War and Society, a field born out of the “new social history” movement of the 1970s, expands on the field of military history, with its traditional focus on leaders, strategy, and battle movements.  War & Society scholars look at war and the military “from the bottom up,” studying the consequences of conflict on communities, soldiers, non-combatants, societies, and cultures.  They also focus on how a historical society’s ideals and values influenced the makeup of its armed forces and the way it fought its wars.  The War & Society field grows stronger every year, as can be seen in the diversity of academic projects undertaken by the faculty and graduate students of the Center for the Study of War & Society at Southern Miss.

From March 14th to 17th, 2013, the CSW&S is hosting the Society for Military History's Annual Meeting in New Orleans.  We would love to see you there.  For more information, see the conference website. 

Tuesday, April 9, 2013 CSW&S Fellow Dr. Allison Abra will moderate the War & Society Roundtable at the Library of Hattiesburg, Petal, and Forrect County.  The book to be discussed is The Blitz: The British Under Attack by Juliet Gardiner..  We hope to see you there.  For more info, click here.

On Tuesday, May 14, 2013, the War and Society Roundtable at the Library of Hattiesburg, Petal, and Forrect County will discuss Judith Van Buskirk's Generous Enemies: Patriots and Loyalists in Revolutionary New York.  The moderators will be CSW&S Masters student Ms. Stephanie Seal and CSW&S Sr. Fellow Dr. Kyle Zelner.  For more info, click here.

CSW&S Fellow Dr. Heather Stur has been awarded an extremely competitive Fullbright Scholarship to teach and do research in Vietnam, at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities (USSH) in Saigon.  For more information, click here.  Congratulations, Heather!

CSW&S Ph.D. student Theresa Monserrat has been awarded a Russell F. Weigley Graduate Student Travel Grant Award from the Society for Military History to present her paper "The "Continuous Nightmare": Lyndon Johnson, Kim Il Sung, and the USS Pueblo Crisis" at the Society's Annual Meeting in March in New Orleans.  For more information, see: http://www.smh-hq.org/awards/weigley.html.  Way to go, Terri!

CSW&S Founding Director Dr. Andrew Wiest will provide on-screen expert commentary in two upcoming episodes of the "Ultimate Warfare" series on the Military Channel, including the Feb. 19 episode titled "Khe Sanh: Marines Under Siege" and "Hue: Vietnam's Bloodiest Battle" set to air Feb. 26.  For more information, see https://www.usm.edu/news/article/history-professor-be-featured-military-channel-series.