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 …
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Gilder-Jordan Lecture focuses on enslaved people’s legal consciousness
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 …
Oxford alumni happy hour set for Oct. 15
Filmmakers plan UM screening of environmental justice documentary
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 …
SouthTalks kick off today at 4 p.m.
“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 …
Fall SouthTalks series explores southern environments
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
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 …
2025 Study the South Research Fellowship Announcement
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 South Research Fellowship, sponsored by the Center for the Study of Southern …
Ann Abadie remembered as visionary champion of Southern culture
Administrator, scholar recognized for role in founding Southern culture center, literary conferences Ann Abadie admittedly did not like the spotlight, but she was a behind-the-scenes champion: of culture, of literature and of community. Abadie, director emerita of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture, died Tuesday (July 30) and leaves a legacy of visionary …
Center mourns passing of Dr. Ann Abadie
The Center for the Study of Southern Culture mourns the passing of Dr. Ann Abadie, whose vision as associate director guided the Center’s founding in 1977 and inspired its nearly fifty years of subsequent work. Ann wrote the initial grant that established the Center, and she was likewise instrumental in founding the Faulkner & Yoknapatawpha …