Category: History

Kathryn Yates (M.A. History of Ideas, 2018) and Dr. Kimberly Hill (History faculty) have joined the new Equal Justice Initiative Coalition of Dallas County. The coalition is part of a larger community remembrance project initiated by the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) in Montgomery, Alabama. The coalition will provide public conversations about the history of racial violence […]

Dr. Kimberly Hill (History faculty) was featured in this year’s university-wide Juneteenth Celebration. In lieu of the annual on-campus celebration with live music and guest speakers, eight members of the UTD community described the significance of previous Juneteenth commemorations and their hopes for future racial justice. Hill focused on a photograph from 1900 that features […]

The School of Arts and Humanities would like to honor and thank three long-time faculty members who are retiring. Milton Cohen retired May 31 and Fred Turner and Zsuzsanna Ozsváth will retire Aug. 31. Fred Turner Dr. Fred Turner is a poet, a cultural critic, a playwright, a philosopher of science, an interdisciplinary scholar, an […]

Center for Values in Medicine, Science, and Technology has launched a new project called “Brief Thoughts on Values in Medicine and Science.” It is a series of reflections by the Center for Values friends, collaborators, and supporters on most current events that touch our society and culture. In two recent episodes, Sean Valles and Ashley […]

Five instructors from The University of Texas at Dallas recently were honored with the annual President’s Teaching Excellence Awards for their positive impact on student learning and innovation in the classroom. UT Dallas President Richard C. Benson recognized the recipients virtually in May for their outstanding efforts. The Center for Teaching and Learning plans to host […]

Two faculty members from the School of Arts and Humanities have been selected to receive the Humanities and Emerging Arts (HEArts) Grant from the UT Dallas Office of Research. Dr. Shilyh Warren, associate professor of film and aesthetic studies, received the grant for her project, “Marie Bonaparte and Feminist Psychoanalysis for the Present.” With the […]

Matthew J. Brown has been promoted to professor. His new official title is professor of Philosophy and History of ideas. He has been at A&H for eleven years and is currently the program head for the History and Philosophy programs. Congratulations Matt!

“Painful Remembrance” is the subject of the Winter 2020 issue of Athenaeum Review, with five articles exploring how difficult memories are shaped and passed on through literature, the arts, and public monuments. The special issue is guest-edited by Nils Roemer, interim dean of the School of the Arts and Humanities, director of the Ackerman Center for […]

The University of Texas at Dallas’ Center for Values in Medicine, Science, and Technology has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation to study how learning and mentoring occurs in a research lab. According to the center’s director, Dr. Matthew Brown, the work will touch on both social science and humanities research. “The […]

The School of Arts and Humanities at The University of Texas at Dallas has three new tenured and tenure-track faculty members who bring a wide range of expertise — in gender, race and law enforcement studies, poetry and creative writing, and art history. “I am excited about our new hires, who already are very accomplished. […]