Phi Alpha Theta

Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society

Phi Alpha Theta is the largest college honor society devoted to a single discipline with 820 chapters in the U.S. and three other countries. It was founded on this campus on March 17, 1921. In order to qualify for the Alpha Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, you must be an undergraduate with at least 12 hours of History with a GPA of 3.1 or better and a 3.0 overall. Graduate students must have completed 12 hours toward their degree with a 3.5 or better.

Phi Alpha Theta History Honors Banquet

The 2009 History Honors Banquet will be held in April and will honor the career of Professor William Tucker, our resident scholar of medieval Islam and Islamic history. All new members will be introduced and initiated into the Alpha chapter of Phi Alpha Theta at the banquet. Before the banquet, the annual Phi Alpha Theta Distinguished Lecture will take place (TBA). Past Phi Alpha Theta Lectures include:

  • 2009: Dr. Fred M. Donner, Editor of Al-Usur al-Wusta, the Bulletin of Middle East Medievalists, Professor of History, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago
    "The Development of Early Islamic Political Vocabulary"
  • 2008: Dr. Alan Millett, Director-Eisenhower Center for American Studies and Stephen Ambrose Professor of History, University of New Orleans
    "Going to Korea and Searching for the Korean War"
  • 2007: Dr. Deborah Dash Moore, Huetwell Professor of History and Director of the Jean and Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, University of Michigan
    "GI Jew: How World War II Changed a Generation"
  • 2006: Dr. Pete Sigal, Associate Professor of History, Duke University
    "Tezcatlipoca: A Queer Aztec God?"
  • 2005: Dr. William Beezley, Professor of History, University of Arizona
    "How El Negrito Saved Mexico from the French"

For more information on prizes and scholarships, please contact the National Headquarters:

National Headquarters Website: http://www.phialphatheta.org/

Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society
University of South Florida
4202 East Fowler Avenue SOC107
Tampa, Florida 33620-8100

PHONE: (813) 974-8212 OR (800) 394-8195
FAX: (813) 974-8215

E-MAIL: phialpha@phialphatheta.org