OXFORD, Miss. – The troubled lives of people struggling against prejudice, poverty and HIV infections in the Mississippi Delta and other parts of South will be explored in a new documentary, “deepsouth,” to be screened next week at the University of Mississippi.
Event Offers Free Screening of New Delta Documentary
Film focuses on problems of gay and HIV-infected people in the South
March 21, 2013 by
Grayzel named director of UM Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies
Center to continue academic, service focus
February 5, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi history professor Susan Grayzel has been selected as the new director of the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies. Grayzel, who has served as interim director of the center since 2011, hopes to build on its successes by fostering across-campus collaboration, strengthening its academic presence and continuingRead the story …
Rabbinic Scholar W. David Nelson to Discuss ‘Race, Religion and the Realities of Reading the Bible’
August 31, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – W. David Nelson, a noted scholar of rabbinic literature and the Hebrew Bible at Groton School in Massachusetts, will discuss how the Bible has been used out of context in the past to promote racist ideologies during a Thursday (Sept. 6) public lecture at the University of Mississippi. Nelson’s lecture, “Say Again!:Read the story …
Children’s Defense Fund Founder to Speak Feb. 21 at UM
February 7, 2012 by
A nationally known advocate for disadvantaged children will speak at the University of Mississippi. Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children’s Defense Fund, lectures at 7 p.m. Feb. 21 at the Gertrude C. Ford Center for Performing Arts. Free and open to the public, the event is sponsored by the Center for theRead the story …
UM Film Series to Focus on Environmental Concerns
January 30, 2012 by
… Program also bringing environmental activist and biologist Sandra Steingraber to campus in March Water, oil and food mix together in the upcoming inaugural environmental film series at the University of Mississippi. This semester, three films will be shown at 7 p.m. in the Overby Center Auditorium, including “Blue Gold,” “Gasland” and “Fresh.” All areRead the story …