BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//130.74.126.25//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.26.9// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-FROM-URL:https://southernstudies.olemiss.edu X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RDATE:20241103T020000 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20250309T020000 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-26332@southernstudies.olemiss.edu DTSTAMP:20240329T142343Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Book Signing CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:A kaleidoscopic new intellectual and cultural history of the So uth\nJoin the University of Mississippi Center for the Study of Southern C ulture and Square Books to celebrate friend and scholar Charles Reagan Wil son with the launch of his new book The Southern Way of Life: Meanings of Culture and Civilization in the American South. The event will be Tuesday\ , January 17th at 5:30 p.m. at Off Square Books.\nAbout the Book\nHow does one begin to understand the idea of a distinctive southern way of life—a concept as enduring as it is disputed? In this examination of the American South in national and global contexts\, celebrated historian Charles Reag an Wilson assesses how diverse communities of southerners have sought to d efine the region’s identity. Surveying three centuries of southern regiona l consciousness across many genres\, disciplines\, and cultural strains\, Wilson considers and challenges prior presentations of the region\, advanc ing a vision of southern culture that has always been plural\, dynamic\, a nd complicated by race and class.\nStructured in three parts\, The Souther n Way of Life takes readers on a journey from the colonial era to the pres ent\, from when complex ideas of “southern civilization” rooted in slaveho lding and agrarianism dominated to the twenty-first-century rise of a mode rn\, multicultural “southern living.” As Wilson shows\, there is no singul ar or essential South but rather a rich tapestry woven with contestations\ , contingencies\, and change.\nAbout the Author\nCharles Reagan Wilson is professor emeritus of History and Southern Studies at the University of Mi ssissippi. He was the Kelly Gene Cook Sr. Chair of History and Professor o f Southern Studies at the University of Mississippi\, where he taught from 1981-2014. He worked extensively with graduate students and served as Di rector of the Southern Studies academic program from 1991 to 1998\, and Di rector of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture from 1998-2007. Wil son received bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Texas at El Paso and earned his PhD in history from the University of Texas at A ustin. He taught at the University of Wurzburg\, Germany\, the University of Texas at El Paso\, and Texas Tech University before coming to Oxford. W ilson is the author of Baptized in Blood: The Religion of the Lost Cause\, 1865-1920 (1980)\, a study of the memory of the Confederacy in the post-C ivil War South\, Judgment and Grace in Dixie: Southern Faiths from Faulkne r to Elvis (1995)\, which studies popular religion as a part of the cultur e of the modern South\, and Flashes of Southern Spirit: Meanings of the Sp irit in the U. S. South (2011). He is also coeditor (with Bill Ferris) of the Encyclopedia of Southern Culture (1989)\, which received the Dartmouth Prize from the American Library Association as best reference book of the year and is also general editor of the 24-volume New Encyclopedia of Sout hern Culture (2006-2013). He is editor or coeditor of Religion and the Ame rican Civil War (1998)\, The New Regionalism (1996)\, and Religion in the South (1985). DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230117T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230117T183000 LOCATION:Off Square Books\, 129 Courthouse Square SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:The Southern Way of Life: Meanings of Culture and Civilization in t he American South URL:https://southernstudies.olemiss.edu/event/the-southern-way-of-life-mean ings-of-culture-and-civilization-in-the-american-south/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://southernstudies.olemiss.edu/media/Southe rn-Way-of-Life-Web-2.png\;1070\;300\,medium\;https://southernstudies.olemi ss.edu/media/Southern-Way-of-Life-Web-2.png\;1070\;300\,large\;https://sou thernstudies.olemiss.edu/media/Southern-Way-of-Life-Web-2.png\;1070\;300\, full\;https://southernstudies.olemiss.edu/media/Southern-Way-of-Life-Web-2 .png\;1070\;300 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n
\\nA kaleidoscopic new intellectual and cultural history of the South
\nJoin the University of Mississippi Center for the Study of Southern Culture and Square Books to celebrate friend and scholar Charles Reagan Wilson with the launch of his new book The Sou thern Way of Life: Meanings of Culture and Civilization in the American So uth. The event will be Tuesday\, January 17th at 5:30 p.m. at Off Square Books.
\nAbout the Book
\nHow do es one begin to understand the idea of a distinctive southern way of life— a concept as enduring as it is disputed? In this examination of the Americ an South in national and global contexts\, celebrated historian Charles Re agan Wilson assesses how diverse communities of southerners have sought to define the region’s identity. Surveying three centuries of southern regio nal consciousness across many genres\, disciplines\, and cultural strains\ , Wilson considers and challenges prior presentations of the region\, adva ncing a vision of southern culture that has always been plural\, dynamic\, and complicated by race and class.
\nStructured in three parts\, The Southern Way of Life takes readers on a journey from the colonial era to the p resent\, from when complex ideas of “southern civilization” rooted in slav eholding and agrarianism dominated to the twenty-first-century rise of a m odern\, multicultural “southern living.” As Wilson shows\, there is no sin gular or essential South but rather a rich tapestry woven with contestatio ns\, contingencies\, and change.
\nAbout the Author
\nCharles Reagan Wilson is professor emeritus of H istory and Southern Studies at the University of Mississippi. He was the K elly Gene Cook Sr. Chair of History and Professor of Southern Studies at t he University of Mississippi\, where he taught from 1981-2014. He worked extensively with graduate students and served as Director of the Southern Studies academic program from 1991 to 1998\, and Director of the Center fo r the Study of Southern Culture from 1998-2007. Wilson received bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Texas at El Paso and earned h is PhD in history from the University of Texas at Austin. He taught at the University of Wurzburg\, Germany\, the University of Texas at El Paso\, a nd Texas Tech University before coming to Oxford. Wilson is the author of Baptized in Blood: The Religion of the Lost Cause\, 1865-1920 (19 80)\, a study of the memory of the Confederacy in the post-Civil War South \, Judgment and Grace in Dixie: Southern Faiths from Faulkner to Elvis (1995)\, which studies popular religion as a part of the culture of the modern South\, and Flashes of Southern Spirit: Meanings of the Spi rit in the U. S. South (2011). He is also coeditor (with Bill Ferris) of the Encyclopedia of Southern Culture (1989)\, which received the Dartmouth Prize from the American Library Association as best referenc e book of the year and is also general editor of the 24-volume New Enc yclopedia of Southern Culture (2006-2013). He is editor or coeditor o f Religion and the American Civil War (1998)\, The New Region alism (1996)\, and Religion in the South (1985).
\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-26800@southernstudies.olemiss.edu DTSTAMP:20240329T142343Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Book Signing\,Discussion\,History\,Lecture\,South Talks CONTACT:Afton Thomas\; amthoma4@olemiss.edu DESCRIPTION:In the Pines: A Lynching\, a Lie\, a Reckoning presented Grace Elizabeth Hale \n An award-winning scholar of white supremacy tackles her toughest research assignment yet: the unsolved murder of a Black man in ru ral Mississippi while her grandfather was the local sheriff—a cold case th at sheds new light on the hidden legacy of racial terror in America. A sto ry of obsession\, injustice\, and the ties that bind\, In the Pines casts an unsparing eye over this intimate terrain\, driven by a deep desire to s et straight the historical record and to understand and subvert white raci sm\, along with its structures\, costs\, and consequences—and the lies tha t sustain it.\nGrace Elizabeth Hale is the Commonwealth Professor of Ameri can Studies and History at the University of Virginia and an international ly recognized expert on modern American culture and the regional culture o f the U.S. South. Her previous books include A Nation of Outsiders: How th e White Middle Class Fell in Love with Rebellion in Postwar America\, Maki ng Whiteness: The Culture of Segregation in the South\, 1890–1940\, and Co ol Town: How Athens\, Georgia\, Launched Alternative Music and Changed Ame rican Culture.\nThis event is cosponsored by Square Books.\nSouthTalks is a series of events (including lectures\, performances\, film screenings\, and panel discussions) that explores the interdisciplinary nature of South ern Studies. This series is free and open to the public\, and typically ta kes place in the Tupelo Room of Barnard Observatory unless otherwise noted . Visit the Center’s website for current information about all Center even ts. During the 2023–24 academic year\, the programming theme is “Creativit y in the South.” DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231114T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231114T183000 LOCATION:Off Square Books\, 129 Courthouse Square SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:SouthTalks: “In the Pines: A Lynching\, a Lie\, a Reckoning” URL:https://southernstudies.olemiss.edu/event/southtalks-in-the-pines-a-lyn ching-a-lie-a-reckoning/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nIn the Pines: A Lynching\, a Lie\, a Reckoning < /em>presented Grace Elizabeth Hale
\nAn award-winning scholar of white supremacy tackles her toughest research assignment yet: the unsolved murd er of a Black man in rural Mississippi while her grandfather was the local sheriff—a cold case that sheds new light on the hidden legacy of racial t error in America. A story of obsession\, injustice\, and the ties that bin d\, In the Pines casts an unsparing eye over this intimate terrai n\, driven by a deep desire to set straight the historical record and to u nderstand and subvert white racism\, along with its structures\, costs\, a nd consequences—and the lies that sustain it.
\nGrace Elizabeth Hale is the Commonwealth Professor of American Stud ies and History at the University of Virginia and an internationally recog nized expert on modern American culture and the regional culture of the U. S. South. Her previous books include A Nation of Outsiders: How the Wh ite Middle Class Fell in Love with Rebellion in Postwar America\, Making Whiteness: The Culture of Segregation in the South\, 1890–1940\, and Cool Town: How Athens\, Georgia\, Launched Alternative Music a nd Changed American Culture.
\nThis event is cosponsored by Square Books.
\n< em>SouthTalks is a series of events (including lectures\, performances\, f ilm screenings\, and panel discussions) that explores the interdisciplinar y nature of Southern Studies. This series is free and open to the public\, and typically takes place in the Tupelo Room of Barnard Observatory unles s otherwise noted. Visit the Center’s website for current information abou t all Center events. During the 2023–24 academic year\, the programming th eme is “Creativity in the South.”
\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-27155@southernstudies.olemiss.edu DTSTAMP:20240329T142343Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Book Signing\,Community Partnership\,Concert\,Con ference or Symposium\,Lecture\,Literature\,Music CONTACT:Jimmy Thomas\; jgthomas@olemiss.edu\; http://oxfordconferenceforthe book.com DESCRIPTION:The storied Oxford Conference for the Book returns to the Unive rsity of Mississippi and downtown Oxford venues April 3-5 for its 30th ann iversary edition.\nhttps://bit.ly/3xbUEe8 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240403T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240405T220000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Oxford Conference for the Book URL:https://southernstudies.olemiss.edu/event/oxford-conference-for-the-boo k-5/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://southernstudies.olemiss.edu/media/2024-O CB-Poster-2-hires-890x1000.jpg\;890\;1000\,medium\;https://southernstudies .olemiss.edu/media/2024-OCB-Poster-2-hires-890x1000.jpg\;890\;1000\,large\ ;https://southernstudies.olemiss.edu/media/2024-OCB-Poster-2-hires-890x100 0.jpg\;890\;1000\,full\;https://southernstudies.olemiss.edu/media/2024-OCB -Poster-2-hires-890x1000.jpg\;890\;1000 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nThe storied O xford Conference for the Book returns to the University of Mississippi and downtown Oxford venues April 3-5 for its 30th anniversary edition.
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