OXFORD, Miss. – It’s not every day that a geography professor is stumped by a pop quiz about a Bulgarian skyline, but that’s how Catarina Passidomo discovered she was chosen for the 2020 Cora Lee Graham Award for Outstanding Teaching of Freshmen at the University of Mississippi. Passidomo, Southern Foodways Alliance assistant professor of SouthernRead the story …
Two Southern Studies Faculty Honored for Excellence
Catarina Passidomo and Jessie Wilkerson lauded for their commitment to students, scholarship
June 10, 2020 by
Cathead Makes Major Gift to Southern Foodways Alliance
Gift honors SFA's efforts on behalf of restaurant industry during pandemic and beyond
April 29, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The Southern Foodways Alliance at the University of Mississippi has received a major gift from the founders of Mississippi-based Cathead Distillery, whose efforts during the COVID-19 crisis are making statewide impact. The $75,000 gift from Cathead owners Austin Evans and Richard Patrick will support the writing, editing and sharing of 15 essaysRead the story …
Authors, Book Lovers Converge at 27th Oxford Conference for the Book
Free public annual event set for April 1-3
March 3, 2020 by
Editor’s note: In response to the rapidly evolving situation with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), all university-sponsored events have been canceled or postponed until further notice. Please visit communications.olemiss.edu/coronavirus for continued updates from the university. OXFORD, Miss. – Ernest Hemingway said, “There is no friend as loyal as a book.” Along those lines, both book lovers and friendsRead the story …
Spring SouthTalks Begin Jan. 29
January 23, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The SouthTalks series, sponsored by the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi, is offering a wide variety of events this spring, including five lectures focused on movement and migration in the South. SouthTalks explore the interdisciplinary nature of Southern studies and includes lectures, performances, film screeningsRead the story …
Sarah Isom Center Podcast Puts New Lens on Southern Culture
'Swerve South' examines region's gender and sexuality
December 11, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Rock stars. Rebellion. Radical spaces. Welcome to the universe of “Swerve South,” a new podcast produced by the University of Mississippi‘s Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies. “Swerve South,” a six-part weekly series that debuted Nov. 27, examines the Deep South through the lenses of gender, feminism, multiculturalism, pop culture and queerRead the story …
Symposium Focusing on Reconstruction Era in Holly Springs Opens Friday
Events features panel discussions and graveside ceremony
November 1, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi faculty have partnered with several statewide organizations to present “Voices of Reconstruction,” a two-day event kicking off Friday (Nov. 1) and centering on the Reconstruction Era in Holly Springs. A full schedule of events is listed below: Friday (Nov. 1) Panel Discussion: “Ecology and Reconstruction: Race and Land UseRead the story …
Captivating Classes
UM offers dynamic assortment of niche writing courses
October 16, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Somewhat hidden in the vast University of Mississippi undergraduate catalog is Liberal Arts 102, a course offering stylized freshman composition courses with off-the-beaten-path topics. From graphic novels and horror films to political history and the fundamentals of rhetoric, the classes fulfill the second half of the university’s general education composition requirement. InstructorsRead the story …
Gift Helps Provide a Welcome Table
Fellowship fund furthers foodways research for UM graduate students
October 12, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The work of the Southern Foodways Alliance at the University of Mississippi sets a welcome table where all may gather to consider the history and future of the South with respect and reconciliation. The work pursued by the SFA, a member-supported organization housed in the Center for the Study of Southern Culture,Read the story …
Southern Studies Student Pursues ‘Outlaws and Armadillos’
Liam Nieman spends summer at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
October 2, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – If you want to learn about country music, what better way to do that than to spend the summer in Music City, USA? For Liam Nieman, a University of Mississippi senior who interned at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, Tennessee, for two months, being immersed in what’sRead the story …
Conference to Examine History of Mass Incarceration
Albert Woodfox, one of the 'Angola Three,' to deliver opening keynote for interdisciplinary symposium
September 20, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – More than 2.2 million people are imprisoned in the United States, a higher rate of incarceration than anywhere else in the industrialized world. On a state level, Mississippi is surpassed only by Oklahoma and Louisiana in the number of people it imprisons per capita, but organizers of an international conference at theRead the story …