Center for the Study of Southern Culture

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 >
Telling the Stories

Documentary studies at the Center include photography, film, and oral history. Read More >
SouthTalks

Lectures, performances, film screenings, and panel discussions exploring the interdisciplinary nature of Southern Studies. Read More >
Publications

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

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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Center Institutes

The Center has three institutes which study the South through a variety of lenses. Click the logos above to find out more about each institute.

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Gifts to the Center benefit teaching, publications, and outreach at the first interdisciplinary research center dedicated to the American South.