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  • Interdisciplinary Study of the South

    Center scholars and students investigate and document the South as a region of cultural, historical, geographic, and demographic complexity. Read More >

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    Center publications explore the region across the disciplines of literary studies, history, sociology, anthropology, foodways, and music. Read More >

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    The Center has three institutes dedicated to studying the American South through a range of lenses: the Southern Foodways Alliance, the Southern Documentary Project, and Living Blues magazine. Read More >

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