Writing has been a lifelong pursuit for Ralph Eubanks, one that has led him through the publishing world, academia and the Library of Congress. The University of Mississippi alumnus recently received two honors that reflect this success in practicing and supporting the craft of writing. Eubanks, faculty fellow and writer-in-residence at the UM Center …
—CALL FOR PROPOSALS— Announcing the 2025 Study the South Research Fellowship Scholars researching the South have an opportunity for funded research in the collections of the Department of Archives and Special Collections at the J. D. Williams Library at the University of Mississippi. The Study the SouthResearch Fellowship, sponsored by the Center for the Study …
Are you interested in a graduate degree in Southern Studies? Would you like to ask some questions about the program? There are two opportunities for a virtual open house at 3 p.m. Dec. 11 and at 1 p.m. Jan. 24. See below for the Zoom registration links. Here is the link for the Dec. 11 …
Alumnus Berkley Hudson provides resources for visiting documentarians Using documentary studies to train the next generation of storytellers holds such importance to Berkley Hudson that he has gifted the University of Mississippi an endowment to bring visiting documentarians to campus. Hudson, an Ole Miss alumnus and associate professor emeritus of the University of Missouri School …
One of the nation’s top scholars of slavery and gender will explore how much enslaved people in the South knew about the law and how that influenced their decisions to flee to the North in this year’s Gilder-Jordan Lecture in Southern Cultural History at the University of Mississippi. Thavolia Glymph, a professor at the Duke …
Are you a Southern Studies alum living in the Oxford area? Join us for happy hour Tuesday, October 15. RSVP at https://bit.ly/3Yaf8iN to learn the time and location!
Campus premiere of ‘Our Movement Starts Here’ to include panel discussion, exhibit Filmmakers John Rash and Melanie Ho had a busy summer showing their documentary feature “Our Movement Starts Here” at film festivals. Now they’re bringing the acclaimed production to the University of Mississippi for a screening and discussion. The film chronicles the story of …
“The Cash Value of Racism in America—and Its Schools” presented by Tracie McMillan After journalist Tracie McMillan began reporting on the material advantages of racial privilege in America, she ended up in the public schools of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Using the story of two millennial sisters—the Becker girls—as a starting point, McMillan pieces together a seventy-year history …
Events kick off Sept. 12 with journalist Tracie McMillan The environment can refer to a person’s surroundings or conditions, or a particular geographical area. Taking the latter meaning, the University of Mississippi’s Center for the Study of Southern Culture hones in on Southern environments for its 2024-25 programming. “We will begin with its most obvious …
The House That Ann Built For Ann Abadie (1940-2024) Written by William Ferris Ann Abadie came to Oxford in 1960 to begin her PhD in the University of Mississippi’s English Department. Her work focused on William Faulkner whose language inspired her to explore the South in its entirety. She and her colleagues Michael Harrington in …