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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The Twenty-Eighth Oxford Conference for the Book

Various Locations in Oxford; Visit Website for More Information

The Oxford Conference for the Book is returning to Oxford and the University of Mississippi campus on March 30, 31, and April 1, 2022, as an in-person event, with special partnerships with the Willie Morris Awards in Southern Writing and the National Book Foundation, the administrators of the National Book Awards.

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HTA – From Handprints on Cave Walls to Posting on Social Media; Seeking Validation Through our Personal Narratives

Meridian Community College 910 Hwy 19 N, Meridian, MS

Meridian Community College – McCain Theater, Hattiesburg, MS Our personal narratives inspire art, music, and prose.  The theme of my presentation is; "From Handprints on cave walls, to posting on Social Media; seeking validation through our personal narrative."  I'll take you on a journey through life, how our personal stores inspire, distract, influence, lead and […]

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Marker Unveiling for Local Lynching Victims

Lafayette County Courthouse 142 Courthouse Square, Oxford, MS, United States

The marker names the seven men known to have been lynched in our county between 1877 and 1950, along with information about that era of racial terror. The memorial will remember the victims, create greater awareness and understanding of the history of racial terror lynching and its impacts, and promote racial reconciliation in our community. […]

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A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration

A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration explores the profound impact of the Great Migration on the social and cultural life of the United States from historical and personal perspectives. Co-organized with the Baltimore Museum of Art, the exhibition features newly commissioned works by 12 acclaimed Black artists across a variety of […]

The Blues of Achilles

Millsaps College 1701 N. State Street, Jackson, Mississippi

Joe Goodkin is a Chicago-based singer/songwriter. He tours the country performing his one-man folk-opera interpretation of Homer’s Odyssey (over 300 performances in 43 US states, Canada, Greece, Italy, and The Netherlands) and for years released music under the name Paper Arrows (five records total). In 2020, he premiered a new classically-inspired work, The Blues of […]

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SB – Morris – From the Delta to the Coast: The Poets, Poetry, and Poetics of Mississippi

Pass Christian Historical Society 201 E. Scenic Drive, Pass Christian, MS, United States

With household names like Faulkner, Welty and Wright, Mississippi literature is not just nationally but internationally known and respected. Combined with a rich musical heritage, the state’s literature is one of the many facets that afford it a high cultural rating. A survey of genres, however, reveals that many of the writers for whom the […]

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