Curious Conversations: Dr. R. Douglas Hurt
DATE: Tuesday 5/13/25 TIME: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
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The Speaker Series has been made possible through a grant from Indiana Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Dr. R. Douglas Hurt, emeritus professor Purdue University – Dr. Hurt will discuss the history of agriculture in the 19th century Midwest.
Date: May 13, 2025
Time: 7–8 p.m.
Location: Prairie House #38 on the guest map
About Dr. R. Douglas Hurt:
Doug Hurt is professor emeritus in the department of history at Purdue University where he served as department head. He also has held the positions of professor and director of the Graduate Program in Agricultural History and Rural Studies at Iowa State University, associate director of the State Historical Society of Missouri, and curator of agriculture at the Ohio Historical Society. He is the author of Agriculture in the Midwest, 1815-1900 which won the Jon Gjerde Book Award presented by the Midwestern History Association and American Agriculture: A Brief History.