Making History
The Department of History at Texas Tech University is a vibrant community of scholars who seek to understand the past and teach courses that introduce students to the processes of historical thinking and analysis for the development of an informed citizenry. We offer undergraduate and graduate programs taught by a diverse faculty from a range of disciplines and research fields. We invite you to explore our website and learn more about our faculty, students, and the courses that make us unique.
Department Highlights
PhD Candidate, Autumn Lass,
received the Helen Jones Dissertation writing fellowship and the Truman Presidential Library research award this spring. Autumn will use the money to finish her research and writing this fall on her dissertation, "Evolving Images of Containment: Perception Management and Domestic Propoganda during the Early Cold War Period."
Karl Marlantes, bestselling author of Matterhorn: a Novel of the Vietnam War and What it is Like to Go to War will be speaking on Thursday, March 28th at 7:00 pm at the Lanier Auditorium of the Texas Tech Law School. Marlantes served as a Marine in the Vietnam War and is a graduate of Yale and a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford. There will be books available to purchase and a signing will follow the lecture.
read more...On Friday, May 3, 2013, the Department of History will be honoring the accomplishments of its travel and research award winners. The event will take place in Holden Hall 129 from 3:00-5:00 in the afternoon. For more information, contact the history department at 806-742-3744 or info.history@ttu.edu.
read more...On Saturday, May 4, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. the History Department will host its annual awards reception at the International Cultural Center at Texas Tech University located at 601 Indiana Avenue. For more information contact the department at 806-742-3744 or info.history@ttu.edu.
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Hours: 8:00-12:00, 1:00-5:00 (M-F)
Phone: (806) 742-3744
Fax: (806) 742-1060
Email: info.history@ttu.edu
Mailing Address:
Department of History,
Texas Tech University,
Box 41013, Lubbock, Texas 79409-1013