UAH Humanities Center Hosts Dr. Ussama Makdisi

UAH Humanities Center Hosts Dr. Ussama Makdisi

Mar 22, 2022

As a part of a digital speakers series visit to UAH, history graduate student Amber Laxson interviewed Dr. Ussama Makdisi (Professor of History and first holder of the Arab American Educational Foundation Chair of Arab Studies at Rice Universi...

UAH to host The Huntsville Human Rights Film Festival March 30 – April 3, 2022

UAH to host The Huntsville Human Rights Film Festival March 30 – April 3, 2022

Feb 11, 2022

The Huntsville Human Rights Film Festival will take place March 30 – April 3 on the campus of the University of Alabama in Huntsville. The Festival is a collaboration of the UAH Humanities Center, Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Office of Stu...

Sarah Hakim

Scholarship recipient and political science student Sarah Hakim advocates for policy change during CAHS-funded trip to Washington, D.C.

Feb 10, 2022

Sarah Hakim, a junior working toward her degree in political science and philosophy, likes keeping her options open. ...

An interview with Humanities Center guest Dr. Blake Ball

An interview with Humanities Center guest Dr. Blake Ball

Feb 07, 2022

By: Greta "Gigi" Rhuberg (Secondary Education & History) Dr. Blake Ball says that Peanuts works as a window to the public’s perception of the world. In his research for Charlie Brown's America: The Popular Politics of Peanuts, Ball came acro...

little girl sitting in a giant birdcage

CAHS’s Chris Taylor creates sculpture installation for Huntsville Botanical Garden

Jan 20, 2022

Chris Boyd Taylor, an associate professor of sculpture and art at UAH, recently unveiled a sculpture installation at the Huntsville Botanical Garden. ...

Diverse voices in the Humanities

UAH CAHS, Diverse Voices in the Humanities present webinar featuring Dr. Cynthia A. Young

Feb 18, 2021

Dr. Cynthia Ann Young, head of the Department of African American Studies at Pennsylvania State University, will be featured when The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, presents a webinar to highl...

Diverse Voices in the Humanities

The History Department and Humanities Center welcome guest lecturer Dr. Colleen Ho, a specialist in medieval history  

Oct 26, 2020

The History Department and Humanities Center are delighted to host a virtual lecture by Dr. Colleen Ho, a specialist in medieval history and a Senior Lecturer at the University of Maryland, College Park. In “The Unintended Legacy of Medieval...

Gerry Schaffer

Gerry Schaffer wins 2020 Alumni of Achievement award for CAHS

Oct 06, 2020

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, announced that Gerry Schaffer has won the 2020 Alumni of Achievement Award for the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. ...

View of Morton Hall Renovations & new extension from across the quad.

Morton Hall reopens with 21st century panache, versatility

Sep 17, 2020

It’s a fact of life: change is inevitable. And Morton Hall has witnessed its fair share over the past six decades. The historic structure houses the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (CAHS) at the University of Alabama in Huntsville...

Entrance to Morton Hall.

UAH sets sixth consecutive enrollment record

Sep 15, 2020

Today The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, announced record enrollment for fall 2020 of 10,000 students. This marks the sixth straight year of successive growth for the campus. Since 2014, UAH e...