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
2025 Mahan Lecture Series
The Suburban Crisis: White America and the War on Drugs
Dr. Matthew Lassiter, University of Michigan
Tuesday, March 11, 7pm
Laidlaw Performing Arts Center, 5751USA Dr. N.
Dr. Michael Butler, Flagler College
"Civil Rights in Escambia County, Florida"
6 p.m. | Marx Library Auditorium
Wednesday, April 2
Dr. Amy Smon, Michigan State University
"Yiddish Ghetto Diaries in the Holocaust"
Inaugural Gulf Coast Center for Holocaust and Human Rights Education Fellows Lecture
6 p.m. | Marx Library Auditorium
