Civil War Symposium set

The Social Sciences Department and Honors and Service Learning Programs at Northwest Arkansas Community College will host “Civil War in Arkansas & the Trans-Mississippi West” from noon to 4:30 p.m. Thursday in room 108 of the Becky Paneitz Student Center Room 108.

At noon, special guest keynote speaker, Dr. Matthew Stith, history professor at the University of Texas, Tyler, will present “Re-Imagining the Civil War Battlefield: Nature, Culture and the Civilian War on the Border.”

From about 1:15 to 3 p.m., students of a service-learning project will make presentations on the weapons and equipment of Civil War soldiers and provide details in posters on the battles of Pea Ridge and Prairie Grove.

At 3 p.m., four historians will lead a panel discussion on the “Civil War, Arkansas, Nature, Memory, & Monuments.”

■ Alan Thompson, historian at Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park, will speak on “Nature as an Element of the Confederate Defeat at the Battle of Prairie Grove.”

■ Dr. Chris Huggard, NWACC history professor, will speak on “The Impact of Natural and Agricultural Landscapes on the Battle of Pea Ridge.”

■ Dr. David Schieffler, history instructor, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, will talk on “Remembering the Civil War: Monuments and Memory”

■ Stith, history professor at UT, Tyler, will discuss “The History and Historians of the Trans-Mississippi Homefront: Consensus, Conflict, and New Directions.”

Students of the Veterans Project also will provide information about American veterans and their experiences.

Information: (479) 6194270 or email chuggard@nwacc.edu.