When:October 29, 2014 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Where:Barnard Observatory, Tupelo Room
Southern Studies alumna and editor Lauchlin Fields. Brown Bag Lectures take place each Wednesday at noon during the school year in Barnard Observatory.
Events
Brown Bag Lecture: “Of the Nation: New Orleans Mardi Gras Indians 2014”
When:October 23, 2014 @ 12:15 pm – 1:00 pm
Where:Barnard Observatory, Tupelo Room
Pableaux Johnson, photographer, New Orleans, La. Brown Bag Lectures take place each Wednesday at noon during the school year in Barnard Observatory.
Brown Bag Lecture: “Food Movements and the Struggle for Social Justice in New Orleans”
When:October 22, 2014 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Where:Barnard Observatory, Tupelo Room
Catarina Passidomo, UM assistant professor of Southern Studies and anthropology. Brown Bag Lectures take place each Wednesday at noon during the school year in Barnard Observatory.
Brown Bag Lecture: “‘Genuine Solidarity’ and Higher Education in Prison”
When:October 1, 2014 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Where:Barnard Observatory, Tupelo Room
Otis W. Pickett, assistant professor of history at Mississippi College, and Patrick Elliot Alexander, UM assistant professor of English and African American Studies, present “‘Genuine Solidarity’ and Higher Education in Prison: Building a Prison-to-College Pipeline Program at Parchman.” Brown Bag Lectures take place each Wednesday at noon during the school year in Barnard Observatory.
Brown Bag Lecture: A Conversation with the author of ‘Flying Shoes’
When:October 15, 2014 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Where:Barnard Observatory, Tupelo Room
William Dunlap will interview Lisa Howorth, author of Flying Shoes. Brown Bag Lectures take place each Wednesday at noon during the school year in Barnard Observatory.
Memphis Area Alumni and Friends Gathering
When:August 8, 2014 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Where:The Second Line, 2144 Monroe Avenue, Memphis, TN 38104, USA
Please join us for a gathering of Center friends and Southern Studies alumni at The Second Line in Memphis on Friday, August 8 from 5:30pm – 7pm. Informal and no RSVP necessary. The Center will provide appetizers and guests handle drinks.
Brown Bag Lecture: “White Fright: Slave Revolts in American Memory”
When:November 19, 2014 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Where:Barnard Observatory, Tupelo Room
Richard Follett, professor of history, art history, and philosophy at the Marcus Cunliffe Centre for the Study of the American South, University of Sussex, Brighton, England. Brown Bag Lectures take place each Wednesday at noon during the school year in Barnard Observatory.
Brown Bag Lecture: “Experience Life. Make Documentaries. Barefoot Workshops.”
When:September 24, 2014 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Where:Barnard Observatory, Tupelo Room
Chandler Griffin, Filmmaker, Barefoot Workshops. Brown Bag Lectures take place each Wednesday at noon during the school year in Barnard Observatory.
Brown Bag Lecture: “Mississippi’s Food Paradox”
When:September 17, 2014 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Where:Barnard Observatory, Tupelo Room
Chris Aloia, Public Health Consultant for the Winter Institute, Research Consultant for the Department of Nutrition and Hospitality Management Brown Bag Lectures take place each Wednesday at noon during the school year in Barnard Observatory.
Brown Bag Lecture: “Making Space, Living in Place: Physical, Cultural, and Social Landscapes from North Mississippi”
When:September 10, 2014 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Where:Barnard Observatory, Tupelo Room
Documentary Fieldwork Students. Brown Bag Lectures take place each Wednesday at noon during the school year in Barnard Observatory.