English
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 […]
Archives to Digitize Audiovisual Holdings for Worldwide Accessibility
Many recordings will be available on university’s eGrove repository MARCH 15, 2024 BY BENITA WHITEHORN Audiovisual holdings in the University of Mississippi’s Department of Archives and Special Collections will be modernized and gain audiences worldwide through a new digitization project. “Here in Archives and Special Collections, we have so many rich resources related to Mississippi […]
Beth Ann Fennelly to Guest on ‘Our New South’ Podcast
UM English professor discusses evolution of the New South Beth Ann Fennelly, a University of Mississippi English professor and former Mississippi poet laureate, will discuss the evolution of Southern cities today (March 5) as a guest on the “Our New South” podcast. The syndicated podcast is hosted by Kevin Blackstone and Robert Greene II and […]
Pulling Stories Out of the Air
Tom Franklin is the University of Mississippi Humanities Teacher of 2024 Celebrated Associate Professor of Fiction Writing Tom Franklin will present “Dead Towns of Alabama: Looking for Stories” at his University of Mississippi Humanities Teacher of the Year lecture. Sponsored by the Mississippi Humanities Council and UM’s College of Liberal Arts, the free public event […]
Tom Franklin Wins Prestigious Harper Lee Award
Author, English professor to be honored in March at Alabama festival FEBRUARY 19, 2024 Tom Franklin has appeared at the Monroeville Literary Festival in Alabama four times, but the next time he attends, he’ll be at center stage as recipient of this year’s Harper Lee Award. The annual award recognizes the lifetime achievement of a […]
A ‘Game Changer’ for Incarcerated Students
Funds Help UM Expand Its Prison-to-College Pipeline’s Services, Staff and Courses FEBRUARY 15, 2024 BY JONATHAN SCOTT/UM DEVELOPMENT A $150,000 grant to the University of Mississippi’s Prison-to-College Pipeline Program (PTCPP) is helping expand course offerings and services to those looking to transform their lives during and after incarceration. The Laughing Gull Foundation, a Durham, North […]
INAUGURAL STAMPS IMPACT PRIZE WINNERS
Thirteen UM Students’ Projects Selected for Support FEBRUARY 9, 2024 BY TINA H. HAHN/UM DEVELOPMENT The Stamps Impact Prize, a new competitive award program at the University of Mississippi to support undergraduate-initiated, faculty-mentored research and creative achievement projects, has announced its 13 inaugural recipients. The program is the first of its kind in the nation […]
English Professor Receives Corrington Award for Literary Excellence
JANUARY 26, 2024 BY EDWIN SMITH The Department of English at Centenary College of Louisiana has honored University of Mississippi essayist and poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil with the 2023 John William Corrington Award for Literary Excellence. The annual award, presented to an established, critically-acknowledged writer, honors Centenary alumnus Bill Corrington, who worked as an English professor, […]
UM Libraries Hires Archivist to Focus on University History
Speck-Thompson to document university’s history, serve as liaison to departments NOVEMBER 22, 2023 BY BENITA WHITEHORN Jeannie Speck-Thompson, a native of Ecru, has been named university archivist, the first faculty member devoted to this position in two decades at the University of Mississippi. An assistant professor, Speck-Thompson will process multiple formats of archival materials that […]
Duke University Professor Aims to Broaden Understanding of Faulkner
Jarvis C. McInnis to deliver Howry Lecture Oct. 24 on campus OCTOBER 13, 2023 BY EDWIN B. SMITH A renowned Duke University professor will deliver a new twist on the Howry Lecture in Faulkner Studies, slated Oct. 24 at the University of Mississippi. Jarvis C. McInnis, the Cordelia and William Laverack Family Assistant Professor of […]