Screening of SHAKE ‘EM ON DOWN at the Sun and Sand Film & Music Festival

When:June 9, 2016 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Where:Kress Live, 814 Howard Ave, Biloxi, MS 39530, USA

There will be a screening of the Southern Documentary Project film Shake ‘Em on Down: The Blues According to Fred McDowell at the Sun and Sand Film and Music Festival in Gulfport on Thursday, June 9 at 8pm. The film is by Joe York and Scott Barretta. Learn more here.

Reading and Book Signing with Darren Grem at Square Books

When:June 10, 2016 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Where:Off Square Books, 129 Courthouse Square, Oxford, MS 38655, USA

Square Books will host a reading and signing reception with Dr. Darren E. Grem, Assistant Professor of History and Southern Studies at the University of Mississippi, on Friday, June 10 at 5pm at Off Square Books on the Oxford Courthouse Square. Dr. Grem’s new book is The Blessings of Business: How Corporations Shaped Conservative Christianity.

Southern Foodways Alliance Fall Symposium

When:October 13, 2016 – October 16, 2016 all-day
Where:Oxford, MS and the University of Mississippi

The Southern Foodways Alliance will present the 19th Fall Symposium, on the Corn-Fed South, on October 13 – 16, 2016. For information about attending, click here.  

SFA Grad Student Symposium

When:September 19, 2016 – September 20, 2016 all-day
Where:University of Mississippi

The Southern Foodways Alliance, along with the Center for the Study of Southern Culture, and the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Mississippi, will hold a Graduate Student Conference Monday, September 19 and Tuesday, September 20. Monday, September 19 Yerby Conference Center 8:30am  Welcome 9:00am  Corn: Harvested and Distilled 10:30am Place and

Southern Foodways Alliance Summer Symposium

When:June 23, 2016 – June 25, 2016 all-day
Where:Nashville, TN

The Southern Foodways Alliance will host a Summer Symposium in Nashville, TN June 23 – 25, 2016. Learn more here.

Southern Documentary Workshop

When:August 15, 2016 – August 17, 2016 all-day

The Center for the Study of Southern Culture will host a Documentary Workshop Monday, August 15 through Wednesday, August 17 for Southern Studies students. The workshop, led by documentarians from the Southern Documentary Project and the Southern Foodways Alliance, will provide an introduction to technical filmmaking skills as well as to documentary ethics and practice.

Oral History Presentations by Dr. Jessie Wilkerson’s Class

When:May 5, 2016 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Where:Barnard Observatory, University, Oxford, MS 38655, USA

Graduate students in Dr. Jessie Wilkerson’s contemporary US History course will present their final oral history projects at 4pm on Thursday, May 5. Refreshments to follow. Free and open to the public.

Knoxville Screening of SHAKE ‘EM ON DOWN, a Documentary Film by Joe York and Scott Barretta

When:May 8, 2016 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Where:Scruffy City Hall, Knoxville, TN, USA

Knoxville SCREENING OF Shake ‘Em on Down: The Blues According to Fred McDowell introduced by filmmaker Scott Barretta Shake ‘Em On Down is a chronicle of the life and music of Tennessee native Mississippi Fred McDowell featuring a trove of never-before-seen footage of the so-called godfather of the North Mississippi style of the blues. Fred’s

MPB Broadcast of LONGLEAF, a Documentary Film by Rex Jones

When:May 8, 2016 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

MPB to Broadcast Film by Southern Documentary Project Filmmaker Rex Jones During the first week of May, Mississippi Public Broadcasting will be showing Longleaf: The Heart of Pine, a film by award winning documentarian and producer Rex Jones. Rex, a part of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture’s Southern Documentary Project, spent a

MPB Broadcast of LONGLEAF, a Documentary Film by Rex Jones

When:May 2, 2016 @ 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm

MPB to Broadcast Film by Southern Documentary Project Filmmaker Rex Jones During the first week of May, Mississippi Public Broadcasting will be showing Longleaf: The Heart of Pine, a film by award winning documentarian and producer Rex Jones. Rex, a part of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture’s Southern Documentary Project, spent a