The programming focus at the Center for the Study of Southern Culture for the 2022-23 academic year is “Race in the Classroom,” and the spring SouthTalks lectures follow that theme. Historically, classrooms have functioned as both intensely local spaces and as broader political stages on which debates about equality, identity and access have played out …
In the Courtyard: Alumni Spotlight on Natoria Kennell-Foster Southern Studies Carries over into a Passion for Baking Natoria Kennell-Foster first starting baking about fifteen years ago, when her pastor’s wife taught her to make a red velvet cake and a German chocolate cake. She was immediately hooked and embraced the knowledge being passed on to …
A University of Mississippi professor and a professor emerita will be honored for their literary and community work next month when they receive the Mississippi Arts Commission’s 35th annual Governor’s Arts Awards. The commission is awarding Ann Fisher-Wirth, retired UM English professor, the 2023 Excellence in Literature and Poetry Award, and Ralph Eubanks, Black Power …
Living Blues #282 features Chicago bluesman Jimi “Primetime” Smith. His first gig at age 13 was backing his mother, Chicago drummer Johnnie Mae Dunson’s, friend Jimmy Reed at the 1973 Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival. Smith’s journey in the blues has certainly been atypical. Now, at age 63, he has absorbed all of the …
Interested in earning a B.A. in Southern Studies but out-of-state tuition seems daunting? The Academic Common Market may be able to help. Many out of state students qualify for in-state tuition as Southern Studies majors at the University of Mississippi. Deadline Feb. 15. For all Academic Common Market information, visit our ACM page.
OXFORD, Miss. – Elementary school students will be encouraged to love reading, thanks to a University of Mississippi endowment paying tribute to the late Elaine Hoffman Scott, of Little Rock, Arkansas, remembered for her great passion for education and the arts. The Elaine Hoffman Scott Memorial Endowment and Memorial Fund, which will support the Children’s …
Join us in the Tupelo Room of Barnard Observatory at 6 p.m. Friday, December 2 for the end of the semester celebration of Southern Studies student documentary work including film, audio, and photography. Students will be present to share and discuss previews of their projects which can be viewed online in their entirety. Free and …
A project documenting the stories and culture of skateboarders in Mississippi created by students at the Center for the Study of Southern Culture enrolled in the Southern Studies 533: Fieldwork and Oral History course in Fall 2022 (taught by John Rash and Melanie Ho). This video was originally screened at Oxford Skate Park, November 2, …
Are you interested in pursuing a graduate degree in Southern Studies, but you have questions about the program? Ask away! We have two opportunities for a virtual open house to give you all the details you need. Join us either at 3 p.m. CST Wednesday, December 7 or 11 am CST on Friday, January 20. …
Living Blues #281 features the Soul Queen of New Orleans, Irma Thomas. It has been 26 years since Thomas has graced the cover of Living Blues. We sat down with her earlier this year and talked about her career, Katrina, and life at age 81. Chicago drummer Merle Perkins has played behind everyone from Freddie …