Department of History, Political Science, & Geography

Painter Hall
Website https://www.muw.edu/hpg

Events from this organizer

Today

  • Film poster for The American Revolution documentary, featuring a battle scene in solid blue over a Declaration of Independence backdrop.

    The American Revolution: Short Showing & Panel Discussion

    America 250
    Columbus-Lowndes Public Library 314 7th St N, Columbus, MS 39701, Columbus, MS, United States

    Join us at the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library for a preview and panel discussion of The American Revolution, a new six-part, 12-hour documentary series that explores the country’s founding struggle and its eight-year War for Independence. Drs. Jon Hooks (Mississippi University for Women) and Judith Ridner (Mississippi State University) will draw on their expertise to set […]

    Free

  • An exhibit panel features photos of the Declaration of Independence, a poem by Phillis Wheatley, and a letter by John Adams.

    Opening of the Gilder Lehrman Institute Exhibit: What is Freedom?

    America 250
    Columbus-Lowndes Public Library 314 7th St N, Columbus, MS 39701, Columbus, MS, United States

    From January 5 - 30, stop by the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library to explore the "Freedom:  A History of US" exhibit from the Gilder Lehrmen Institute. The library is open from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday - Thursday and from  9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Since 1776, when the United States declared […]

    Free
  • Photograph of President Abraham Lincoln framed as a postage stamp.

    Abraham Lincoln and America 250

    America 250
    Columbus-Lowndes Public Library 314 7th St N, Columbus, MS 39701, Columbus, MS, United States

    The Columbus-Lowndes Public Library welcomes Dr. Susannah Ural for a presentation on the life and legacy of President Abraham Lincoln at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, January 6. Dr. Ural is the Frank and Virginia Williams Chair for Abraham Lincoln and Civil War Studies at Mississippi State University and Director of the Civil War and Reconstruction […]

    Free
  • A black and white sketched portrait of Ida B. Wells is framed as a stamp.

    Ida B. Wells: The Mother of the American Human Rights Movement

    America 250
    Columbus-Lowndes Public Library 314 7th St N, Columbus, MS 39701, Columbus, MS, United States

    The Columbus-Lowndes Public Library welcomes Dr. C. Sade Turnipseed for a presentation on the life and legacy of Ida B. Wells at noon on Tuesday, January 27. Dr. Turnipseed is an Assistant Professor of History at Jackson State University and has spent much of her career highlighting Black history in the Delta, from her work […]

    Free