30-03-2025
Historians gather at Pittsburg State for annual research conference
PITTSBURG, Kans. — Historians from across Kansas share their research at Pittsburg State University.
108 professors, undergraduate and graduate students, and independent historians gathered in Russ Hall for the 96th Annual Kansas Association of Historians Conference.
This two-day event ended Saturday after a full schedule of presentation sessions on a variety of topics.
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Some focused on historical figures who made an impact on the history of Kansas, as well as Scottish and modern American history.
Others shed light on different cultures, politics, race, gender and more.
Fort Hays State University graduate student and high school teacher, Megan Wade, says it was a way for her to bring what she learned into her classroom.
'I have some high school students back in Coffeyville that are really going to be interested in the information that they've learned, and I'll be able to bring that back to them. So being able to help them through attending this has been the biggest thing for me,' said Megan Wade, Fort Hays State University graduate student and high school teacher.
'This is exciting for us to have 100, 108 people from around the region coming here to enjoy our campus. It's a beautiful campus. It's a beautiful town. They've enjoyed their experience, I feel, and it's exciting,' said Dr. Kris Lawson, Kansas Association of Historians president and PSU professor of history.
Dr. Lawson hopes each of the historians who attended and presented will be inspired by what they learned.
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