On February 18, the third “MS + MA: Crossing Borders/Connecting Stories” dialogue will take place in partnership with Mass Humanities. MS+MA: Coast to Coast will explore our two state's coastal connections from the perspectives of cultural institutions and local individuals from the fishing industry in both states. Panelists will reflect on how coastal areas are […]
Virtual conference exploring ecocriticism in southern studies and the influence our environments have on us through a humanities perspective. The week-long program will feature presentations and interactive workshops focused on nature writing, environmental justice, and nature as a character in fiction, film, and art.
On February 22, East Mississippi Community College in Scooba will host Dr. Rachael Carter of the Mississippi State University Extension Services to present a free program on economic development in rural Mississippi. The program will take place in conjunction with the Smithsonian traveling exhibit Crossroads: Change in Rural America, on display in Scooba through March 12. […]
Two-day symposium demonstrating the historical contributions of select Mississippi artists and arts organizations to American music and opera from the past and present.
Children growing up in the United States are living in a world with ongoing public debates about race, daily displays of racial violence, and for some, an increased awareness surrounding inequality. Based on two years of ethnographic research with affluent, white kids and their families, this talk examines how white kids learn about race, racism, […]
GRAMMY Museum Mississippi (GMM) is planning a Museum Day on March 5thto celebrate the Museum’s 5thAnniversary and the opening of its new exhibition, MTV: Celebrating 40 Years of MTV. MTV was created by Mississippi native Bob Pittman and the exhibition is being curated by GMM. The Museum is proposing a Museum Day that will include […]
A brief history (from tamales to red beans and rice) of the various ethnic and racial culinary traditions that have shaped Mississippians’ diets. Speakers Expertise: Dr. Andrew P. Haley is a professor of American cultural history at the University of Southern Mississippi. He has recently completed a book on restaurant dining in the late nineteenth […]
Founded by the Center and Square Books, the conference brings together fiction and nonfiction writers, journalists, artists, poets, publishers, teachers, students, and literacy advocates for three days of conversation in the literary town of Oxford, Mississippi. Due to Covid-19, all events this year are virtual. These prerecorded sessions will be available for viewing on the […]
In 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King wrote an article that encouraged social scientists through critical thinking and a humanistic stance, to shape public opinion and policy. Following his charge, Dr. Kersen will make the case that it is liberal arts and humanities scholars and laypeople that are best equipped to answer social problems .
On March 15, East Mississippi Community College in Scooba will host Dr. Brinda Willis of the MHC's Speakers Bureau to present her free and open to the public program "From the Fields to the Factory: The Great Migration of African Americans From the Fields of Mississippi to the Cities and Factories in the North." The […]
Ms. Deborah Purnell will present the 2021 Humanities Teacher Award lecture for Mississippi Valley State University, "The Role of Women in John Singleton's Higher Learning." The lecture is virtual and open to the public: Join Zoom Meeting https://mvsu.zoom.us/j/87515561608?pwd=ZlM0WE92Z0pENXpHWlZPa2htN1pxQT09 Meeting ID: 875 1556 1608 Passcode: Purnell
Rebecca Tuuri’s Mississippi Humanities Council talk will explore how black women leaders of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) helped ensure democracy for all Americans in the 1960s. By running for Congress and leading a series of high-profile challenges to voting restrictions in the state, MFDP women built support for the Voting Rights Act of 1965 […]
