Event Calendar
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We offer astronomy open houses that are centered around viewings with our telescopes. We view the Moon, the planets, as well as double stars, though what we can see varies each month, depending on what is visible in the night sky during each scheduled open house. We are also planning to schedule additional astronomy themed presentations. All these events are weather permitting; however, our additional presentations will be available in case of poor weather conditions. Admission is free. Children are welcome! Umberto Tamponi Unless noted otherwise, Tuesday Colloquia are at 4:00 PM, refreshments will be served 15 minutes before each colloquium. 6:00 p.m. An Oxford Conference for the Book Warm-Up Event 1:00 p.m. UM Campus Slavery Research Tour 2:00 p.m. Tour of University of Mississippi Museum 6:00 p.m. Oxford Conference for the Book Authors’ Party 8:00 p.m. “Reading Music” 9:30 a.m. “Family, Migration, and Home” 11:00 a.m. Welcome Lunch 11:30 a.m. ““NBF Presents: An Afternoon with the National Book Awards”” 1:00 p.m. “Redefining Approaches to Cultural Tourism” 3:00 p.m. “Southern Lit 101: An Artists’ Talk” 4:30 p.m. “Poetry in the Gallery” 6:00 p.m. Thacker Mountain Radio and Book Signing 7:00 p.m. “Southern Lit 101: An Artists’ Reception” 9:00 a.m. “Conversations with Friends and Family” 10:30 a.m. “Church-ish: On Literature, Blackness, and Christianity” 12:00 p.m. “Poetry Talk and Lunch” 1:30 p.m. “The Violent Circle: The Art of Crime Fiction” 2:45 p.m. “Books beyond the Border” 4:00 p.m. Winners of the Willie Morris Awards for Southern Writing 5:15 p.m. An Oxford Conference for the Book and Willie Morris Awards Celebration 9:00 p.m. Noir at the Bar “Civil War Memory and the History of Homosexuality” presented by Andrew Donnelly Two developments took place at the end of the nineteenth century: one, a national shift of sympathies retrospectively toward the lost Confederate cause and, two, the emergence of homosexuality as an identity in medicine and the law. This talk brings these two seemingly disconnected phenomena together to narrate how the emergence of homosexuality operated alongside Lost Cause ideology to foster nostalgia for a pre-homosexual and pre–Civil War past. Andrew Donnelly is a visiting assistant professor of English and Southern Studies at the University of Mississippi. His work on Civil War–era culture and the history of sexuality has been published in Civil War History, American Literature, Women’s Studies, and other venues. He also works with the Freedom Project Network in Mississippi and launched their Freedom Summer Collegiate program, which brings PhD students and university faculty members to teach summer courses at the Freedom Projects in Sunflower, Rosedale, and Meridian, Mississippi. For assistance related to a disability, contact Irene Kaufmann Cotelo: ikaufman@olemiss.edu We encourage student, faculty, and staff to come out and walk with us to raise awareness of campus sexual violence and show support for survivors at Take Back the Night. This is our largest, most impactful annual event to raise awareness of campus sexual violence and support survivors. We know 1 in 5 women and 1 in 16 men are impacted by sexual violence. Our LGBTQIA+ students, People of Color, and other minoritized identities are disproportionately impacted. We welcome and would appreciate anyone from the University to come to support this event. We will have an organization fair and time to connect with campus partners, we will have speakers, break the silence walk, refreshments, and then a survivor speak out at the end. Sponsored by Rallying Against Sexual Assault (RASA), The Sarah Isom Center For Women and Gender Studies, Violence Intervention and Prevention Services, University Police Department, Student Activity Fee Fund, Ole Miss Athletics Sponsored by the Center for Inclusion and Cross Cultural Engagement Kristin Lewis Unless noted otherwise, Tuesday Colloquia are at 4:00 PM, refreshments will be served 15 minutes before each colloquium. For assistance related to a disability, contact Irene Kaufmann Cotelo: ikaufman@olemiss.edu Presented by Melanie Ho, MFA (SouthernDocs). What are you supposed to do when you are no longer able to love someone you’re supposed to? what we don’t talk about unpacks gendered familial tensions in the moments leading up to a wedding. About: Melanie is a queer Vietnamese American filmmaker and writer with roots in Florida and Mississippi. Her work focuses on trauma, familial relationships, gender, displacement, and intimacy. Since graduating from the UCSC’s Social Documentation MFA program, Mel has worked on various projects as an editor and a cinematographer. She is currently a director/producer at the University of Mississippi’s Southern Documentary Project (SouthDocs), creating intentional storytelling in the South. Mel is a 2022 NeXtDoc Fellow and Gotham/HBO DDI Fellow. Book and Lyrics by Howard Ashman April 21 – 22 at 7:30pm A deviously delicious Broadway and Hollywood sci-fi smash musical, Little Shop Of Horrors has devoured the hearts of theatre goers for over 30 years. Howard Ashman and Alan Menken (Disney's The Little Mermaid, Beauty And The Beast, and Aladdin) are the creative geniuses behind what has become one of the most popular shows in the world. The meek floral assistant Seymour Krelborn stumbles across a new breed of plant he names "Audrey II" - after his coworker crush. This foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore promises unending fame and fortune to the down and out Krelborn as long as he keeps feeding it, BLOOD. Over time, though, Seymour discovers Audrey II's out of this world origins and intent towards global domination!
Robyn Sanderson Unless noted otherwise, Tuesday Colloquia are at 4:00 PM, refreshments will be served 15 minutes before each colloquium. “Race and the College Mobility Trap” presented by Ryan Parsons Educators are used to telling students that education, and especially higher education, is a reliable pathway to social mobility. For many students, especially young people of color from disadvantaged communities, this pathway is marked by detours, potholes, and other obstacles to “conventional” success. In this talk, Parsons revisits the idea of “the mobility trap”— situations in which people must choose between mobility options that make sense locally and mobility options that make sense nationally—through interviews with a cohort of current Black college students from Sunflower County, Mississippi. These students are enrolled in a range of institutions from local community colleges to private HBCUs to flagship institutions like the University of Mississippi. How are they doing? What does success in college mean for their social networks at home? What do these successes (and challenges) mean for higher education? Ryan Parsons is an assistant professor of sociology and Southern Studies at the University of Mississippi. In his research, Parsons explores how questions of space and race intersect to structure mobility opportunities, especially in rural and depopulated communities. His dissertation was a community study of Sunflower County in the Mississippi Delta, where he spent three years working with a cohort of young people who aspired to go to college. His teaching draws on these experiences as he helps students think critically about what it means to study a community, and in particular a community they have chosen to call home. We offer astronomy open houses that are centered around viewings with our telescopes. We view the Moon, the planets, as well as double stars, though what we can see varies each month, depending on what is visible in the night sky during each scheduled open house. We are also planning to schedule additional astronomy themed presentations. All these events are weather permitting; however, our additional presentations will be available in case of poor weather conditions. Admission is free. Children are welcome! Matthew Rudolph Unless noted otherwise, Tuesday Colloquia are at 4:00 PM, refreshments will be served 15 minutes before each colloquium. For assistance related to a disability, contact Irene Kaufmann Cotelo: ikaufman@olemiss.edu Registration and more information to come.. Sponsored by the Center for Inclusion and Cross Cultural Engagement The Spring Documentary Showcase is a celebration of the work by Southern Studies documentary students. Each artist will present their work, followed by a Q&A session. We offer astronomy open houses that are centered around viewings with our telescopes. We view the Moon, the planets, as well as double stars, though what we can see varies each month, depending on what is visible in the night sky during each scheduled open house. We are also planning to schedule additional astronomy themed presentations. All these events are weather permitting; however, our additional presentations will be available in case of poor weather conditions. Admission is free. Children are welcome! The SERMACS 2023 Organizing Committee proudly invites you to join us at the 2023 Southeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (SERMACS) in Durham, NC from October 25-28, 2023. Hosted by the North Carolina Section of the American Chemical Society (NCACS). the conference highlights a theme of innovation in the modern chemical sciences. Featuring a vibrant, diverse program of researchers from all disciplines of chemistry, this conference will be fully in-person, providing a welcome opportunity to network, grow together, and reinvigorate science.
Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
Celebration of Hubert Creekmore’s The Welcome
Violet Valley Books
303 Main St.
Reception at Bozarts Gallery
403 Main St.
Water Valley, MississippiWEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 2023
Tour led by Don Guillory
Meets on the steps of the Lyceum facing the Circle
Free and open to the public
Tour led by museum staff
Meets at the University of Mississippi Museum
Free and open to the public
Memory House
406 University Ave.
(Advance Ticket Required)
Last of the Better Days Ahead
Charlie Parr, with Taylor Hollingsworth
Proud Larry’s
211 S Lamar Blvd.
Free and open to the public
Order free tickets here. The show is cosponsored by Dial Back Sound in Water Valley, Miss.THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 2023
Anjali Enjeti and Alejandro Varela in conversation with Sheila Sundar
Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics
University of Mississippi Campus
Hosted by the Friends of the Library
Archives and Special Collections
J. D. Williams Library
University of Mississippi Campus
(Lunch is free, but registration appreciated)
Deesha Philyaw and Jonathan Escoffery in conversation with Jerid P. Woods (Akili Nzuri)
Archives and Special Collections
J. D. Williams Library
University of Mississippi Campus
Celia E. Naylor in conversation with Jodi Skipper
Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics
University of Mississippi Campus
An Exhibition of Literary Quilts
Cathy Fussell and Fred Fussell
Southside Gallery
150 Courthouse Square
On the Oxford Square
Readings by Tarfia Faizullah, James Hoch, and Mahogany L. Browne, with Beth Ann Fennelly
Southside Gallery
150 Courthouse Square
On the Oxford Square
Nic Brown, Charlie Parr, and Tyler Keith
Graduate Oxford
400 N. Lamar Blvd.
Just off the Oxford Square
(Authors from Thursdays sessions will sign books at Thacker Mountain Radio)
Cathy Fussell and Fred Fussell
Southside Gallery
150 Courthouse Square
On the Oxford SquareFRIDAY, MARCH 31, 2023
Welcome by Charles Reagan Wilson
Wayne Flynt and David Rae Morris in conversation with Stephen Monroe
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
113 S 9th St., just off the Oxford Square
Cosponsored by the Willie Morris Awards for Southern Writing
Welcome by Kathryn McKee
Khalisa Rae, Danté Stewart, and Chantal James in conversation with Deesha Philyaw
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
113 S 9th St., just off the Oxford Square
Mahogany L. Browne
Lafayette County and Oxford Public Library
401 Bramlett Blvd.
(Lunch is free, but registration appreciated)
S. A. Cosby, Megan Abbott, and Eli Cranor in conversation with Ace Atkins
Lafayette County Courthouse
On the Oxford Square
Julián Herbert, Yuri Herrera, and Gabriela Alemán in conversation with Bobby Rea
Lafayette County Courthouse
On the Oxford Square
Cosponsored by the Southwest Review
Destiny O. Birdsong, Adam Haver, and Beverly Lowry, with David Crews, Monica Lee Weatherly, Derrick Harriell, and W. Ralph Eubanks
Off Square Books
129 Courthouse Square
On the Oxford Square
Reception and Book Signing
Reception hosted by the Willie Morris Awards for Southern Writing
Off Square Books
129 Courthouse Square
On the Oxford Square
(Authors from Friday’s sessions will be available to sign books)
Readings by Ace Atkins, S. A. Cosby, Megan Abbott, Eli Cranor, and Tyler Keith
Music by Teardrop City
Ajax Diner
118 Courthouse Square
On the Oxford Square
Project Director, Public Engagement
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Music by Alan Menken
Directed by John Carden
April 22 – 23 at 2:00pm
Fulton Chapel
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Pennsylvania
Center for Computational Astrophysics, Flatiron Institute
Department of Physics
Syracuse University