Featuring Special Themed Sessions on Slavery, Secession and the Civil War in the Gulf South

The Gulf South History and Humanities Conference is an annual event sponsored by the Gulf South Historical Association, a consortium of Gulf South colleges and universities from the states of Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas.View Additional Information and Register Online.

Marie Thérèse Champagne, Medieval History, is organizing the annual meeting of the Louisiana Consortium of Medieval and Renaissance Scholars in Pensacola this fall, in conjunction with the Gulf South History and Humanities Conference. On October 21, 2011, the Consortium will welcome scholars from across the gulf coast region in addition to the initial core group from Louisiana universities and colleges. The LCMRS, which began in September 2003 at Louisiana State University, is a multi-disciplinary annual meeting of scholars.

The LCMRS will consist of four to six sessions on Friday, October 21st, including one to two for graduate student papers. Paper topics on any area of Medieval or Renaissance Studies are welcome. Audio-visual needs can be accommodated and should be noted on the proposal form. For more information, contact Dr. Champagne at mchampagne@uwf.edu. Paper proposals should be emailed by July 15th. Registrants for the conference, whether delivering a paper or not, must register for both the LCMRS and the Gulf South. Please see the LCMRS registration form for the necessary information.