- Public History: This course will introduce students to the field, theory, and practice of public history. It explores history and memory, how to communicate with different publics, controversies in the field, new media and digital humanities, historic preservation and cultural-resources management, and museum work.
- Digital History: This course will examine the evolution of digital technologies as they have been applied to the practice and study of history in the last 20 years. We will investigate different methodologies, evaluating their effectiveness in assisting in the process of conducting or sharing the creation of "history" with both academics and the public.
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History of women in STEM
Maysen Brokaw
This project aims to showcase the pioneers of women in STEM who have paved the way for female scientists today.
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History and Heritage Tourism in Natchez, Mississippi
Chloe Dobbins
In Natchez, Mississippi, tourism can bring the city over $97,000,000 in one year, but its giant heritage tourism industry has its critics.
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The Speeches of Hillary Clinton
Caitlyn Dyle
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton was born on October 26, 1947, in Chicago, Illinois. She grew up in Park Ridge, a suburb of Chicago and during a trip to Chicago, Clinton saw Dr. Martin Luther King Jr give a speech, which sparked her passion for social justice. During her time at Wellesley College, she became more active in activism which led her to Yale Law School where she would meet her future husband Bill Clinton. Following her law school graduation Clinton worked on the congressional committee that oversaw the Watergate investigation and with the Children’s Defence Fund. In Arkansas, she worked for the Rose Law Firm while also serving as the first lady of the state. Clinton served as First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Following that, she was elected as a senator from New York from 2001 to 2009. In 2008, she ran for president for the first time, eventually conceding to Barack Obama as the Democratic candidate. From 2009 to 2013 Clinton served as President Obama’s Secretary of State. In 2016, Clinton ran for president again, this time becoming the DNC-nominated candidate but losing the election to Donald Trump.
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The Rise and Fall of Disco
Jessica Johnson
The phenomenon of disco music is one that went as soon as it came and has a complex history associated with it.
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Rosa Parks: More Than a Bus Seat
Bay Merrell
Parks was a key player in the Civil Rights Movement, yet many times she is remembered solely for one of her acts of bravery rather than all.
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The spread of Gumbo and Jambalaya
Juliette Montz
Gumbo is a stew that is popular in Louisiana, as it is the official state cuisine. Gumbo consists primarily of a strong flavored stock, meat or shellfish, a thickener, celery, bell peppers, and onions. Gumbo is often seen as an example of the melting pot nature of Louisiana cooking. Louisiana gumbo has been described as an intersection of three cultures: West African, Native American, and European. Each culture contributes to what South Louisianians recognize as its signature dish. West Africans used okra as a thickener in their version of the dish. It is often thought that the word gumbo comes from the West African word “ki nogombo” for “okra”. The Native American contribution to the evolution of the dish is the use of file’ powder. Many Louisiana cooks use file´ to flavor or thicken their gumbos. File´ is made of dried sassafras leaves ground to a fine powder. Initially, cooks used file´ as an alternative to okra as a thickening agent. The European contribution to the evolution of gumbo is the use of roux as a thickener instead of file´or okra. Roux originated in France and is prepared by browning flour in a hot skillet in fat to a desired color (light to dark). Roux has its origin in French cuisine, although the roux used in gumbos is much darker than its Gallic cousins. Found that the first documented references to gumbo appeared around the turn of the 19th century. In 1803, gumbo was served at a gubernatorial reception in New Orleans, and in 1804 gumbo was served at a Cajun gathering on the Acadian Coast. From there it went on to spread in different cook books all over the country and even spread so far as to other continents.
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The People Demand Removal of the Regime
Matthew Young
A Geographical Examination of the Various Methods of Protest During the Arab Spring
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Opinions of Mr. Meredith
Kathleen McGuire
"Opinions of Mr. Meredith" is an ongoing, collaborative StoryMap built by students in Dr. Kathleen McGuire's HST 460 Public History Course. To date, the map has entries from students in the Fall 2023 and Fall 2024 terms.
"As students in Dr. Kathleen McGuire's Public History class, we were tasked with selecting and transcribing one "sympathetic" (pro integration) and one "unsympathetic" (anti integration) letter in the James Howard Meredith Collection of the Archives and Special Collections at the J.D. Williams Library at the University of Mississippi. These are our findings from the small sample of letters."
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M.B. Mayfield Heritage Trail Walking Tour
Ellie Davis, James Geiger, Samantha Rice, Brittany Ellis, Abigail Browning, Walker Bray, Katie Kerrigan, Sara Grevy, Josh Cielencki, and Jeannie Speck-Thompson
Discover sites related to the life and art of M.B. Mayfield, an African American artist who was educated in secret at a pre-integration University of Mississippi.
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F. A. P. Barnard, Slavery, and the University of Mississippi
Reagan Whittington
Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard served as a professor at the University of Mississippi and then as its president, or chancellor, from 1856 to 1860. Being northern-born and educated, Barnard grew up and went to school in places where slavery had been ended legally long before the Civil War, though racial tensions and violence against Black people still existed in these areas. He arrived in the South in the 1840s, having only ever lived in "free" states, and entered the slavery-centric plantocracy. Due to the fact he had a foot in both camps, with his northern "free" state background contrasting with his southern slave-owning career, Barnard had a complicated relationship with the "slavery question."
Barnard's own views on slavery were put on trial when he decided to punish a white student for raping and brutally beating one of the enslaved women he owned, Jane, in 1859. During this time, however, it was not legal to rely on the testimony of an enslaved person since they did not count as citizens, but as property. H.R. Branham, a physician and Board of Trustees Member at the University of Mississippi, took this opportunity to accuse Barnard of being "unsound on the slavery question," in order to threaten his credibility and possibly push him out of the university completely. As a result of this accusation, Barnard faced heavy criticism from his peers and his career in Oxford was jeopardized. Barnard won out in the end, earning the favor of the majority of the Board of Trustees after declaring his allegiance to the South and slavery in no uncertain terms. But his stay in Oxford came to an end with the outbreak of the Civil War, when he left both his position and the state for good. Thereafter, Barnard went on to become the longest-serving president of Columbia College, now University, and Barnard College was subsequently founded and named in his honor after his death. Barnard has an enormous reputation in nineteenth-century academia and also occupies an important place in the history of the University of Mississippi.
By studying Barnard in this chronological and geographic-based format, we can better understand what the "slavery" question meant in and outside of the slave-holding South. Since Barnard is a figure who spent a great deal of time as a northerner in the South, he is a good example of how complicated white racial attitudes in nineteenth-century America really were. The North was not an abolitionist Utopia, exemplified by Barnard's easy transition into slave-holding. Barnard was also embroiled in one of the most scandalous conflicts at the University of Mississippi since its inception, so it's important to know his background and life details to better understand the infamous Branham Affair and all its nuances.
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The Road to the Vote- Women's Suffrage: Timeline
Annabelle Botts
The tale of women taking the bull by the horns, demanding equality, and fighting for the right to vote.
