This New York Times essay references scholarly examination of the well know slave narrative, soon to be a movie, Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northup. This will be of interest to those concerned with how non-historians portray historic events. An Escape From

This Saturday, September 21st, from 11am to 4pm, Cincinnati area residents can enjoy a history tour of Hamilton Avenue and the College Hill area. Sponsored by the Mt. Healthy, and the North College Hill  and College Hill Historical Societies, the Clovernook Center, the Twin

Please join local community leaders and UC faculty in a round-table discussion, on September 19th, about international migration, the immigrant communities in Cincinnati, and US immigration reform. Our own history Professor Brianna N. Leavitt-Alcántara, along with Dr. Leila Rodriguez from the Anthropology department, have coordinated

HISTORIANS AGAINST SLAVERY TO HOST A NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMBATING SLAVERY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING --SEPTEMBER 19-21, 2013. Cincinnati, Ohio — “Crossing Boundaries, Making Connections: American Slavery and Antislavery Now and Then,” a conference to be held at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center addresses the

Please mark your calendars to join us for a research presentation the week after next by Professor Stan Corkin of the UC English Department. Professor Corkin’s research area is the history of American culture, literature, and film.  He has just completed work on