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University of Mississippi

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Visiting Speaker: Dr. Carmelita Hinton, “History in Images”

Director Carma Hinton will show excerpts from her film, The Gate of Heavenly Peace (1995), as well as out-takes from the film. She will discuss her decisions on what to include
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Alexandra Lindgren-Gibson Wins Prestigious Research Fellowship

Alexandra Lindgren-Gibson, an assistant professor of history at the University of Mississippi, has been awarded a research fellowship from the University of Rochester, which funds a year of workshops,
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Porter Fortune Conference, March 29-30, 2019

As part of a campus wide commemoration of the 400th year of the arrival of the first Africans in British North America coordinated by the UM slavery research group, we
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Preview Fall 2019 Courses

It’s hard to believe that we’ll need to start thinking about Summer and Fall 2019 courses, huh? It’s true, though! Summer and Fall academic advising will officially begin immediately
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Women’s History Month Speaker: Anne Balay

Anne Balay lectures at 4 p.m. for this special Monday Brown Bag as part of Women’s History Month. Long-haul trucking is linked to almost every industry in America, yet somehow
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