David Wharton and Brooke White will introduce two new documentary photography exhibits at UM from the Do Good Fund. Dr. Wharton is Assistant Professor of Southern Studies, and Brooke White is Associate Professor of Art at the University of Mississippi. The Do Good Fund, Inc. is a public charity based in Columbus, Georgia. Since its …
On Wednesday, September 27, at noon Dr. Simone Delerme will present a Brown Bag lecture on “El Sur Latino: Migration, Identity, and Incorporation.” Dr. Delerme is McMullan Assistant Professor of Southern Studies and Assistant Professor of Anthropology.
On Thursday, September 21, at noon Southern Studies and English professor Katie McKee will present a Brown Bag on “Mississippi in the Work of Sherwood Bonner” in the Faulkner Room, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library.
A discussion and reading of The Mississippi Encyclopedia, followed by a signing. Hosted by Reed’s GumTree Books and the Lee County Library.
Turry Flucker of the Mississippi Arts Commission interviews Mississippi Encyclopedia Senior Editors Ted Ownby and Charles Reagan Wilson on Mississippi Public Broadcasting’s Mississippi Arts Hour.
Rhonda Y. Williams to Give 2017 Gilder-Jordan Lecture Dr. Rhonda Y. Williams of Vanderbilt University will deliver the 2017 Gilder-Jordan Lecture in Southern Cultural History on Wednesday, September 6, 2017 on the University of Mississippi campus. The lecture will take place at 7pm in Nutt Auditorium. Dr. Williams is the John L. Seigenthaler Professor in …
The Center for the Study of Southern Culture had its first event in 1977, so we’re planning a birthday event to celebrate forty years of Southern Studies. We will have a party on Friday, September 22 from 6pm to 8pm on the Oxford Square (1109 Van Buren Avenue). All alumni, students, staff, faculty, and friends of …
2018 SOUTHERN MUSIC SYMPOSIUM – FEBRUARY 26 Music from the American South has made an indisputable impact on culture and politics in the U.S. and around the world. But who are the South’s most prominent and influential voices today? How are they creating the “southern” in their sounds and speaking to broader matters of national …
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