Calendar of Events
2007
SEPTEMBER
September 11, 2007
Dr. Sarah Franklin will moderate the year's first War and Society Roundtable at the Library of Hattiesburg, Petal, and Forrest County.
September 12, 2007
The World Civilization Film Series begins with a showing of Cecil B. DeMille's classic The Ten Commandments at 6:30pm in Gonzales Auditorium.
September 18, 2007
The Center for War and Society presents Robert Rogers: War & Society on the Early American Frontier, a talk by Lt. Col. John Grenier, PhD, author of The First Way of War (Cambridge, 2006), in LAB 101 at 6:30PM.
September 19, 2007
The World Civilization Film Series features The Message at 6:30pm in Gonzales Auditorium.
September 25 and 26, 2007
Members of the Department of History will join with distinguished scholars from across the nation to examine the contribution of the Marquis de Lafayette to the nation's early history. For more information, contact Sean Farrell.
September 26, 2007
The World Civilization Film Series features Jesus Christ Superstar at 6:30pm in Gonzales Auditorium.
September 28, 2007
Deadline for graduate students to submit applications for the USM History Graduate Travel Awards to support conference attendance or research.
OCTOBER
October 4, 2007 [POSTPONED due to Football Game]
The World Civilization Film Series features The Anchoress at 6:30pm in Gonzales Auditorium.
October 9, 2007
Dr. Andrew P. Haley will moderate the year's second War and Society Roundtable at the Library of Hattiesburg, Petal, and Forrest County.
October 10, 2007
The World Civilization Film Series features Apocalypto at 6:30pm in Gonzales Auditorium.
October 11, 2007
The Center for the Study of the Gulf South is sponsoring a talk by Ibrahima Seck of Cheikh Anta Diop University, Senegal, titled "Africans and Germans in Louisiana: the Antebellum History of Whitney Plantation." The talk and discussion is part of the 2007-08 James Baird Colloquium Series and will be held at 4:00pm in the History Seminar Room (455 Liberal Arts).
October 24, 2007
The World Civilization Film Series features Elmer Gantry at 6:30pm in Gonzales Auditorium.
October 31, 2007
The World Civilization Film Series features Himalaya at 6:30pm in Gonzales Auditorium.
NOVEMBER
November 7, 2007
The World Civilization Film Series features The Best Two Years at 6:30pm in Gonzales Auditorium.
November 13, 2007
Dr. Michail Neiberg will moderate the year's third War and Society Roundtable at the Library of Hattiesburg, Petal, and Forrest County.
November 14, 2007
The World Civilization Film Series features The Cup at 6:30pm in Gonzales Auditorium.
November 28, 2007
The World Civilization Film Series features God is Brazillian at 6:30pm in Gonzales Auditorium.
November 29, 2007
The Center for the Study of the Gulf South presents their second speaker in this year's James Baird Southern Studies Colloquium Series, Dr. Clarence Mohr, University of South Alabama. Dr. Mohr will speak about "Learning to be Southern (And Then Forgetting All About It):
Higher Education and Regional Identity in the South, 1880-1980" at 4pm in LAB 455.
DECEMBER
December 1, 2007
Roots Reunion, a stage show and radio broadcast featuring music from Mississippi, will be presented at the Saenger Theater by the Southern Mississippi Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage.
December 5, 2007
The World Civ Film Series features Osama at 6:30pm in Gonzales Auditorium.
December 11, 2007
The Center for War and Society Roundtable hosts an informal discussion and social at 6:30pm at the Library of Hattiesburg, Petal, and Forrest County.
2008
JANUARY
January 8, 2008
Dr. Kyle Zelner will moderate the new year's first War and Society Roundtable at the Library of Hattiesburg, Petal, and Forrest County.
January 23, 2008
The World Civ Film Series features Mulan at 6:30pm in Gonzales Auditorium.
January 30, 2008
The World Civ Film Series features The Passion of Joan of Arc at 6:30pm in Gonzales Auditorium.
FEBRUARY
February 11, 2008
The Third Annual War and Society Lecture Society presents "Irregular Warfare in the Pacific," a joint lecture featuring Gary Sheffield of the University of Birmingham, and Andrew Wiest of USM.
February 12, 2008
Erin O'Donnell will moderate the War and Society Roundtable at the Library of Hattiesburg, Petal, and Forrest County.
February 13, 2008
The World Civ Film Series features Queen Christina at 6:30pm in Gonzales Auditorium.
February 20, 2008
The World Civ Film Series features Stage Beauty at 6:30pm in Gonzales Auditorium.
February 27, 2008
The World Civ Film Series features Junoon at 6:30pm in Gonzales Auditorium.
February 27, 2008
The Third Annual War and Society Lecture Society presents "The Long Road to Pearl Harbor," a lecture by Brian McAllister Linn, Texas A&M University.
MARCH
March 1, 2008
Roots Reunion, a stage show and radio broadcast featuring music from Mississippi, will be presented at the Saenger Theater by the Southern Mississippi Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage.
March 5, 2008
The World Civ Film Series features Iron Jawed Angels at 6:30pm in Gonzales Auditorium.
March 11, 2008
Dr. Pam Tyler will moderate the a War and Society Roundtable at the Library of Hattiesburg, Petal, and Forrest County.
March 25, 2008
The Third Annual War and Society Lecture Society presents "MIA in America: Vietnam Aftermath Narratives," a lecture by Maureen Ryan, USM.
March 26, 2008
The World Civ Film Series features Raise the Red Lantern at 6:30pm in Gonzales Auditorium.
APRIL
April 2, 2008
The World Civ Film Series features Strike at 6:30pm in Gonzales Auditorium.
April 8, 2008
Dr. Phyllis Jestice will moderate the a War and Society Roundtable at the Library of Hattiesburg, Petal, and Forrest County.
April 9, 2008
The World Civ Film Series features Inch' Allah Dimanche at 6:30pm in Gonzales Auditorium.
April 10, 2008
The Third Annual War and Society Lecture Society presents "The Lessons of Vietnam," a lecture by James Willbanks, U.S.Army Command and General Staff College.
April 11, 2008
The Center for the Study of the Gulf South presents a lecture by Anthony Kaye on Nat Turner's Rebellion at 3pm in LAB 101.
April 16, 2008
The World Civ Film Series features Madeinusa at 6:30pm in Gonzales Auditorium.
April 23, 2008
The World Civ Film Series features Close to Home at 6:30pm in Gonzales Auditorium.
April 30, 2008
The World Civ Film Series features Yesterday at 6:30pm in Gonzales Auditorium.
For more information on upcoming events, contact the Department of History at history@usm.edu.
Department of History
http://www.usm.edu/history
601.266.4333 • history@usm.edu