The following items are representative of some (not all) of the accomplishments of
our graduate students and doctoral alumni.
Publication
University of Memphis graduate students and doctoral alumni have published articles,
essays, and books with the following journals and academic publishers:
Agricultural History
Arkansas Historical Quarterly
Border States
Cambria Press
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Encyclopedia Virginia
Florida Historical Quarterly
German History
German Studies Review
Journal of Homosexuality
Journal of Southern History
Journal of Sport History
Journal of the Early Republic
Journal of Urban History
KMT: A Modern Journal of Ancient Egypt
Louisiana State University Press
McFarland
Missouri Historical Review
New England Quarterly
New York University Press
Palgrave Macmillan
Patterns of Prejudice
South Carolina Historical Magazine
Southern Historian
Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture
Tennessee Historical Quarterly
University of Georgia Press
University of Illinois Press
University of Missouri Press
University of Tampa Press
University of Tennessee Press
University of Utah Press
University Press of Florida
Utah State University Press
West Tennessee Historical Papers
Presentation
Graduate students and doctoral alumni have distinguished themselves through the presentation
of their research at the following conferences/locations around the region and the
world:
American Research Center in Egypt Conference
Annual Symposium of the James Jones Literary Society
Association for Study of Afro-American Life and History
Association of American Geographers
Athens (Greece) Institute for Education and Research
Brian Bertoti Innovative Perspectives in History Graduate Conference
Conference of National Episcopal Historians and Archivists
Conference on Internationalism and the Arts: Anglo-European Cultural Exchange at the
Fin-de-Siècle
Conference on Memory and the Uses of the Past
European Social Science Conference
Everything Southern! Conference
German Studies Association
Graduate History Symposium at the University of Toronto
Hawaii International Conference on Art/Humanities
International Congress on Medieval Studies
Mid-America History Conference
Middle East Studies Association
National Park Service
National Women’s Studies Association Conference
North American Conference on British Studies
Ohio Valley History Conference
Organization of American Historians
Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference
Society for Military History
Social Science History Association
Southern Conference on Women’s History
Southern Festival of Books
Southern Historical Association
Southwest Historical Association
Southwest Social Science Association
Symposium on 19th-Century Press, the Civil War and Free Expression
Tennessee Conference of Historians
Turkish Studies Association
University of Leipzig
University of London
Vietnam Center, Texas Tech University
West Tennessee Historical Society
Honors
In addition to department and university honors, graduate students and doctoral alumni
have also won the following outside awards:
Albert J. Beveridge Grant (AHA)
American Association of University Women Dissertation Fellowship
American Research Center in Egypt student paper competition
Cynthia Pitcock Women’s History Award
Deutsche Welle Prize for Radio Journalism
Doctoral Studies Program of the Southern Regional Educational Board
European Journalist Prize awarded by the European Commission’s Delegation to Romania
FDR Library Summer Research Grant
Filson Society Fellowship
Fulbright Dissertation Fellowship
Fulbright Senior Fellowship in American Studies
German Studies Association Trans-Atlantic Friendship Award
Getty Trust Fellowship
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Fellowship
Gilder Lehrman Institute Seminar
Graduate Student Paper Prize (Middle East Studies Association)
Hagley Museum and Library Research Grant
Jesse Wills Memorial Fellowship
National Patriotic Service Committee American History Scholarship
Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference (Best Paper)
Sydney N. Fisher 2010 Graduate Student Paper Prize (Turkish Studies Association)
Tennessee Association of Museums Award
University of Memphis Society Fellowship
Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges
Who’s Who in America
Editing/Consulting
The following journals, institutions, and publishers have utilized graduate students
in the specific capacity as editors and consultants:
Askahistorian.com
Booker T. Washington Encyclopedia
Longman Publishing
Mississippi River Museum
National Civil Rights Museum
Tennessee State Museum
The Southern Historian
West Tennessee Historical Society Papers