At noon on Friday, March 11, there will be a virtual SouthTalk with Stephen Fafulas and Matt Van Hoose titled “Voces Sureñas: Case Studies of Spanish in Northern Mississippi and Eastern North Carolina.” Although the U.S. South has experienced a significant Latinx demographic shift in recent decades, we still know little about the sociolinguistic implications …
At noon on Wednesday, March 9, Yolande van Heerden will give the Art in Barnard Lecture in the Courtyard behind Barnard Observatory. This semester, the Art in Barnard Lecture will complement the Center’s yearlong theme of “Mississippi Voices” by featuring fiber artist and art instructor Yolande van Heerden of Greenwood, Mississippi. Van Heerden teaches a …
On March 2 at noon, Melanie Ho presents sống ở đây. Ho is a producer-director for the Southern Documentary Project whose work deals with trauma, familial relationships, gender, displacement, and intimacy. During her SouthTalk, Ho will screen her documentary film, sống ở đây, followed by a Q&A. Exploring the “intimacy of the mundane,” sống ở …
At noon on Feb. 23, Castel Sweet presents “‘Does My Message Define My Role?’ Hip-Hop Artists’ Interpretation of Having a Role in Their Community.” Using data from interviews with hip-hop artists, Castel Sweet will discuss how artists’ emphasis on their music’s message influences their interpretation of having a role, or identifiable place, in their local …
At noon on Feb. 16, Berkley Hudson presents “Listening to the Mississippi Pictures of O.N. Pruitt.” Originating in the Jim Crow era from Columbus, Mississippi, the photographs of O.N. Pruitt (1891–1967) offer a vehicle to consider the vexing interrelations of photography, community, culture, race, and historical memory. During this SouthTalk, Columbus, Mississippi-native and author of …
On Feb. 10 at 5:30 p.m. in Barnard Observatory’s Gammill Gallery, Nadia Alexis presents “What Endures.” The artwork of Nadia Alexis—photographer, poet, and creative-writing-concentration doctoral student at the University of Mississippi—will be shown in the Gammill Gallery in Barnard Observatory this spring. The photographs in her series “What Endures” focus on the enduring spirit of …
Please join us for a Southern Studies open house for those interested in earning their M.A. or M.F.A. on Friday, Jan. 21 at 1 p.m. CT. This event is an opportunity for people to ask questions, meet faculty, staff, and current students, and learn more about the graduate programs at the Center for the Study …
“Shall We Stay in Hell on Earth?” with Alicia Jackson By the early 1870s, life for rural Black Georgians was marred by restrictive laws that unduly regulated Black farmers, separated Black families, and incarcerated Black men at alarming numbers. More specifically, the growth in the incarceration of Black men fed into what became a burgeoning convict …
The Center for the Study of Southern Culture’s Documentary Showcase will take place at the Powerhouse. Students from various disciplines enrolled in Southern Studies documentary courses and graduate students in both the M.A. and M.F.A. programs will present projects they have worked on this semester. This fall’s event promises to be the biggest one yet, with …
Two Southern Studies virtual open houses are planned for this month. The first option is a virtual event set for Friday, Nov. 19 at 1 p.m. CT and the second option is in person, Friday, Dec. 3 at 1 p.m. CT. Both events are opportunities for people to ask questions and learn more about the …