The annual meeting takes place on a Thursday and Friday in early March each year. Jackson hosts the meeting every other year. In addition to presenting annual awards, the meeting offers opportunities for professional historians and lay people to come together to learn about modern scholarship on the state's history.
The next annual meeting will take place at the Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson on March 6-7, 2025. Rooms are reserved at The Old Capitol Inn. Call 601-359-9000 before February 6, 2025, and specify the MHS rate of $150 per night plus tax.
PREVIOUS MEETINGS
- February 22-23, 2024 in Oxford
- March 2-3, 2023 in Jackson
- March 10-11, 2022 in Hattiesburg
- March 5, 2021 in Jackson (virtual meeting)
- March 5-6, 2020 in Cleveland
- February 28-March 2, 2019 in Natchez
- March 1-3, 2018 in Jackson
- March 2-4, 2017 in Gulfport
- March 3-5, 2016 in Jackson
- March 5-7, 2015 in Corinth
- March 6-8, 2014 in Jackson
- February 28-March 2, 2013 in Vicksburg
- March 1-3, 2012 in Columbus
- March 3-5, 2011 in Jackson
- March 4-6, 2010 in Gulfport
- March 5-7, 2009 in Jackson
- March 6-8, 2008 in Starkville
- March 1-3, 2007 in Jackson
- March 2-4, 2006 in Natchez
- March 3-5, 2005 in Jackson
- March 4-6, 2004 in Tupelo
- March 6-8, 2003 in Jackson
- February 28-March 2, 2002 in Hattiesburg
- March 1-3, 2001 in Oxford
- 2000 in Jackson
- 1999 in Biloxi
- 1998 in Natchez
- 1997 in Jackson
- 1995 in Columbus
- 1994 in Jackson
- 1993 in Pascagoula
- 1991 in Meridian
- 1990 in Jackson
- 1987 in New Orleans, LA (joint meeting with Louisiana Historical Association)
- 1986 in Vicksburg
- 1985 in Jackson
- 1984 in Biloxi
- 1983 in Cleveland
- 1982 in Natchez
- 1981 in Jackson
- 1980 in Gulfport
- 1979 in Jackson
- 1978 in Starkville
- 1977 in Biloxi
- 1976 in Natchez
- 1975 in Jackson
- 1974 in Biloxi
- 1973 in Columbus
- 1972 in Jackson
- 1971 in Biloxi
- 1970 in Oxford
- 1969 in Hattiesburg
- 1968 in Cleveland
- 1967 in Natchez
- 1966 in Starkville
- 1965 in Biloxi
- 1964 in Meridian
- 1963 in Vicksburg
- 1962 in Corinth
- 1961 in Jackson
- 1960 in Biloxi
- 1959 in Hattiesburg
- 1958 in Columbus
- 1957 in Natchez
- 1956 in Oxford
- 1955 in Vicksburg
- 1954 in Biloxi
- 1953 in Jackson (first since 1911)