Sally Mann to give Ann J. Abadie Lecture at Faulkner Conference One of America’s most renowned photographers presents the fifth annual Ann J. Abadie Lecture in Southern Studies as part of this summer’s Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference. The lecture, “Your Darlings: Aesthetic Decisions for Better or Worse” is set for 7:30 p.m. Sunday, July 20 …
This story is part of the 2025 Journey to Commencement series, which celebrates the pinnacle of the academic year by highlighting University of Mississippi students and their outstanding academic and personal journeys from college student to college graduate. Read about Merritt Tompkins, a senior Southern Studies major who graduates this May, here. …
This story is part of the 2025 Journey to Commencement series, which celebrates the pinnacle of the academic year by highlighting University of Mississippi students and their outstanding academic and personal journeys from college student to college graduate. Read about Bay Merrell, a senior Southern Studies major and museum studies minor who graduates this May, …
The University of Mississippi has implemented a new web content management system (CMS). The Center for the Study of Southern Culture is in the process of migrating our site to the new CMS platform, and the content on this site may not fully reflect the current status of programs, plans or resources. During the migration …
The University of Mississippi will host its sixth annual Giving Day on April 8 and 9. We hope you consider supporting the Center for the Study of Southern Culture. You can donate to the Center for the Study of Southern Culture and specify how your funds should be used, or consider contributing to these two …
Go here for full schedule. This spring, the already impressive number of talented writers in Oxford will multiply as more than 20 of the nation’s leading and emerging authors, poets, scholars and artists gather for the Oxford Conference for the Book. Three days of panels, discussions and events in Oxford and at the University of …
Book signing set for Wednesday, Feb. 26 at Off Square Books OXFORD, Miss. – The chapters of Adam Gussow’s life include teaching blues literature to inmates at Mississippi’s maximum-security prison and getting crowds grooving as a street blues harmonica player in Harlem. The University of Mississippi professor of English and Southern studies weaves several of …
Check out upcoming showtimes and locations for films produced by Southern Studies students, alumni, faculty, and staff for this spring. SouthDocs Film Guide Spring 2025 Country Punk Black – Oxford Film Festival Director: Christopher C. Fisher, & Producer: NEEN Country Punk Black chronicles the musical journey of Twurt Chamberlain, a genre-bending singer-songwriter from Lexington, Mississippi, …
Former Mississippi Rep. Steve Holland gained notoriety as a colorful character during his 36-year career in the Mississippi Legislature, and he recently returned to the spotlight as one of the central characters in the Netflix series “The Kings of Tupelo.” But Holland’s first brush with cinematic immortality actually came in 2023 with the release of …
The SouthTalks series at the University of Mississippi’s Center for the Study of Southern Culture continues its theme of Southern environments this spring. SouthTalks is a series of events exploring the interdisciplinary nature of Southern studies. All events are free to the public and take place in the Barnard Observatory Tupelo Room, unless otherwise noted. …