Southern Studies
Queer Mississippi on Display at J.D. Williams Library
Graduate students gather, curate LGBTQ+ materials for exhibition DECEMBER 7, 2022 BY CLARA TURNAGE Eleven University of Mississippi graduate students have curated an exhibition of LGBTQ+ Mississippi materials as a part of a multidisciplinary study on the history of the queer South. Amy McDowell, associate professor of sociology, and Eva Payne, assistant professor of history, […]
Mississippi Arts Commission Announces 2023 Governor’s Arts Awards Recipients
NOVEMBER 10, 2022 The Mississippi Arts Commission is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 Governor’s Arts Awards. Now in its 35th year, Governor’s Arts Awards are given to individuals and organizations to recognize outstanding work in the artistic disciplines, arts-based community development, and/or arts patronage in Mississippi. The awards, which underscore the important […]
Supporting Reading Experiences for Children
Scotts Provide Gifts to Book Festival to Pay Tribute to Mother OCTOBER 31, 2022 BY TINA H. HAHN Elementary school students will be encouraged to love reading thanks to a University of Mississippi endowment paying tribute to the late Elaine Hoffman Scott of Little Rock, Arkansas, remembered for her great passion for education and the […]
‘The Movement Made Us’ Authors to Speak at UM
Book tells story of original Freedom Rider and civil rights activist OCTOBER 21, 2022 BY ERIN GARRETT Authors David Dennis Jr. and David Dennis Sr. are set to host a conversation Tuesday (Oct. 25) at the University of Mississippi about their book, “The Movement Made Us: A Father, a Son and a Legacy of a Freedom Ride.” […]
Oxford Blues Festival Highlights Local, Regional Talent
UM Professors, Local and National Artists to Perform at Blues Festival OCTOBER 3, 2022 BY CLARA TURNAGE When office hours are over, some professors don’t hit the books – they hit the stage. Four such University of Mississippi professors are among the 18 bands scheduled to play during the 11th Oxford Blues Festival, which runs […]
Where Integration Happened
Bus tour highlights desegregation sites across Oxford town SEPTEMBER 28, 2022 BY CLARA TURNAGE As the bus pulled away from the Lyceum on Tuesday (Sept. 27), Margaret Gipson, an African American resident and lifelong educator in Oxford, sat primly on the front row. Today, she would hear stories of integration across Oxford and at the […]
New Faculty Members Bring New Perspectives on Studying the South
Andrew Donnelly and Ryan Parsons spent time on campus before joining faculty SEPTEMBER 25, 2022 BY REBECCA LAUCK CLEARY Thomas Wolfe wrote that you can’t go home again, but perhaps it is possible to return to a college campus after a few years away. New University of Mississippi faculty members Andrew Donnelly and Ryan Parsons […]
Library Events Commemorate 60th Anniversary of Integration
Alumna Dottie Chapman Reed, research librarians offer historical account, new perspectives SEPTEMBER 22, 2022 The University of Mississippi Libraries Department of Archives and Special Collections is commemorating the university’s 1962 integration with two lectures and an ongoing exhibit. The lectures offer a one-of-a-kind historical perspective and new digital scholarship exploring the response to the integration. […]
Law School to Host Screening of ‘You Asked for the Facts’
Documentary examines Robert F. Kennedy’s visit to the university SEPTEMBER 22, 2022 In conjunction with the week of events marking 60 years of integration at the University of Mississippi, the School of Law will host a screening of the PBS syndicated documentary film “You Asked for the Facts: Robert Kennedy at the University of Mississippi” […]
Historian to Discuss Work on Slavery and Race in America
Daina Ramey Berry visiting UM for annual Gilder-Jordan Lecture in Southern History SEPTEMBER 8, 2022 BY REBECCA LAUCK CLEARY Historian Daina Ramey Berry has researched case studies from contemporary educators and various university faculty on what it means to teach the truth about slavery and the value of learning about race and slavery. She will […]