Hello and welcome to H-Midwest, H-Net's home for Midwestern Studies. H-Midwest spans all approaches to Midwestern Studies--sociology, literature, history, economics, cultural studies, law, arts--and questions in the broader field of regional studies as well. We will interrogate where, what, and who is "Midwestern," and why. Our aim is to explore the expanding contours of this growing field, and push them where needed. The H-Midwest Board creates features and resources for the field and welcomes your announcements, posts, queries, discussions, CFP's and all things Midwestern.

Take a look around. H-Midwest Roundtables, discussions, and announcements are below. The images of states above will take you to content relevent to each state. We also post CFP's in Midwestern Studies and reviews of books concerning the Midwest published by H-Net. H-Midwest's Book Review Editor is currently commissioning new reviews. If you have something to post and don't see a space for it, don't worry: if it's about the Midwest, we'll make a space for it.

If you'd like to get to get involved as a contributor, editor, blogger, or have suggestions for H-Midwest, please contact us at editorial-midwest@mail.h-net.org.

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H-Midwest Announcements

Discussion published by Jon Lauck on Monday, May 1, 2023

Details of (FREE) Midwestern Studies Conference

Midwestern History Conference 2023

SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE

Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan

All times listed are in Eastern Daylight Time.
Please see the full conference schedule for specific information and details.

Thursday May 18, 2023

Continental Breakfast opens at 7:30

7:30 a.m. MHA Business Meeting followed by brief Welcome

8:30 - 10 a.m. Panel Session 1

10:15 - 11:45 a.m. Panel Session 2

11:45 - 12:45 p.m. MHA Awards Lunch provided by the Hauenstein Center

Discussion published by Jon Lauck on Friday, March 24, 2023

CORRECTION -- Middle West Review is collecting data

CORRECTION -- Middle West Review is collecting data on any and all courses which are offered at American colleges on the subject of Midwestern history. Kevin Mason at Waldorf University is leading the data collection. If you have information on such courses, please let Professor Mason know. Here is his email address: Kevin.Mason@waldorf.edu As part of this study, MWR is interested in noting how many courses on Midwestern history are taught in comparison to courses on the history of the American West and South. 

Discussion published by Jon Lauck on Thursday, March 23, 2023

Courses on Midwestern History--Study

Middle West Review is collecting data on any and all courses which are offered at American colleges on the subject of Midwestern history. Kevin Mason at Waldorf University is leading the data collection. If you have information on such courses, please let Professor Mason know at the address below. 

 

Kevin Mason, PhD 
Associate Professor of History
Departmental Chair of History

Discussion published by Jon Lauck on Friday, March 17, 2023

Call-for-Papers: Northern Great Plains History Conference

58TH NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS HISTORY CONFERENCE

 

SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA

 

HOST: THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA            

 

The History Department at The University of South Dakota invites you to the Fifty-Eighth Northern Great Plains History Conference in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, from September 27-30, 2023. The conference will take place downtown in the City Centre Holiday Inn on Eighth Street.

Discussions

Discussion published by Ryan W. Noyes on Monday, January 4, 2021

Recommended repository for 1820 Michigan Territory land-designation proclamation?

Hi folks, 

If you're willing to offer a recommended repository for a Michgian-related inquiry, I sure would appreciate any guidance you may be able to offer.

What I am in search of, is an original proclamation that was signed by the acting governor of Michigan Territory in Detroit on 28 JUNE 1820.  The document establishes Bloomfield Township in Oakland County as a legal entity.  A transcription of the original is in the stacks at NARA in RG 59.4.3.  

Discussion published by Patrick Cox on Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Midwest and The Heart of Darkness

In case you're reading H-Midwest but you're not, for some reason, following us on Twitter, you are missing a great conversation on how the Midwest is studied and representated.  It begins with a new book that seems to treat the Midwest as America's Heart of Darkness and ends (currently) with a video preview of a soon to be released documentary about the Midwest. The documentary seems to take a more enlightened view.

Discussion published by Tony Sanfilippo on Friday, August 18, 2017

Hate Groups in Ohio

Recent events have taught me that I don't know nearly enough about the history of hate groups in Ohio. Ohio has a disproportionate number of hate groups here, according to statistics collected by the Southern Poverty Law Council, claiming 35 of the nation's 917 hate groups, including one of the largest, Southern Ohio Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, and the White Nationalist website the Daily Stormer. I'm hoping to enlist an author researching this topic and ultimately produce an accessible book about the subject for our Trillium regional imprint.

Discussion published by Patrick Cox on Monday, May 8, 2017

New Blog: Museums of Minnesota

May is Minnesota Museums Month, and May 18 is International Museum Day. H-Midwest participates in this celebration of the preservation and presentation of the state's culture with the initiation of a new blog, Museums of Minnesota. Throughout the month, directors, curators, other staffers, and volunteers at museums and historical societies around the state will be posting about their work, artifacts in their collections, exhibits, and the rich resources they house.