Charles Edward Williams: FORWARD Live Performance

Muddy Springs Church Muddy Springs Rd, Magnolia, MS, United States

Artist Charles Williams will visit McComb to present a live performance of his project FORWARD. Details TBA Sign up for Updates Here: http://psa-ms.org/forward/

HTA – “What Are You Looking At?”

Smith Hall, Room 109

Humanities Teacher Award winner Ashley Dugas (Copiah-Lincoln Community College) will present her public lecture, "What Are You Looking At?".  This presentation will be held in Smith Hall, Room 109. Refreshments to be served.  

Free

Remembering Emmett Till in the Mississippi Delta: Documenting Till Commemoration through Oral Histories

Online Event

Join the Emmett Till Interpretive Center to discuss the importance of documenting Civil Rights stories in the Mississippi Delta, specifically around Emmett Till and how his life and memory have been commemorated.   The event will include clips from oral history interviews gathered as part of a MS Humanities Council oral history grant-funded project, an […]

Free

HTA – The Journey Home: Literary Narratives and PTSD

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College 2226 Switzer Road, Gulfport, MS, United States

Humanities Teacher Award winner Dr. Tammy Townsend (Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College) will present her public lecture, “The Journey Home: Literary Narratives and PTSD”. This presentation will be held on the Harrison County campus in Building U, Room 202. The presentation will cover how cognitive therapy exists in psychoanalysis sessions and in English classes. According […]

Free

HTA – Health and Social Wellbeing: The Benefits of Bookreading

Pearl River Community College - Forrest County Campus 5448 US 49, Hattiesburg, MS, United States

Humanities Teacher Award winner Heather Peerboom (Pearl River Community College) will present her public lecture, “Health and Social Wellbeing: The Benefits of Bookreading”. This presentation will be held in the PRCC Forrest County Center. Reception to follow. The average time Americans spend reading has been in steady decline. At the same time, many administrators are […]

Free

HTA – The Sound: Analog Vs Digital Audio and How Microphones Work for Broadcast Journalists

JD Boyd Library 1000 ASU Drive, Lorman, MS

Humanities Teacher Award winner Dr. Eric Dogini  (Alcorn State University) will present his public lecture, “The Sound: Analog Vs Digital Audio and How Microphones Work for Broadcast Journalists.” This presentation will be held in the JD Boyd Library Auditorium. Reception to follow. Sound is the most fundamental building block of music, radio, television, and film […]

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O.N. Pruitt’s Possum Town: Photographing Trouble and Resilience in The American South

Columbus Arts Council Columbus , MS

This event is a traveling multimedia exhibition that reveals life in northeast Mississippi based on the photography of O.N. Pruitt. From 1915 to 1960, Pruitt, a white man in a racially segregated society, recorded community celebrations as well as troubling violence. His work is distinguished from others of his time by his diligent and prolific […]

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

Humanities Teacher Award winner Anne Lacy Johnson (Meridian Community College) will present her public lecture, “From Handprints on Cave Walls to Posting on Social Media; Seeking Validation Through our Personal Narratives.” This presentation will be held in the McCain Theater. Reception to follow. Our personal narratives inspire art, music, and prose. The theme of my […]

Free

HTA – The Internet – Past, Present, and Future

Southwest Mississippi Community College 1156 College Drive, Summit, MS

Humanities Teacher Award winner Ron Wilson (Southwest Mississippi Community College) will present his public lecture, “The Internet - Past, Present, and Future.” Presentation will be held in the Horace C. Holmes Student Union Auditorium. Reception to follow. This presentation will consist of an overview of the history and development of the Internet from the 1960’s […]

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