Marie Bernier, Co-Editor of the Journal of American Studies, Cambridge University Press Professor of African American Studies Dorothy K. Hohenberg Chair University of Memphis 2014-15 Department of American and Canadian Studies University of Nottingham University Park Nottingham, UK Brown Bag Lectures take place each Wednesday at noon during the school year in Barnard Observatory.
Andy Harper, director of the Southern Documentary Project. Brown Bag Lectures take place each Wednesday at noon during the school year in Barnard Observatory.
This co-sponsored Southern Studies/Gender Studies brown bag features Sinister Wisdom general editor Julie Enszer, along with guest editors Rose Norman and Merrill Mushroom, discussing the special issue Southern Lesbian-Feminist Herstory, 1968-1994, along with forthcoming issues on Landdykes and Lesbian-Feminist Culture. The Southern Herstory issue features oral histories from around the South, documenting a now forgotten …
This event is postponed due to the closure of the University for inclement weather. Willa Johnson, Associate Professor of Sociology Marvin King, Associate Professor of Political Science Charles K. Ross, Associate Professor of History and Director of the UM African American Studies program Jennifer Stollman, Academic Director, Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation Brown Bag Lectures …
Jessica Wilkerson, University of Mississippi Assistant Professor of History and Southern Studies. Brown Bag Lectures take place each Wednesday at noon during the school year in Barnard Observatory.
Wilma E. Mosley-Clopton, Oral Historian, Mississippi Humanities Council. Brown Bag Lectures take place each Wednesday at noon during the school year in Barnard Observatory.
Whitney Barringer, PhD candidate, University of Mississippi History Department. Brown Bag Lectures take place each Wednesday at noon during the school year in Barnard Observatory.
“The Toughest Job: William Winter’s Mississippi,” A Documentary Screening Tuesday, December 2, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. (Ron Robinson Theater) *In partnership with the Little Rock Film Festival “The Toughest Job” focuses on the life and career of Mississippi’s 57th Governor William Winter and his fight to reform education in the state. The movie addresses the …
Music of the South Concert with Lee Bains, January 27 Lee Bains III will perform at 7pm on Tuesday, January 27 at the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts Studio Theater as part of the Music of the South Concert Series. Tickets are $10 and will be available from the UM Box Office …
A screening of The Toughest Job: William Winter’s Mississippi, a film by the Southern Documentary Project, at the Mary C. O’Keefe Cultural Center in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. The Toughest Job: William Winter’s Mississippi, a documentary directed by Matthew Graves for the Southern Documentary Project (SouthDocs), chronicles the life and career of Mississippi’s 57th Governor William …