When:November 6, 2017 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Where:Millsaps College -Gertrude C. Ford Academic Complex 215, Jackson, MS, USA
The Institute for Civil and Professional Engagement at Millsaps College will host a screening of Southern Documentary Project film Flag Flap Over Mississippi on Monday, November 6 at 6pm in Academic Complex Room 215. A discussion of the film will follow, with Kenneth Townsend of Millsaps moderating. Artist Laurin Stennis and Mississippi State Senator John Horhn will …
When:October 25, 2017 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Where:Overby Center , University, MS 38677, USA
The Southern Documentary Project, an Institute of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi, has a new documentary film titled Flag Flap Over Mississippi by director Rex Jones that explores tensions around the divisive Mississippi state flag. There will be a premiere screening and discussion of the film at …
When:September 23, 2017 @ 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Where:Barnard Observatory
Discussions on Saturday will begin with one question: how do alumni continue to do Southern Studies in their numerous fields? How is Southern Studies part of their teaching, writing and reading, editing, documentary work, art and music, activism, their work in law, business, religion, government, restaurants, farms, libraries, and their personal, family, and community lives? …
When:October 5, 2017 @ 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Where:Gammill Gallery, Barnard Observatory, Oxford, MS 38655, USA
This reception follows a 3pm panel at Meek Hall Gallery 130. The panel will include guest photographers Jerry Siegel and Jill Frank as well as Brooke White and David Wharton. All panelists have work in the Do Good Fund’s photography collection. The panel will be moderated by Alan Rothschild, the organizer of the collection.The exhibit is open until December …
When:October 19, 2017 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Where:Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, 565 N 5th Ave, Laurel, MS 39440, USA
A discussion of The Mississippi Encyclopedia with Senior Editor Ted Ownby, followed by a signing.
When:November 15, 2017 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Where:Barnard Observatory
On Wednesday, November 15 at noon, Dr. Jessie Wilkerson will present a Brown Bag lecture on “Politics and Poetics: Writing about the 20th Century South.” Dr. Wilkerson is Assistant Professor of History and Southern Studies.
When:August 30, 2017 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Where:Barnard Observatory
On Wednesday, August 30 at noon, Dr. Ted Ownby will present a Brown Bag lecture on “Writing about Family Problems and the Twentieth-Century South.” Dr. Ownby is Center Director and Professor of History and Southern Studies.
When:November 8, 2017 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Where:Barnard Observatory
On Wednesday, November 8 at noon, Dr. Kristine McCusker of Middle Tennessee State University will present “Bobbie Gentry’s Odes to Mississippi.”
When:November 1, 2017 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Where:Barnard Observatory
On Wednesday, November 1 at noon, Dr. Adam Gussow will discuss his new book, Beyond the Crossroads: The Devil and the Blues Tradition. The book will be published in October 2017 by UNC Press. The devil is the most charismatic and important figure in the blues tradition. He’s not just the music’s namesake (“the devil’s …
When:October 25, 2017 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Where:Barnard Observatory
On Wednesday, October 25 at noon, Dr. Brian Foster will present a Brown Bag lecture entitled ‘That’s for the White Folks’: Race, Culture, and (Un)Making Place in the Rural South. Dr. Foster is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Southern Studies.
