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June 9th, 2017
New Undergraduate Minor in Medieval and Early Modern Studies
Announcing the creation of a new undergraduate minor in Medieval and Early Modern Studies housed in the College of L... Read More ➝
April 20th, 2017
The History of Black Civil Rights in Lafayette Parish, 1800-1970
Rick Swanson, JD, PhD, and head of the Political Science Department will present a talk on "The History of Black Civ... Read More ➝
May 20th, 2016
Acclaimed author T. Geronimo Johnson visited UL Lafayette and gave a book talk at the Ernest J. Gaines Center during the 2016 spring semester
Johnson received the 2015 Ernest Gaines Award for Literary Excellence for his novel Welcome to Braggsville, which ha... Read More ➝
May 20th, 2016
Dr. Reynaldo Ortiz-Minaya visited the UL Lafayette campus and presented Plantation Economies and Penal Landscapes in the Caribbean
Ortiz-Minaya is on the faculty in Africana Studies at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, where he works on quest... Read More ➝
May 20th, 2016
John Laudun, English professor and folklorist, published The Amazing Crawfish Boat through University Press of Mississippi in Spring of 2016.
In any given year, the Louisiana crawfish harvest tops 50,000 tons.... Read More ➝
May 20th, 2016
John Troutman, UL Lafayette Associate Professor of History at UL Lafayette, pulished Kika Kila: How the Hawaiian Steel Guitar Changed the Sound of Modern Music
Kika Kila begins in 19th century Hawaiʻi, where citizens of the Hawaiian Kingdom crafted new musical sounds and inst... Read More ➝
May 20th, 2016
The Center for Louisiana Studies hosted a musical House Party at Avery Island during spring of 2016
The intimate house concert with renowned local musicians David Greely (founding fiddler of Steve Riley and the Mamou... Read More ➝
May 20th, 2016
Friends of the Humanities featured UL English Professor Mary Ann Wilson as keynote speaker at the 2016 Spring Luncheon
Wilson’s talk was entitled Harper Lee’s Two Souths: To Kill a Mockingbird and Go Set a Watchman.... Read More ➝
May 19th, 2016
Faculty win University Advising Awards
Seven COLA faculty members receive University Advising Awards: Paula Broussard (CJUS), Nancye Roussel (CODI), Ryan T... Read More ➝
May 19th, 2016