The University of South Alabama Department of History helps students gain an ability to understand unfamiliar people and societies, read and think critically, and write with clarity and precision. With a dedicated faculty covering a diverse array of geographic and intellectual areas, as well as an expansive temporal depth, history majors will not only learn about the past, they will learn to create history.
What Can I Do With a Degree in History?
History majors at South follow many career paths with their degree. Graduates move on to teach students about the past, preserve historic buildings, create museum exhibits, or film documentaries. Others pursue careers in law, journalism and business. Workplaces need employees who can quickly digest large amounts of information, draw logical conclusions from it, and express themselves clearly orally and in writing.
Spring Semester 2025
Tuesday, March 11
Dr. Matthew Lassiter, University of Michigan
2025 Mahan Lecture Series The Suburban Crisis: White America and the War on Drugs
7 p.m. | Laidlaw Performing Arts Center, 5751USA Dr. S.
Wednesday, April 2
Dr. Amy Simon, Michigan State University
"Emotions in Yiddish Ghetto Diaries: Encountering Persecutors and Questioning Humnanity"
Inaugural Gulf Coast Center for Holocaust and Human Rights Education Fellows Lecture
6:30 p.m. | Marx Library Auditorium
Tuesday, April 15
Dr. Jeffrey Herf, University of Maryland
"Historical Context Matters: Islamism, Antisemitism and Hamas Before and Since October 7"
Sponsored by the Jewish and Holocaust Studies Program and the Alabama Holocaust Commission
6 p.m. | Marx Library Auditorium
