Agenda for January 2005 Colloquium

Colloquium XI

“POSTWAR AMERICA: 1945-1980”

 All sessions will be held in the Hall of Honors, USM Student Union

Friday, January 28

8:00     Sign-in/Coffee

8:30     “The Second Red Scare”

Neil McMillen, Professor Emeritus, Department of History, University of Southern Mississippi

10:00   Break

10:15   “Postwar Politics: A Second Look”

Stephen Sloan, Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of Southern Mississippi

11:45   Lunch (University Commons)

1:00   “Presidential History of the Postwar Years”

Joseph Parker, Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Southern Mississippi

2:30     “Fahrenheit 25,645: Teaching Presidential History from an Economic Perspective”

            Si Thompson, Petal High School

 3:45     Adjourn

Saturday, January 29

 8:15     Sign-in/ Coffee

 8:30     “Lyndon Baines Johnson”

Kent B. Germany, Assistant Professor and Coordinator of LBJ Project, Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia

 10:00   Refreshments

 10:15   “Where Have All the Flowers Gone? America in 1968”

            Lonnie A. Burnett, Associate Professor of History, University of Mobile

 11:45   Lunch (University Commons)

 12:45   “Teaching About the Postwar Era”

            Melissa Harris, Pass Christian High School

 2:15     Evaluations and Door Prizes

 2:30     Adjourn