Millsaps College sits on 100 acres in the heart of Mississippi’s capital city of Jackson. The majority of our students choose to live on campus and experience events such as concerts, crawfish boils and lecture series. In addition, our campus is near popular spots for festivals and events, such as Bright Lights, Belhaven Nights in Belhaven and Fondren’s First Thursday street festival.

Craving a burger? Looking for a plant-based meal? Or maybe you’re seeking a home-cooked dinner like fried chicken. From breakfast, lunch and dinner at The Caf to late-night bites at Reuben’s to a dose a caffeine from EcoGrounds—Millsaps’ dining services has you covered.

Millsaps is invested in the whole student, including your physical health. The Millsaps community has access to the Maurice H. Hall Activities Center to lift weights, take a workout class or do some cardio. Our campus is near the new Museum Trail for your outdoor walking and cycling needs, too. Not feeling well? We have a clinic on campus to help get you back to class and your life.

Millsaps cares about each of our students and supports their career planning and mental health needs. Our Center for Career Education guides our students through career options, whether it’s graduate school applications or connecting with a prospective employer before graduation. In addition, we offer mental health services through counseling, and our Chaplain is available to help you with your spiritual needs—no matter your affiliation.

Dr. William K. Storey is Professor of History at Millsaps College, where he has taught since 1999. Storey grew up on Long Island and attended boarding school at Andover. He earned his A.B. in history at Harvard and his M.A. and Ph.D. in history at Johns Hopkins, followed by a postdoc in Cornell’s Department of Science and Technology Studies and a postdoc in Harvard’s Expository Writing Program. He teaches classes about world history that have a focus on environment and technology.

Storey is the author of four books. Two books are based on research about environmental and technological aspects of imperialism: Guns, Race, and Power in Colonial South Africa (Cambridge University Press, 2008) and Science and Power in Colonial Mauritius (University of Rochester Press, 1997). He is also the author of two textbooks that draw on his teaching at Millsaps: Writing History: A Guide for Students (Oxford University Press, 5th ed. 2017) and The First World War: A Concise Global History (Rowman & Littlefield, 2nd ed. 2014). Storey is currently writing a book about Cecil Rhodes.

For his commitment to teaching and writing, Storey has been recognized as the Mississippi Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. He has also won the Millsaps Distinguished Professor Award and the Mississippi Humanities Council Teacher Award.

Who Should Attend

• If you are a lifelong learner who values serious intellectual stimulation
• If you are a community volunteer or activist
• If you are a professional in public or private schools and foundations
• If you are someone who wants to affect public opinion in your community
• If you are a member of the legal, medical or other professions
• If you are an administrator in government at the local, state, or federal levels

What to Expect?

The Millsaps Great Topics Seminars: Studies in the Humanities and Sciences are designed for serious lifelong learners who hold a baccalaureate degree or its equivalent. The seminars provide opportunities for serious engagement with intellectual issues affecting society and the individual. More than 330 leaders have participated in our seminars since they were established in 1988.

Participants are encouraged through collaborative learning techniques to develop a greater capacity for analysis and synthesis of ideas, critical thinking, oral and written communication, and appreciation for the values inherent in our institutions and practices, including historical and literature components.

Schedules

Millsaps College’s Great Topics Seminar for the spring semester, 2019, will begin Friday, January 11. Meetings will be held on Thursdays, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., starting on January 17 and ending on May 2. No class meeting during Spring Break or on April 11.

Cost

The fee for participating in this seminar is $825. Due to this special pricing of the Great Topics Seminars, no discounts can be made in the tuition. This course is a noncredit offering of the College and carries no academic credit; however there are rigorous requirements of reading and informal reflection writing during the semester. A processing fee of $100 will be held upon withdrawal from the seminar.

Leadership Seminars in the Humanities were begun in 1988 through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Their continuation is made possible in part by the generous support of Millsaps College and by the support of former seminar participants. To better reflect the current philosophy of these seminars, the name has been changed to Millsaps Great Topics Seminars: Studies in the Humanities and Sciences.

For further information, contact Dr. Nola Gibson at 601.974.1130 or gibsonk@millsaps.edu.

The application deadline is December 19. Enrollment in the Seminar is limited.

About

Established in 1988 and made possible in part by a grant from the National Endowment
for the Humanities, Leadership Seminars in the Humanities bring together Millsaps
professors in the humanities with corporate, volunteer and professional leaders in
the community. To better reflect the current philosophy of these seminars, the name
has been changed to Millsaps Great Topics Seminars: Studies in the Humanities and
Sciences. These seminars offer an opportunity for serious engagement with intellectual
issues affecting society and the individual. More than 330 leaders have taken our
seminars since they were established.