This program is free to the public
By Roscoe Barnes III
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| Dr. Max Grivno University of Southern Mississippi |
NATCHEZ, Miss. – Dr. Max Grivno, associate professor of History at the University of Southern Mississippi, is returning to Natchez to talk about diplomacy in the early years of the city’s history.
Grivno will present his lecture, “Natchez Diplomacy,
1540-1730,” at the Tuesday, March 26 meeting of the Natchez Historical Society at
108 S. Commerce St. The program is free to the public. It will begin with a
social at 5:30 p.m. and the presentation at 6 p.m.
“I am excited to have the opportunity to return to
Natchez and to speak to the historical society,” said Grivno. “The previous
decade has seen an outpouring of work focused on the Natchez nation -- work
that has changed how we understand these people and their place in the history
of the Lower Mississippi River Valley. I look forward to sharing some of
those findings with the society.”
Grivno is associate professor of History at the
University of Southern Mississippi and editor of The Southern Quarterly. Specifically,
he will speak about Native American diplomacy in the colonial period in
Natchez.
Alan Wolf, a director of the society and its program
chair, explained that Dr. Grivno’s presentation will examine how the Natchez
wrestled with notable and critical changes diplomatically.
“He will look at Natchez diplomacy with other native
peoples and the Natchez attempts to secure alliances with the encroaching
European empires, while all the while attempting to maintain their own economic
and political independence,” he said.
Grivno has spoken for the society in the past. For
example, in November 2022, he gave a lecture on the topic, "Hernando De
Soto and the First European Contact with the Mississippi Civilization of the
Lower Mississippi Valley." It was well received.
This March 26 program is funded in part by a grant from
the Mississippi Humanities Council, through funding by the National Endowment
for the Humanities.
For more information, visit natchezhistoricalsociety.org
or call 601-492-3004. Emails may be sent to info@natchezhistoricalsociety.org
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