Humanities Texas brought three Pulitzer-winning historians to the Lone Star State as part of its Pulitzer Centennial celebration. Video footage of their talks is now available online.
David M. Oshinsky, who was awarded the 2006 Pulitzer Prize in History for "Polio: An American Story," spoke at University of Texas at Austin in partnership with the LBJ Presidential Library.
Daniel Walker Howe, who was awarded the 2008 History prize for "What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848," spoke at the University of Houston.
Alan Taylor was awarded the Pulitzer in History in 1996 for "William Cooper's Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic." He was recognized with a second Pulitzer in 2014 for "The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832." He spoke at The University of Texas at San Antonio.
For more information, visit the Humanities Texas website.
Also with support from the Campfires Initiative:
Humanities Texas partnered with the University of North Texas's Mayborn School of Journalism to present "The Pulitzer Prizes and Journalism's Impact on UNT" and with the Friends of the Dallas Public Library to hold a public lecture by author Gilbert King.