82R13954 MMS-D

By: Kuempel H.R. No. 963

R E S O L U T I O N

WHEREAS, The Department of History at The University of Texas at Austin has created an interactive website that puts the expertise of its faculty at the service of the general citizenry and that provides a public forum for the discussion of historical and contemporary events; and

WHEREAS, Titled Not Even Past, the website derives its name from William Faulkner's famous line that "The past is never dead. It's not even past," an acknowledgment that historical events continue to resonate in the present day; and

WHEREAS, The Not Even Past website brings together a diverse group of historians with international reputations in every major historical field and time period and uses new technology to make their perspectives on topics in Texas, U.S., and world history available to a popular audience; and

WHEREAS, Led by Professor Joan Neuberger and Chairman Alan Tully, the history department established this project in 2010 and developed it with existing financial resources; thousands of visitors from around the world have already accessed the site, which offers book and film recommendations, movie clips, podcasts, links to historical documents and artifacts, a fact-checker series, and free virtual courses; and

WHEREAS, This engaging website constitutes a resource of remarkable range and further advances the university's goal of undertaking programs that benefit all citizens of the Lone Star State; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas Legislature hereby commemorate the launching of the website Not Even Past by The University of Texas at Austin Department of History and extend to all those associated with this project sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further

RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for the UT Department of History as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives.