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The intellectual home for military historians worldwide

University of Southern Mississippi

Department Web Site:

http://www.usm.edu/history/

Degrees Offered:

MA and PhD

Point of Contact:

Dr. Kyle F. Zelner
Department of History
University of Southern Mississippi
118 College Drive, #5407
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001
601-266-4333
[email protected]

Center for the Study of War & Society Faculty

Andrew Wiest (PhD, University of Illinois-Chicago, 1990; Founding Director, CSW&S)
- Vietnam
- World War I
- Modern Military Tactics and Strategy
- Military History study abroad program in Britain

Kenneth M. Swope (PhD, University of Michigan, 2001; Fellow, CSW&S)
- Late Imperial China
- East Asian Diplomatic and Military History
- Comparative Military History in Asia
- World War II in Asia

Susannah Ural (PhD, Kansas State University, 2002; Senior Fellow, CSW&S)
- U.S. Civil War Era
- Soldier Ideology and Motivation
- The Southern Way of War
- Ethnicity and War
- U.S. War & Society

Kyle F. Zelner (PhD, The College of William and Mary, 2003; Senior Fellow, CSW&S)
- Colonial & Revolutionary America
- War & Society in Early America
- Militias & Militiamen
- Early American Soldiers
- War & American Communities

Heather Stur (PhD, University of Wisconsin, 2008; Fellow, CSW&S)
- Vietnam War
- Cold War
- US Foreign Relations
- Women and War
- Gender and War
- Wartime Cultures

Allison Abra (PhD, University of Michigan, 2009; Fellow, CSW&S)
- Modern British History
- Cultural History
- 20th-Century Home Fronts
- National Identity in Wartime

Mao Lin (PhD, University of Georgia, 2010; Fellow, CSW&S)
- U.S. Foreign Relations
- History of International Relations
- Cold War
- Military History
- History of China

Associated War & Society Faculty

Phyllis Jestice (PhD, Stanford University, 1989)
- Medieval World
- Pre-modern European Warfare
- Ancient and Medieval Naval War
- Crusading

Andrew P. Haley (PhD, University of Pittsburgh, 2005)
- American Culture
- American Home Fronts
- American Labor During War

Brian LaPierre (PhD, University of Chicago, 2006)
- Modern Russia/Soviet Union
- War and Social Change in Modern Russia
- World War Two: The Eastern Front

Jeff Bowersox (PhD, University of Toronto, 2008)
- Modern Germany
- Imperialism, Colonial Conflict, and Collaboration
- Youth and Propaganda
- Nazi Germany

Matthew Casey (PhD, University of Pittsburg, 2012)
- Latin America and the Caribbean
- United States Imperialism in Latin America
- Haiti and Fears of Race War in Latin America
- Military Veterans, Race and Citizenship

Faculty Exchange with Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst
Every few years the USM history deparment undertakes a faculty exchange with the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. This exchange allows USM students a varied learning experience from leading figures in European Military History. Past participants have included G.D. Sheffield, Paul Harris, Stephen Badsey, and Sean McKnight. The areas of specialization of exchange participants are quite varied, ranging from World War I to Soviet Operational Art to War & the Media.

Updated 12/12

Additional Information

The University of Southern Mississippi offers graduate assistantships.

Special Library Strengths:
The Cook Library at USM has a growing collection to support our concentration areas in War & Society studies. Of special importance is the USM Vietnam War Archive Collection at the USM McCain Library and Archives. The collection is a growing source of research interest into the Vietnam War.

The War & Society program at USM also boasts active study abroad components through which students are able to conduct primary research at the Public Record Office and the Imperial War Museum in London. Students can also conduct research in Vietnam.

An important partner of USM's Center for the Study of War and Society is the university's award-winning Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage. The oral history program boasts a collection of hundreds of interviews focused on the American experience of war. A collaborator with the Library of Congress's Veterans History Project, the Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage not only collects and preserves these oral histories, but develops curriculum, produces radio segments, sponsors exhibits, and stages public programming supporting the broader educational mission of Center for the Study of War and Society.