HTA – Octavia E. Butler, African American Science Fiction, and Rites of Passage

Mississippi Valley State University 14000 US-82, Itta Bena, MS

Mississippi Valley State University – Business Education Auditorium, Itta Bena, MS This presentation will discuss aspects of Butler's life, African American patterns of: the slave narrative, "double consciousness" and Afrofuturism in her work. The texts of the Patternist, Xenogenesis, and Parable series are included as well as Fledgling.  The texts will also be analyzed in […]

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White Privilege: Nonconscious Racism, Freud, and Neuroscience of Implicit Bias

Millsaps College 1701 N. State Street, Jackson, Mississippi

Millsaps College – Christian Center, Jackson, MS To what extent is white cultural domination nonconscious, and in what sense? How do neuroscience ideas of nonconscious racism, and ideas of Freud fit in? It seems that many white people who want to avoid racist behavior are nevertheless likely to harbor suppressed anti-black sentiment. The talk explores […]

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HTA – Stage Combat

Hinds Community College - Raymond Campus 501 East Main Street, Raymond, United States

Hinds Community College – Reeves 165, Raymond, MS

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HTA – Jazz: The Fabric of Modern Music

Tougaloo College 500 W County Line Rd, Tougaloo, MS, United States

Tougaloo College – Bennie G. Thompson Academic Center, Jackson, MS It is often easy to overlook or disregard the impact that jazz has on our society.  For as long as music has existed, it has served various roles including but not limited to provide entertainment, celebrate, mourn, meditation, etc.  This presentation will focus on establishing the […]

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SB – Rockoff – Shalom Y’all: The History of Jews in Mississippi

In the early 19th century, Jewish immigrants from Europe began to arrive in the Magnolia State, settling initially in towns along the Mississippi River. Concentrating in retail trade, these Jews became visible symbols of economic modernity and market capitalism in Mississippi. Throughout much of their history, Mississippi Jews have worked to lessen the cultural differences […]

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HTA – What Should MC Teach? Curricular Efficacy and the Core

Mississippi College 200 Capitol St., Clinton, MS

Mississippi College – Leland Speed Library Discovery Room, Clinton, MS Borrowing its title from one of Kodak’s early advertising slogans, this lecture explores how vernacular photography has responded to the immense technological changes in the ways images are made, distributed, and consumed. It also looks at how these changes impact the teaching of both photography […]

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2022 Public Humanities Awards

TWO MISSISSIPPI MUSEUMS 222 NORTH STREET , JACKSON, MS, United States

The Mississippi Humanities Council is delighted to announce recipients for its 2022 Public Humanities Awards, which recognize outstanding work by Mississippians in bringing the insights of the humanities to public audiences. These recipients will be honored at a public ceremony and reception Friday evening, March 25, at the Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson. Dr. William […]

“Voices and Votes” Exhibit in Hattiesburg

Library of Hattiesburg, Petal, and Forrest County 329 Hardy Street, Hattiesburg, MS

The Library of Hattiesburg, Petal, and Forrest County will host Voices and Votes: Democracy in America, a Smithsonian traveling exhibition, from March 28 through May 14. The exhibit is open to the public Monday-Thursday 9:00 am-5:30 pm, and Friday-Saturday 9:00 am-3:00 pm. Voices and Votes is a traveling exhibit offered by the Museum on Main […]

HTA – Little Boxes

Itawamba Community College 602 W Hill Street, Fulton, MS

Itawamba Community College – Fine Arts Center, Fulton, MS Mr. Morris will focus on the importance of finding purpose in creating.

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