This year at the 20th annual Oxford Film Festival, which is held from Wednesday, March 1 to Sunday, March 5, Southern Studies students and staff have films in many categories including music videos, documentary shorts and documentary. Named a Top 50 Film Festival worth the entry fee over several years by MovieMaker magazine, Oxford Film Festival …
Continuing the programming focus for the March SouthTalks at the Center for the Study of Southern Culture is “Race in the Classroom.” Two events are planned for March 1. At noon in Barnard Observatory, join documentary editor Sarah Garrahan as she talks about strategies for editing documentary feature films, including working with a team, how …
In the Courtyard: Alumni Spotlight on Ben Cannon Ben Cannon has always enjoyed exploring new places, which is quite helpful for his job as a field producer for the Discovery Channel. Cannon earned a bachelor’s degree in Southern Studies from the University of Mississippi in 2003. Although his circuitous route has led him from ski …
In the Courtyard: Alumni Spotlight on Teah Hairston Southern Studies graduates go on to do a wide variety of things, and Teah Hairston is no exception. Hairston’s primary role is as a research data specialist at the Board of State and Community Corrections in Sacramento, California, but that is just the beginning of her involvement …
Interdisciplinary Feb. 27 event to facilitate discussion among faculty, graduate students University of Mississippi faculty and graduate students will share their research on race and ethnicity in a Feb. 27 forum. This event begins with breakfast at 8:30 a.m., and the first panel will begin at 9 a.m. in the Butler Auditorium of the Triplett …
Sarah Rodriguez blends love for food and meaningful conversation at Southern Foodways Alliance Sarah Rodriguez engages with people through her work as an oral historian, honing skills such as honesty and empathy building. She also enjoys connecting with them over a meal, which is not surprising, given her job with the Southern Foodways Alliance. “I like …
U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón is set to deliver this year’s Baine Lecture at the University of Mississippi. Limón will discuss “What Poetry Can Do” beginning at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7 in Fulton Chapel. Free and open to the public, the event is co-sponsored by the Department of English and the Center for the …
The programming focus at the Center for the Study of Southern Culture for the 2022-23 academic year is “Race in the Classroom,” and the spring SouthTalks lectures follow that theme. Historically, classrooms have functioned as both intensely local spaces and as broader political stages on which debates about equality, identity and access have played out …
In the Courtyard: Alumni Spotlight on Natoria Kennell-Foster Southern Studies Carries over into a Passion for Baking Natoria Kennell-Foster first starting baking about fifteen years ago, when her pastor’s wife taught her to make a red velvet cake and a German chocolate cake. She was immediately hooked and embraced the knowledge being passed on to …
A University of Mississippi professor and a professor emerita will be honored for their literary and community work next month when they receive the Mississippi Arts Commission’s 35th annual Governor’s Arts Awards. The commission is awarding Ann Fisher-Wirth, retired UM English professor, the 2023 Excellence in Literature and Poetry Award, and Ralph Eubanks, Black Power …