MAKING MEMORY:REMEMBERING AND COMMEMORATING THE PASTAn Undergraduate Research SymposiumThe History Department at Mississippi State University invites undergraduate scholars to submit papers for the tenth annual Symposium for History Undergraduate Research (SHUR). The symposium will provide students with the opportunity to present their research in the format of an academic history conference and have their work discussed by Mississippi State history professors. The event is scheduled for April 27-28, 2018, on the Mississippi State University campus in Starkville.Papers are welcome on any historical topic, but especially those that reflect the Mississippi State University History Department’s in the history of science and technology; agricultural, rural, and environmental history; military and diplomatic history; the Civil War; gender history; African American history and civil rights; and the American South. We also welcome papers on the subjects of historical memory, memorialization, and commemoration, in acknowledgement of the tenth anniversary of SHUR.

The paper should be based on original research in primary sources. Interested students should submit a proposal or abstract of not more than 400 words to Dr. Andrew Lang and Dr. Courtney Thompson at SHUR@lists.msstate.edu by March 1, 2018. Students whose papers have been accepted will be notified by March 15, 2018. The History Department will offset the costs of one night’s lodging for presenters and provide a BBQ banquet dinner on the Symposium’s opening night.SHUR is online at history.msstate.edu/shur, and on Facebook at facebook.com/MSStateSHUR.