The Fall 2017 Brown Bag Lunch and Lecture series begins this week. Most lectures are at noon on Wednesdays in the Tupelo Room of Barnard Observatory (Room 105) and are free and open to the public.
Brown Bag Lectures Announced for Fall
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Ralph Eubanks to Serve as Visiting Professor at UM
Alumnus and author will teach courses in Southern studies and English OXFORD, Miss. – Author and journalist Ralph Eubanks returns to the University of Mississippi this fall, this time as a visiting professor. The Mount Olive native will teach a Southern studies course this fall and an English course during the spring semester. His Southern …
Encyclopedia Brown Bag set for Monday
On Monday, June 19 at noon there will be a brown bag panel discussion in the Faulkner Room of the J.D. Williams Library about the recently published Mississippi Encyclopedia. Ted Ownby and Charles Reagan Wilson, both editors of the volume, will speak along with library faculty members Andrea Driver, Ellie Campbell, Royce Kurtz, Leigh McWhite, …
Encyclopedia Text Accompanies Visual Images in Gammill Gallery
The Center’s collection of William Ferris photographs help bring Mississippi Encyclopedia text to life in the Gammill Gallery this month.
Author Sharon Monteith to give Radical South lecture Thursday
Written By Brian Powers Author Sharon Monteith will lecture on The Radical South: Southern Activism, Past and Present, Narrating Activism in the 1960s at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 30 at the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politicson the University of Mississippi campus. Her session is part of the 24th annual Oxford Conference for the …
Filmmaker Tom Thurman to Screen Harry Crews Documentary
“Guilty As Charged” set to screen at Oxford Conference for the Book Written by Brian Powers Filmmaker Tom Thurman will screen and discuss his documentary, “Harry Crews: Guilty as Charged” during the Oxford Conference for the Book, Thursday, March 30 at 8 p.m on the University of Mississippi campus in Lamar Hall, room 129. The …
Charles Reagan Wilson Honored with Obama Fellowship
Charles Reagan Wilson’s international reputation as an expert on southern culture led to his selection for a fellowship in Germany last November.
“As an Obama Fellow, my responsibilities were to give a series of lectures at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, at Johannes Gutenberg University in Gersheim, and at the Philipps-Universität Marburg,” said Wilson, professor emeritus of history and Southern Studies. “My lecture topics included ‘The American South in the Obama Era’ and ‘Trump’s South.’ That last one was the one stirring up the most interest. I also lectured on ‘Creativity in Southern Culture,’ ‘The Southern Way of Life,’ and ‘Religion in the Civil Rights Era.’”
Conference for the Book Coming Up March 29-31
For those who relish getting lost in a good story, the 24th annual Oxford Conference for the Book is an opportunity to gather with authors, editors and scholars. On March 29-31, the conference at the University of Mississippi, which is free and open to the public, includes readings, panel discussions and lectures by award-winning writers and first-time novelists.
Public History Topic of Two Brown Bags Next Week
There are two Brown Bags next week, both dealing with public history.
Center to Offer New MFA Degree in Documentary Expression
A new Master of Fine Arts degree in Documentary Expression begins this fall, and prospective students are encouraged to apply before the April 13 deadline. The new MFA, housed at the University of Mississippi’s Center for the Study of Southern Culture, will be a two-year (30-hour) graduate program that combines three forms of training.