HIST 2130 - History of Mental Illness in Mississippi And the South

4 Semester Hours
HIST-2130 examines the history of mental illness in the south, 1800-1950, focusing on the MS Lunatic Asylum ( later the MS State Insane Asylum). Partnered with the Center of Bioethics and
Medical Humanities at UMMC, the course is heavily focused on archival research and fieldwork. Students engage in direct experiential learning using asylum admissions and death records, court cases, newspapers, and interviews with asylum patient descendants.