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The Southern Historical Association: Promoting Southern History Since 1934

Founded on November 2, 1934, the Southern Historical Association aims to foster interest in Southern history, preserve historical records, and encourage state and local historical societies throughout the South. With permanent offices at the University of Georgia and Rice University, the association engages in various activities, including an annual meeting featuring topics spanning American, European, and Latin American history. Recent sessions have covered diverse subjects, from civil war women to the legacy of slavery in higher education. Stay connected through the Journal of Southern History.

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The Southern Historical Association: Promoting Southern History Since 1934

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  1. The Southern Historical Association Tiffany Fitzhugh

  2. Organized November 2, 1934 • Objective: The promotion of interest and research in southern history, the collection and preservation of the South’s historical records, and the encouragement of state and local historical societies in the south.

  3. Two Permanent Offices University of Georgia Rice University

  4. Current Officers Dr. Orville Burton, Vice President Dr. Theda Perdue, President

  5. SHA Annual Meeting • The association holds an annual meeting • American, European, and Latin American History Sessions • Oct 27-30, 2011

  6. Sessions • Baltimore’s Civil War Women • As God is My Witness: Seventy-Five years of Gone With the Wind • Red, White, and Black: Constructing 19th Century Racial Identities • Freedom Riders Remember: A Fifty-Year Retrospective • Houses as History: Constructions of Place and Past in the American South • Slaves on Campus: Slavery’s Significance and Legacy at Institutions of Higher Education

  7. Journal of Southern History Published in Feb, May, Aug, and Nov Dr. John B. Boles, Editor http://jsh.rice.edu/

  8. http://www.uga.edu/sha/

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