New Perspectives on African American Intellectual History

Mississippi State’s history department will be host this weekend to its first African American intellectual history workshop. Free and open to all, the daylong Saturday [Nov. 21] program on the university campus is an event of the new national African American Intellectual History Society. Founded in 2014, the society has come to be regarded as the leading organization in its specific field of research, writing and teaching. For more, visit www.aaihs.org. Getting under way at 9 a.m. in 611 Allen Hall, the inaugural MSU event will feature four 90-minute sessions. Workshop coordinator Brandon Byrd said eight AAIHS members will be discussing pre-circulated papers, all focused on new perspectives in black thought and culture. Click the "Link" below for more information.