History Department News
Modern Racism: Students Create Documentaries on Prejudice in Hungary
This UTC News Release spotlighted the study tour and films completed by students in Dr. John Swanson’s class on minorities in Hungary. Collaborative learning experiences beyond the classroom prepare students for a competitive, global-career market. Here is one story that features such experiential learning. Students in “Minorities in 20th Century Europe: Germans, Jews and Roma” toured Hungary to investigate racism and prejudice in the country. See documentaries made…
Student Documentaries on Minorities in Hungary
Over spring break 2018, Department Head John Swanson led a study tour in Hungary for the UTC students in his class on “Minorities in 20th Century Europe: Jews, Germans, and Roma.” The students worked in groups and made short documentary films exploring the past and present circumstances of minority groups in Hungary.
Students Engage History Through Film — Events
Students in two UTC History courses in the Spring 2018 semester participated in study tours to regions they were examining in class and made films about their experiences engaging with history.
Events: What You Can Do with a History Degree
Two events on the skills that studying history teaches and the variety of professional opportunities open to history majors.
History Beyond the Classroom: Exploring Appalachian History in Cades Cove
Prof. Luke Manget took students in his class on Appalachian History (HIST 3920) to Cades Cove, TN over spring break.
UTC Holocaust Lecture
Shoah in the Shtetl: 2018 UTC Holocaust Lecture by Jeffrey Veidlinger, University of Michigan.
How Humanities Can Help Fix the World
How Humanities Can Help Fix the World: John McCumber in The Chronicle of Higher Education on the importance of the humanities.
More Praise for Prof. Mike Thompson’s Book, Now in Paperback
Prof. Michael Thompson‘s book, Working on the Dock of the Bay: Labor and Enterprise in an Antebellum Southern Port, published by the University of South Carolina Press in 2015, is now available in paperback. The book has continued to receive praise from top scholars in the field: “[Thompson] provides fresh insights into class and race relations in the city, and contributes much-needed context for the better-documented labor history of southern…