emily!

Event alert!! @amurrelltaylor will be giving her Distinguished Professor Lecture on Tuesday, April 13 at 7pm! Register here: uknow.uky.edu/uk-happenings/…

Congratulations to the Holman Hamilton award winners 2021! Jacob Baird Mackenzie Brunson Gretchin Kepplinger Seth Ricketts This fellowship, which honors a former faculty member, is awarded to a senior History major with a high GPA and demonstrated excellence in History courses.

Dr. Gerald Smith has been hosting a series on racial justice and equality. Have you checked it out yet? esweku.org/racial-justice…

Check out @jilleanmcc in this discussion series presented by Arizona State University this week! ihr.asu.edu/black-ecologie…

Beverly Perdue graduated with a degree from @UKYHistory in 1969 and made history in 2009 when she was elected to be North Carolina's 73rd and first ever female governor! Beverly has also served in the North Carolina House and Senate! #KYCan #WomensHistoryMonth

The Department of History is delighted to announce that Michelle Starkey is the recipient of the first-ever Robert M. Ireland Essay Prize for “Bleeding Eastern Kentucky,” which she researched and wrote for a History 499 seminar under the supervision of Professor Kathryn Newfont.

nytimes.com/2021/03/15/art… Congratulations to Dr. Tracy Campbell!