The Road Scholars Speakers Bureau provides public presentations and lectures on a variety of humanities topics. Designed to educate and entertain, the programs are presented by Alabama’s most enlightening university and independent scholars.
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African Americans
Extremists for the Cause of Justice: Martin Luther King’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Fiddlers, Banjo Players and Strawbeaters—Alabama’s First Pop Musicians
Mother’s Day 1961: The Freedom Rides in Alabama
Rock in a Weary Land: The Black Church in 19th-Century Alabama
Sloss Furnaces: The Industrial Evolution of Birmingham’s Iron Plantation
“The Iron Finger of Love”: The Journey of Clifton Taulbert from Mississippi’s Black Belt
Alabama History
Alabama Cotton and Bemis Bags, Pieced into Quilt History
At Home Between Earth and Sky: Voices from Chandler Mountain
Extremists for the Cause of Justice: Martin Luther King’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Fiddlers, Banjo Players and Strawbeaters—Alabama’s First Pop Musicians
From Tuscumbia to Broadway: The Evolution of the Miracle Worker
How Was that Made in the Cabinetmaking Trade? The Story of Noah Wood
Mother’s Day 1961: The Freedom Rides in Alabama
Music of the Mines, Mills and Railroads of the Birmingham District
The Remarkable Life of Dr. John Allan Wyeth
Rock in a Weary Land: The Black Church in 19th-Century Alabama
School Spirits: Ghost Stories from Alabama ‘s College Campuses
Sloss Furnaces: The Industrial Evolution of Birmingham’s Iron Plantation
Spare Time, Leisure and Recreation in Alabama, 1890-1950
The Cultural Evolution of Alabama
The Ethics of Biblical Interpretation for Modern Faith Communities
The Great Depression in Alabama Photographs
The Great War in the Heart of Dixie: Alabama in World War I
The Hernando de Soto Expedition: Exploration and Tragedy in 16th-Century Alabama and the Southeast
The Role of Convict Labor in the Industrial Development of Birmingham
American Literature
Books: The History and Art of Letterpress Bookmaking
Death as a Fictive Technique in Four Novels
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Alabama Connections
From Tuscumbia to Broadway: The Evolution of the Miracle Worker
“The Iron Finger of Love”: The Journey of Clifton Taulbert from Mississippi’s Black Belt
The Rise and Fall of Atticus Finch
To Kill a Mockingbird: Successes and Myths
When “I” Becomes “Eye”: Seeing More than the Obvious in the Work of Mark Doty
Art
Alabama Cotton and Bemis Bags, Pieced into Quilt History
Books: The History and Art of Letterpress Bookmaking
How Was that Made in the Cabinetmaking Trade? The Story of Noah Wood
Luck, Wealth, Longevity and Happiness: Symbolism in Chinese Art
Telling Stories in Two and Three Dimensions: William Christenberry’s Visual Arts as Storytelling
The Art of War: Posters, Photographs and Postcards of World War I
The Great Depression in Alabama Photographs
Asian Studies
Culture & Folklore
Alabama Cotton and Bemis Bags, Pieced into Quilt History
At Home Between Earth and Sky: Voices from Chandler Mountain
Breakfast of Champions: A History of America’s Morning Meal
Fiddlers, Banjo Players and Strawbeaters—Alabama’s First Pop Musicians
How Was that Made in the Cabinetmaking Trade? The Story of Noah Wood
Music of the Mines, Mills and Railroads of the Birmingham District
Please Pass the Folklore: Family and Community Traditions in the Kitchen and Around the Dinner Table
Putting Down New Roots: An Immigrant Family’s Journey
School Spirits: Ghost Stories from Alabama ‘s College Campuses
Spare Time, Leisure and Recreation in Alabama, 1890-1950
The Cultural Evolution of Alabama
The Southern Accents of Jimmie Rodgers and Hank Williams
Through the Back Door: The Music That Bridged the Bayou
Will Rogers: An American Original—Stand-up Comic and Political Commentator
Exploration
Ethics
Film studies
Genealogy
History
Alabama Cotton and Bemis Bags, Pieced into Quilt History
At Home Between Earth and Sky: Voices from Chandler Mountain
Breakfast of Champions: A History of America’s Morning Meal
Christianity, Pacifism and Principles of Justice in Warfare
Extremists for the Cause of Justice: Martin Luther King’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Famous Lost Words: Recording and Preserving Oral History
Fiddlers, Banjo Players and Strawbeaters—Alabama’s First Pop Musicians
From Tuscumbia to Broadway: The Evolution of the Miracle Worker
How Was that Made in the Cabinetmaking Trade? The Story of Noah Wood
Luck, Wealth, Longevity and Happiness: Symbolism in Chinese Art
Mark Twain’s Private War with God
Mother’s Day 1961: The Freedom Rides in Alabama
Music of the Mines, Mills and Railroads of the Birmingham District
Noah Webster, America’s Forgotten Founding Father: More Than the Dictionary
Olympia Brown: Preacher and Suffragist
Prince Madoc and the Welsh Indians: A Persistent Frontier Myth in Alabama and Beyond
Putting Down New Roots: An Immigrant Family’s Journey
The Remarkable Life of Dr. John Allan Wyeth
Rock in a Weary Land: The Black Church in 19th-Century Alabama
Sloss Furnaces: The Industrial Evolution of Birmingham’s Iron Plantation
Spare Time, Leisure and Recreation in Alabama, 1890-1950
The Americanization of Buddhism—Freedom of Thought, Openness to Discovery
The Art of War: Posters, Photographs and Postcards of World War I
The Cultural Evolution of Alabama
The Great Depression in Alabama Photographs
The Great War in the Heart of Dixie: Alabama in World War I
The Hernando de Soto Expedition: Exploration and Tragedy in 16th-Century Alabama and the Southeast
The Life and Art of Charlotte Salomon
The Rise and Fall of Atticus Finch
The Role of Convict Labor in the Industrial Development of Birmingham
The Way of Tea: Zen Art and Aesthetics
Through the Back Door: The Music That Bridged the Bayou
To Treat and to Train: Tuskegee’s John A. Andrew Clinic
Will Rogers: An American Original—Stand-up Comic and Political Commentator
Judaic Studies
Linguistics
Literature
Blogging: The New Personal Essay
Books: The History and Art of Letterpress Bookmaking
Christianity, Pacifism and Principles of Justice in Warfare
Death as a Fictive Technique in Four Novels
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Alabama Connections
From Tuscumbia to Broadway: The Evolution of the Miracle Worker
Mark Twain’s Private War with God
Nine Bean Rows: Planting “the Divine Detail” in a Poem
Noah Webster, America’s Forgotten Founding Father: More Than the Dictionary
Olympia Brown: Preacher and Suffragist
Telling Stories in Two and Three Dimensions: William Christenberry’s Visual Arts as Storytelling
“The Iron Finger of Love”: The Journey of Clifton Taulbert from Mississippi’s Black Belt
The Ethics of Biblical Interpretation for Modern Faith Communities
The Rise and Fall of Atticus Finch
The Remarkable Life of Dr. John Allan Wyeth
To Kill a Mockingbird: Successes and Myths
They Could Not Find a Heart within the Beast’: Character and Imagery in Julius Caesar
When “I” Becomes “Eye”: Seeing More than the Obvious in the Work of Mark Doty
Music
Oral history
Philosophy
The Americanization of Buddhism—Freedom of Thought, Openness to Discovery
Christianity, Pacifism and Principles of Justice in Warfare
Extremists for the Cause of Justice: Martin Luther King’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail
The Life and Art of Charlotte Salomon
Will Rogers: An American Original—Stand-up Comic and Political Commentator
Religious Studies
Rights Struggles
Extremists for the Cause of Justice: Martin Luther King’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Mother’s Day 1961: The Freedom Rides in Alabama
Olympia Brown: Preacher and Suffragist
“The Iron Finger of Love”: The Journey of Clifton Taulbert from Mississippi’s Black Belt
The Rise and Fall of Atticus Finch
The Role of Convict Labor in the Industrial Development of Birmingham