Announcing the 2025 Study the South Research Fellowship

Study the South

—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

Two virtual open houses set for Dec. 11 and Jan. 24

Southern Studies open houses Dec. 11 and Jan. 24

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

Endowment to help train next generation of storytellers

Berkley Hudson

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

Filmmakers plan UM screening of environmental justice documentary

Our Movement Starts Here at 6 pm at Overby Center

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

Fall SouthTalks series explores southern environments

Longboat

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

Ann Abadie and Toni Morrison

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

Ann Abadie remembered as visionary champion of Southern culture

Ann Abadie

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

Ann Abadie sits in a chair

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