UL History Well Represented at WCBS

Congratulations to Dr. Rob Hermann, Dr. Alex Whitley, and MA student Ashley Birdsall, who recently presented their research before the Western Conference of British Studies. The conference, held in St. Louis on October 10, features research from scholars of Britain, the British Atlantic World, and the British Empire broadly defined.

Dr. Hermann, the current president of the WCBS and an associate professor of history at UL Lafayette, presented a paper entitled “Reprobate Silver Shall Men Call Them:” How Williamite Ministers Sold the Great Recoinage from the Pulpit.” He also served as moderator for the conference’s keynote address and chaired a session of the meeting. Dr. Whitley, visiting instructor of history, presented “‘Making the Frame for Heaven’: The University Stage and the Prayer Book Rebellion of 1549.” Birdsall, who is pursuing an MA in Public History, presented “Nervous Piece of Flesh: Medical Misogyny and the Clitoris in Seventeenth Century English Medicine.”

Learn more about the Western Conference of British History and the 2025 Conference here.