Jaime Cantrell Visiting Assistant Professor of English, University of Mississippi Darren Grem Assistant Professor of History and Southern Studies, University of Mississippi Ted Ownby Center Director and Professor of History and Southern Studies, University of Mississippi Brown Bags happen select Wednesdays during the school year at noon in Barnard Observatory.
John Green, Director of Population Studies; and Michele Alexandre, Professor of Law. Mary Knight, University Communications will moderate.
The Southern Foodways Alliance’s Grad Student Symposium keynote lecture will be by Dr. Krishnendu Ray on Monday, September 19 at 6pm in Barnard Observatory. Ray is a food studies scholar and professor at NYU and is the author of The Migrant’s Table: Meals and Memories in Bengali-American Households (Temple University, 2004). He co-edited (with Tulasi …
There will be a screening of Longleaf: The Heart of Pine, a film by Rex Jones of the Southern Documentary Project, at noon on Friday, September 12 at the Thomas County Public Library in Thomasville, Georgia. The screening is part of the town’s One Book Festival. Learn more here.
The Center will hold an orientation for incoming Southern Studies MA students on Friday, August 19 at Barnard Observatory.
The Center will present a concert by musicians Alfred Banks and Marco Pavé at 7pm on Friday, September 2, at Shelter on Van Buren. The performance is part of their River Kings Tour. At 2pm that day in Lamar Hall 326, there will be a conversation with the musicians about hip-hop politics. Kiese Laymon will …
On Friday, September 2 the Center will present “Bar-B-Que and Gumbo: Hip-hop Politics in Two River Cities” with musicians Alfred Banks and Marco Pavé. The conversation will take place in Lamar Hall 326, and will be moderated by Kiese Laymon. A concert will follow at 7pm at Shelter on Van Buren. The event is presented …
The Center will screen the La Frontera, a film by Rex Jones of the Southern Documentary Project, at 6pm on Wednesday, November 2 at Shelter on Van Buren. The Southern Studies Film Series at Shelter includes films produced by the Southern Documentary Project and the Southern Foodways Alliance, institutes of the Center for the Study …
The Southern Studies Film Series at Shelter will include films produced by the Southern Documentary Project and the Southern Foodways Alliance, institutes of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture. More details to come.
The Southern Studies Film Series at Shelter will include films produced by the Southern Documentary Project and the Southern Foodways Alliance, institutes of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture. The September 14 screening will include Longleaf by Rex Jones of the Southern Documentary Project, and Otha, a film made from archival footage by …