Connecting with Children’s Book Festival authors

Originally, the Oxford Conference for the Book Children’s Book Festival was planned for Friday, March 27 as an opportunity for first-graders to meet Oge Mora and fifth-graders to meet Cassie Beasley. Although because of COVID-19 they can’t meet the authors in person, there are ways for young readers to connect online. Mora, who graduated from

Southern Studies Remote Classes Begin

Written By Rebecca Lauck Cleary OXFORD, Miss. – This is a new era at the University of Mississippi and at the Center for the Study of Southern Culture. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, all university classes have shifted to online delivery for the remainder of the spring semester. Katie McKee, the center’s director, said

Operations modified for COVID-19

The University of Mississippi is open for business. However, our operations have been modified to keep safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. If this is an urgent matter requiring immediate attention contact 662-915-5993.  For timely updates regarding the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs COVID-19 Guidance go here.

MA student produces “Black Power at Ole Miss” documentary

Black Power at Ole Miss: Remembrance, Reckoning, and Repair at Fifty Years commemorated the mass arrest of nearly ninety Black students – and expulsion of eight – on February 25, 1970 at Fulton Chapel. The event remembered the activism and sacrifice of students, reckoned with the harm and trauma caused by the actions of the

Please call ahead to visit us

Due to concerns about the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), please call 662-915-3372 or email us if you would like to visit the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at this time.

Oxford Conference for the Book canceled

The Oxford Conference for the Book will not take place on April 1-3, 2020 due to concerns about the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). The conference is the longest-running event produced by the University of Mississippi’s Center for the Study of Southern Culture. “We are disappointed that we had to cancel the conference, but the health