The State Historical Society of Missouri awarded the 2023 Lewis E. Atherton Award for outstanding doctoral dissertation to Patrick Ayres, PhD, for his dissertation, “The Conservative Heart of the Nation: Political Conservatism in the Civil War Era West." Ayres completed his bachelor’s in history at SIUE in 2016 and master’s in history in 2019. Remarkably, this is not the first time Ayres has received an Atherton Award. His master’s thesis, “Embattled Conservatism: H...
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SIUE Graduate is Second-Time Recipient of Lewis E. Atherton Award
16 May 2024, 11:50 AM
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Colorado Supreme Court Decisions Concerning the Election Ballot has Input from SIUE Historian
7 March 2024, 4:05 PM
When the Colorado Supreme Court made a recent ruling on a candidate’s eligibility on the United States presidential ballot, 25 historians contributed to the amicus brief. Citing expertise on the historical references in the case, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Erik B. Alexander, PHD, associate professor of history, became a signatory.
The history professor was invited to be a part of this landmark case this past January. “Most of the brief had already been wri...
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