Writing & Rhetoric
Southern Literary Festival Celebrates 85 Years
Held in Oxford for first time in a decade, event coincides with Oxford Conference for the Book APRIL 3, 2024 For the first time since 2014, the University of Mississippi will host the Southern Literary Festival April 4-6. The event, which is celebrating its 85th anniversary, annually brings some 150 Southern writers together for community […]
Oxford Conference for the Book Turns 30
Annual event partners with Southern Literary Festival to celebrate three decades of literary arts MARCH 19, 2024 The storied Oxford Conference for the Book returns to the University of Mississippi and downtown Oxford venues April 3-5 for its 30th anniversary edition. A group of authors, including Willie Morris, Barry Hannah and Kaye Gibbons, convened April […]
Willie Morris Award Winners to Read, Sign Books at Conference
David Joy, Cassandra Jackson and Lauren Crawford lauded for works with sense of place Three writers who incorporate universal themes of art, landscape and family in their latest works are being honored as winners of this year’s Willie Morris Awards for Southern Writing, housed at the University of Mississippi. North Carolina-based writer David Joy wins […]
Writing and Rhetoric Faculty Examines AI Opportunities, Challenges
Faculty encourage their peers to ‘Explore, don’t panic’ NOVEMBER 20, 2023 BY ERIN GARRETT When generative artificial intelligence first emerged, three faculty members in the Department of Writing and Rhetoric at the University of Mississippi were fascinated, intrigued and concerned. “I initially encountered it in April of 2022,” said Robert Cummings, associate professor of writing […]
News You Can Use: Pros and Cons of Using AI
UM experts share benefits, liabilities of artificial intelligence technologies AUGUST 24, 2023 BY EDWIN B. SMITH As artificial intelligence continues its global spread, two University of Mississippi experts advise the public to be aware of both the benefits and liabilities of this trendy technology. Generative AI, such as ChatGPT, can help with productivity by automating certain tasks […]
Isom Center Fellowship Supports Innovative Research
Program encourages connecting gender and sexuality across academic disciplines AUGUST 15, 2023 BY CLARA TURNAGE Eight University of Mississippi faculty members have been named Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies fellows for the 2023-25 cohort. The two-year fellowship provides $4,500 per year to support recipients’ research. The initiative is a particular boon to younger faculty members seeking […]
Study USA Offers Courses Tied to UM’s 60th Anniversary of Integration
Topics include minorities in health professions, politics of inequality MARCH 10, 2023 BY BENITA WHITEHORN The University of Mississippi‘s Study USA program is offering five intersession courses with themes related to the university’s 60th anniversary of integration. “My vision is for students to understand that what happened here concerning integration isn’t just about the university,” […]
Willie Morris Awards Awarded in Fiction, Nonfiction and Poetry
Destiny Birdsong, Beverly Lowry and Adam Haver to read at 2023 Oxford Conference for the Book MARCH 6, 2023 BY STAFF REPORT The Willie Morris Awards for Southern Writing will celebrate some of the year’s best in contemporary literature in a session concluding the 2023 Oxford Conference for the Book. The awards program celebrates the […]
Authors, Musicians, Artists Gather for Oxford Conference for the Book
Annual event set for March 29-31; all session free to the public MARCH 6, 2023 BY LUCY GAINES AND REBECCA LAUCK CLEARY Among literature enthusiasts, it’s no secret that Oxford has long been a magnet for writers. On March 29-31, their numbers will multiply as more than 30 of the nation’s leading and emerging authors, […]
UM Hillel Visits State Capitol on Holocaust Remembrance Day
University’s only Jewish student community spoke on Auschwitz liberation’s 78th anniversary MARCH 5, 2023 BY CLARA TURNAGE Two students from the University of Mississippi Hillel addressed legislators at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson on the 78th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, known internationally as Holocaust Remembrance Day. Isabella Gadberry and Malachy Bartkus, co-president and […]