Summer and Fall Events Celebrate THE MISSISSIPPI ENCYCLOPEDIA
Summer and Fall Events Celebrate THE MISSISSIPPI ENCYCLOPEDIA
The Center, working with the University Press of Mississippi, independent booksellers, and cultural and academic institutions throughout the state, has planned a number of events celebrating the publication of The Mississippi Encyclopedia for the summer and fall of 2017. Each event will include talks by speakers like Encyclopedia senior editors Ted Ownby and Charles Reagan Wilson, subject editors, and scholar-contributors to the volume. We’ll announce who will speak at each event soon.
Thank you to the Mississippi Humanities Council, which is generously supporting this public programming!
All events are free and open to the public. We may add more events as the summer progresses. Contact Becca Walton with questions.
Fall and Summer 2017 Events Celebrating The Mississippi Encyclopedia
For an updated list of events, click here.
Oxford Celebration Kick-Off with Speed Lectures, May 20 at 3pm
Oxford City Hall Courtroom, 2nd floor
Oxford Celebration Square Books Signing, May 20 at 5pm
Off Square Books
Greenwood Book Talk, Signing, and Reception, June 1 at 5:30pmTurnrow Books Company
with speakers Ted Ownby, Charles Reagan Wilson, Scott Barretta, and Chuck Westmoreland
Vicksburg Book Talk, Signing, and Reception, June 2 at 6pm
Lorelai Books
with speakers Ted Ownby, Charles Reagan Wilson, Larry Morrisey, and Chris Losson
Atlanta Book Talk, Signing, and Reception, June 9, 3:30pm
A Cappella Books, Atlanta, GA
Atlanta’s Mississippi in the Park Picnic, June 10, 10:30am – 3:30pm
Chastain Park, Atlanta, GA
Library of Congress Reception and Celebration, June 13 at 6pm
Great Hall, Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.
Archives and Special Collections Panel, June 19 at noon
Faulkner Room, J.D. Williams Library, University of Mississippi
Pass Christian Book Talk, Signing, and Reception, June 20 at 5:30pm
Pass Christian Books
with speakers Ted Ownby, Deanne Stephens Nuwer, and Leah Holmes
Hattiesburg Book Talk, Signing, and Reception, June 21, TBD
Main Street Books
with speakers Ted Ownby and Vanessa Murphree
Ocean Springs Book Talk, Signing, and Reception, July 22 at 7pm
Mary C. O’Keefe Cultural Center
with speakers Ted Ownby, Charles Reagan Wilson, and Deanne Stephens Nuwer
Mississippi Book Festival Encyclopedia Celebration, August 17, TBA
Cathead Distillery, Jackson, MS
Mississippi Book Festival Encyclopedia Panel, August 19, TBA
Cleveland Book Talk, Signing, and Reception, August 31 at noon
Delta State University – Capps Archives Building
Clarksdale Book Talk, Signing, and Reception, September 7 at 5pm
Delta Blues Museum
Columbus Book Talk, Signing, and Reception, September 11 at 5pm
Fant Memorial Library, Mississippi University for Women
Starkville Book Talk, Signing, and Reception, September 29 at 4pm
Book Mart and Cafe
Natchez Book Talk, Signing and Reception, November 2 at 3pm
Carolyn Vance Smith Natchez Literary Research Center at Copiah-Lincoln
Community College
History is Lunch at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, November 8 at noon
MDAH Winter Archives Building
Jackson State University Scholars Discussion, November 8 at 3pm
Margaret Walker Center at JSU