Department of History Calendar—Fall 2026

Constitution Day
Panelists
James Fahey, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Memphis
Daniel Kiel, FedEx Professor of Law, University of Memphis
Dr. Ann Youngblood Mulhearn, Lecturer, Middle Tennessee State University 
Moderator
Daphene McFerren, Executive Director, The Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change

Time: 3:30 - 4:30 pm
Location: McWerter Library Second Floor Commons

Book Signing

Bertha Looney, "We Dared To Be First: Memoirs by a Memphis State Eight Trailblazer"

Time: 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Location: University of Memphis Administration Building 2nd Floor Atrium

Belle McWilliams Lecture
Speaker: Rebecca L. Davis (University of Delaware):

"Fierce Desires: Variation, Conflict, and Pleasure in the History of American Sexuality"

Reception 5:30pm // Lecture 6:00pm
Location: McWerter Library Second Floor Commons (see map)