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 …
Film Screening of “Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power” + Q&A with Director in Meek Hall Auditorium Sam Pollard, Spring 2025 Visiting Documentarian The Center for the Study of Southern Culture and instructors affiliated with the MFA in Documentary Expression host a visiting documentarian once per semester. The invited documentarian spends two days …
We Birthed a Movement Jenny Labalme Jenny Labalme, who was a student-photographer during the 1982 protests against a PCB landfill in Warren County, North Carolina, will discuss the exhibit We Birthed a Movement, which showcases a largely Black, rural, North Carolina community’s fight to block a toxic waste landfill that culminated in six weeks civil …
Friday, December 6, at 6:00 p.m. Barnard Observatory Fall Documentary Showcase The Fall Documentary Showcase is a celebration of the work of Southern Studies documentary students. Each artist presents their work, followed by a Q&A session.
“Revolutionary Verticality? The Black Panther Party as Media Company” presented by Rich Purcell At the height of its influence, the Black Panther Party was one of the most important and controversial political parties in the United States. It was well known for confronting anti-Black racism, police brutality, and the carceral state, as well as for …
“Vibe of the South: Ordinary Blackness/Carceral Intimacies” presented by Corey J. Miles In this SouthTalk, Corey J. Miles will journey to the inner lives of southern trap rappers to explore how both frustration and care for the region refuse traditional explanation. Miles is an ethnographer of the Black South and an assistant professor of sociology …
“Country Queers: Lessons from a Decade of Documenting Rural LGBTQIA2S+ Histories” presented by Rae Garringer In 2013, frustrated by the lack of easily accessible rural queer stories, Rae Garringer bought an audio recorder for $200 and started recording oral history interviews with rural queer and trans friends in central Appalachia. They had no formal training in oral …
“Making ‘Actual Freedom’: The Civil War and Enslaved People’s Legal Consciousness” Gilder-Jordan Lecture in Southern Cultural History presented by Thavolia Glymph A now large and robust body of literature has enriched our understanding of the flight of enslaved people to Union lines during the Civil War. Relatively little attention, however, has been paid to the role …
“When the South Was West: The Mississippi and the Founding of the Nation” presented by Susan Gaunt Stearns In 1789, three weeks after George Washington took office, twenty-two-year-old Andrew Jackson stood along the banks of the Mississippi River at Natchez and swore his allegiance to Spain. Washington’s oath is celebrated by American historians and laypeople …
“Surplussed Atlanta: The Built Environment of Homelessness” presented by Chuck Steffen Downtown Atlanta is known for its glass office towers and professional sports venues. It is also known for having the densest population of unhoused persons in the metropolitan area. For nearly half a century, a succession of city governments, hotel and convention interests, real …