After hearing a story on Nation Public Radio about the population loss figures for rural counties (as reflected by the 2010 Census), Todd Bertolaet decided to photograph the courthouse square districts of the county seats of some of the rural areas in the southern United States that he had photographed previously. He also wanted to …
At noon on Wednesday, April 6, as part of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History’s History Is Lunch series, Rex Jones will screen short films he has produced and directed for the Mississippi Stories series. The series is a product of the Southern Documentary Project, an institute of the Center for the Study of …
The documentary “Sing Thee to Thy Rest: Ole Miss Opera in the Czech Republic” follows the production of the world premiere of the new opera “Hamlet: Prince of Denmark,” performed by Ole Miss Opera Theatre. This performance is part of the University’s First Folio Exhibit, on tour from the Folger Shakespeare Library. Matthew Graves is …
The Center will again sponsor a concert as part of the Lafayette-Oxford-University Summer Sunset Series, this year at 6pm on Sunday, June 12. The Center will present jazz and blues musician Alphonso Sanders. Dr. Alphonso Sanders is the Chair of Fine Arts and Director of the BB King Recording Studio at Mississippi Valley State University. …
Jericho Road Show to Perform Music of the South Concert April 6 On Wednesday, April 6 at 6:30pm, the band Jericho Road Show will perform a Music of the South Concert at the venue Shelter on Van Buren. The performance will be part of the 2016 Music of the South Symposium “Defining and Presenting Traditional …
Michael Pierce is associate professor of history at the University of Arkansas. He is the author of “Striking with the Ballot: Ohio Labor and the Populist Party” (2010). His essays have appeared in Labor History, Agricultural History, and various edited volumes. His lecture is about “The Making of Walmart America: The Rise and Fall of …
A talk by Scott Barretta, host of Highway 61 Radio, blues historian, adjunct instructor of sociology and anthropology, and recipient of the 2016 Mississippi Arts Commission Governor’s Arts Award for Mississippi Heritage. Sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts, the Center for the Study of Southern Culture, and the Department of Sociology and Anthropology.
Gammill Gallery Exhibit by Jaime Johnson Please join us for an artist’s reception for Jaime Johnson and her photographic exhibit “Untamed” on Tuesday, February 9 at 3:30pm in the Gammill Gallery of Barnard Observatory. The Gammill Gallery is free and open to the public Monday – Friday, 9am to 5pm. Learn more about Johnson’s exhibit …
The Center will host a symposium on Clothing and Fashion in Southern History on February 22 – 23. The symposium will convene scholars from the fields of history and cultural studies who will contribute essays to a forthcoming book on the subject. The scholars include Laura Edwards (Duke University), Grace Elizabeth Hale (University of Virginia), …
This spring’s Music of the South Symposium will investigate the creation and performance of the South’s various traditional music forms. The one-day symposium, “Defining and Presenting Traditional Music,” sponsored by the Center, Living Blues magazine, and the Blues Archive, takes place on Wednesday, April 6, and features lectures, discussions, films, and musical performance. Music of …