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The Mississippi State University History Department is a highly research-active department, intimately involved in the profession and with the world in a myriad of ways.
In the Atlantic, Professors Susannah Ural and Ann Daly Discuss the Earliest African American Celebrations of Slavery's End
June 18, 2024
Professor Joseph Thompson on Country Music and the Military
June 7, 2024
Morgan Robinson Finalist for the African Studies Association of UK best book and best first book award
May 8, 2024
Photos From Phi Alpha Theta, the National History Honorary
April 24, 2024
Pollyanna Padden Latest Recipient of the Forrest Excellence Award
April 18, 2024
Journals
Our research is international.
Mississippi State University History faculty guide the creation and dissemination of new historical knowledge as they edit an extraordinary number of cutting edge international history journals.
Joseph M. Thompson
Cold War Country. How Nashville's Music Row and the Pentagon Created the Sound of American Patriotism
Morgan J. Robinson
A Language for the World: The Standardization of Swahili
Alan I Marcus
Land of Milk and Money. The Creation of the Southern Dairy Industry
Andrew F. Lang
A Contest of Civilizations. Exposing the Crisis of American Exceptionalism in the Civil War Era
Viktoria Tkacyk, Mara Mills, and Alexandra Hui