Watch Party for the Grand Opening of the  National Museum of African American History and Culture Saturday, September 24, 2016  9:00 am – 11:00 am  at the COFO Center 1017 John R. Lynch Street, Jackson, MS 39217  This Event is Free and Open to the Public  ****Continental Breakfast Will Be Served**** Read More

Come to the History Department Mixer to Meet advisors and professors.​  Learn about the program. Hear about upcoming courses.  Prepare for graduation   For more information, please call 601-979-2179Read More

If you are planning to graduate, you will need to take the History Exit Exam.  It will be offered October 3, 2016 in the History Department Conference Room (Lib 357).  Bring pens and paper.  Contact Dr. Valerie Purry, 601.979.2191 for more information.Read More

History department members Robert Luckett, Lomarsh Roopnarine, Kofi Boukman Barima, Charles Holbrook, Joshua Cotton, Mario Azevedo, Rico Chapman, and Janice Brockley will be presenting at the Conference on the Liberal Arts 2016 at JSU on October 6-8.  The conference will bring scholars from around the globe to explore the reasons Liberal Arts disciplines are undervalued by students, parents, and others and...Read More

Keynote address by Dr. William D. Adams, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, at 2 p.m. in the JSU College of Liberal Arts room 166/266. Chairman Adams will discuss "the ways a robust liberal arts education can help students confront the opportunities and concerns of the 21st Century." For further information:  ​Conference Schedule ...Read More