A discussion and reading of The Mississippi Encyclopedia, followed by a signing and reception. More details to come!
A discussion and reading of The Mississippi Encyclopedia, followed by a signing and reception. More details to come!
The Center will kick off a series of state-wide events celebrating the May publication of The Mississippi Encyclopedia with an event on the Oxford Square on Saturday, May 20. The event will begin with a speed lectures by editors and scholars at 3pm at Oxford City Hall (2nd floor courtroom), followed by a signing and …
This event, to be held in the 2nd floor courtroom of Oxford City Hall, will celebrate the publication of The Mississippi Encyclopedia by the Center for the Study of Southern Culture and the University Press of Mississippi. The event will include remarks by Senior Editors Ted Ownby and Charles Reagan Wilson, followed by two minute …
On Monday, May 1, Jerusa Leão will present “The Mississippi River Is to the Blues as the São Francisco River Is to Forró” at noon in Barnard Observatory. Jerusa Leão’s Both Sides of the River is an audio-visual project of cultural exchange and documentation. It aims to discuss and reveal the sociological and cultural environment …
On Wednesday, February 1 at 3:30pm the Center will host a reception for Ed Croom. Croom has an exhibit in the Gammill Gallery of photographs from his recent book The Land of Rowan Oak: An Exploration of Faulkner’s Natural World. More than fifty years after Faulkner’s death, Rowan Oak remains a sanctuary and a place …
On Friday, February 10 at 2pm in Barnard Observatory, the Center will host a conversation between Regina Bradley and Kiese Laymon, “When the South STILL Got Something to Say: A Conversation about Hip Hop in the South.” Southern Studies and Sociology faculty member Brian Foster will provide an introduction. Dr. Regina N. Bradley Dr. Regina …
The Center will partner with the Mississippi Humanities Council to host a free and open to the public conversation on issues related to equitable access to affordable housing on March 2. The Ideas on Tap event, “Ideas on Tap: What Happened to Affordable Housing?” will be held at Proud Larry’s from 5pm to 6:30pm. The …
Dr. Wesley Hogan of Duke University will present a Brown Bag talk at noon on Monday, April 17 as part of the Radical South Brown Bag series. Wesley Hogan is the director of the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University and teaches the history of youth social movements, African American history, women’s history and …