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links to historical documents and artifacts, a fact-checker series,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.