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Shaun Armstead '15

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Sofia Foradori and Victoria Ashley in the WEGL studio

Sofia Foradori & Victoria Ashley

Co-presidents, Auburn History Club

Xaq Frohlich

Assistant Professor of History

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We delve into a broad range of modern topics like immigration, race, industrialization and war. We engage our students, faculty and community in critical conversations from a historical perspective.

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Auburn History Club blends research, innovation to share history through WEGL radio hour

The Auburn History Club broadcasts the importance of history research through a new podcast partnership with WEGL radio.
Six CLA faculty and staff members to be recognized with Auburn Author Awards

Six faculty and staff members from Auburn University’s College of Liberal Arts will be recognized at the 2023 Auburn Author Awards ceremony on April 11.
Auburn-led research team to unveil enhanced declassified ‘Bloody Sunday’ FBI photos in Selma, Alabama, ahead of civil rights event’s 58th anniversary

An Auburn University-led interdisciplinary research team will unveil declassified FBI photos taken from “Bloody Sunday.”
Legacy of Auburn history department alumnus Gordon Bond carried on through granddaughter

Emma Bond found more than just her history meeting the first time she entered the Department of History’s library.

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