Dr. Douglas Hurt, chair of the Purdue University Department of History and a Fort Hays State University alumnus, will discuss “Agriculture and the Civil War,” Monday, Nov. 13 at 7 p.m. in Albertson Hall, room 169.

Hurt will discuss the role that agriculture played in the secession of the South and the conflict between the Confederacy and the Union.

Hurt has written two books on the topic, “Food and Agriculture during the Civil War” and “Agriculture and the Confederacy.” He won the FHSU Young Alumni Award in 1979.

The events are sponsored by FHSU’s Department of Agriculture, Department of History, and the Peter Werth College of Science, Technology and Mathematics.