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Telisha Dionne Bailey Honored

Telisha Dionne Bailey was recently honored in Reinhardt University's 10 Under 10.  Bailey received her BA at Reinhardt during 2003.  She … [Read More...]

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George Rable to Speak on Religion and the Civil War at the University of Mississippi

The Center for Civil War Research at the University of Mississippi is pleased to announce that George C. Rable, of the University of … [Read More...]

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“George Washington: Life & Leadership”

  Ron Chernow is an award-winning journalist, historian and biographer, best known for writing insightful biographies of historical … [Read More...]

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38th Annual Porter L. Fortune, Jr. History Symposium Program

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2013 History Day

 The 2013 History Day High School Competition at the University of Mississippi is set for Saturday, February 23.   Entry fee is only $5 … [Read More...]

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Otis W. Pickett Wins Award for Article

Otis W. Pickett's article “'We Are Marching to Zion': Zion Church and the Distinctive Work of Presbyterian Slave Missionaries in … [Read More...]

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Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Ottoman History: The Connection Between Cutting-Edge Technology and Historical Research

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Conference on the Civil War: The War at Home

“The War at Home: Civilians Experience the Civil War” 2012 Conference on the Civil War, October 19 & 20 University of … [Read More...]

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Civil War Research on African American Soldiers Draws National Attention

Presenting his findings on African American service in the Civil War, Miller Boyd, an advanced doctoral student of history at the … [Read More...]

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Rachel Smith Purvis Awarded Yale Fellowship

A Department of History doctoral student, Rachel Smith Purvis, has been awarded the Cassius Marcellus Clay Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Yale … [Read More...]

Featured Publications

London by Robert O. Bucholz and Joseph P. Ward

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The Making of a Patriot by Sheila Skemp

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Political Leadership, Nations and Charisma Co-edited by Vivian Ibrahim

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A Laboratory of Liberty by Marc H. Lerner

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At Home and Under Fire by Susan R. Grayzel

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The West African Slave Plantation by Bashir Salau

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Flashes of a Southern Spirit by Charles Reagan Wilson

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Writing Women’s History by Elizabeth Anne Payne

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