Stories

With the nation’s semiquincentennial on the horizon, Texas Christian University is taking a fresh look at the Revolutionary War through the LCpl. Benjamin W. Schmidt Symposium on War, Conflict, and Society.

Rebecca Sharpless, professor of history at TCU, explains the history of baking, and more specifically, the cultural significance of fruitcakes.

Melissa Reynolds explores how readers hundreds of years ago grappled with the same challenges we face today — sorting truth from misinformation and trying to make sense of an ever-expanding world of information.

The Department of History in the AddRan College of Liberal Arts has been named a partner in the Department of Defense POW-MIA Accounting Agency’s (DPAA) Hub and Spoke program.

Samuel Davis’ research is about making connections between histories often studied in isolation.

Kara Dixon Vuic, LCpl. Benjamin W. Schmidt Professor of War, Conflict, and Society in 20th-Century America, talked with Mariel Padilla at The 19th News about comments made by Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defense.

Professor Kara Dixon Vuic's class produced and launched “History Frogcast,” a nine-part series exploring the lives and impact of Horned Frogs during periods of conflict in American history.