Pulitzer Prize Winner Jack E. Davis Speaks At UAB Jan. 17

BIRMINGHAM, AL - One of the premier historians on the Gulf of Mexico is coming to the University of Alabama at Birmingham next week. Dr. Jack E. Davis, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author of three books and professor of environmental history at the University of Florida, will speak to an audience at UAB Jan. 17 concerning the history, wisdom and hope of the United States and the Gulf of Mexico.

Davis will speak on his book, “The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea,” during his lecture. At the center of his talk is the way people, from pre-Spanish natives to present-day coastal residents, have organized their societies and individual lives around nature, and how Gulf nature has been a positive force in human events.

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“We are very excited to welcome the winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in History to UAB,” said Jonathan Wiesen, Ph.D., professor and chair of the UAB Department of History. “As a historian and regular visitor to the Gulf Coast, I was drawn to Dr. Davis’ splendid book, which touches on so many themes of relevance to our understanding of U.S. history, the history of the Alabama and the broader Gulf coastline, and our past and present relationship with the environment.”

The lecture is free and open to the public. It will be held in Heritage Hall, Lecture Room 102, 1401 University Blvd., from 5-6 p.m. A book signing and reception will precede the lecture.

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