Annual ecumenical Black History Celebration. 2019 event features Dr. Darius D. Prier of Duquesne University, presenting "Who Got Next: Holding Hostage Hope in the Imagination of Next Generation Leadership."
The Sunflower County Freedom Project youth drama will present Baltimore, a play by Kirsten Greenridge. Baltimore focuses on a group of college students whose lvies are shaken when someone draws an offensive picture of the wall of their residence hall. The play shines light on issues of equality, racism, community, and the question of who gets to belong […]
Humanities Teacher Award winner Dr. Lindsay Keay (Jones County Junior College) will present her public lecture, "Flow and Music." The term flow can be described as a state of heightened concentration and arousal where a balance of skill and challenge cause someone to be so absorbed in a task that everything else seems to disappear. The result […]
Humanities Teacher Award winner Dr. Jamie Dahman (Delta State University) will present a public lecture, "Bulgarian Art Song: History, Development, and Performance" Bulgarian Art Song, largely unexplored and unperformed in the United States, has a rich tradition and history and deserves a place among the standard repertoires of Classical Art Song. On Tuesday, March 5, […]
Humanities Teacher Award winner Dr. Kristin Boyce (Mississippi State University) will present her public lecture titled, ""Conversation" in Philosophy and Art." Reception to follow. This presentation will explore the importance of the “art” of conversation (as distinguished from argument or debate) for teaching in the Humanities. It will explore the special ways in which the […]
Humanities Teacher Award winner Chas David Evans (East Central Community College) will present his public lecture titled, "Song Anatomy." Reception to follow.
On March 19, William Carey University's Humanities Teacher Award winner Dr. Marsha Newman will present a program on William Blake. The program will be free an open to the public, is part of the MHC's Humanities Teacher Award program to recognize outstanding humanities teachers at Mississippi's colleges and universities. The program will take place in […]
Humanities Teacher Award winner Dr. Allison Abra (University of Southern Mississippi) will present her public lecture, "Overlooked No More: Women's History in the Classroom and Beyond." Reception to follow. This lecture will explore strategies for restoring the voices and experiences of “overlooked” women in the history classroom and historical scholarship. It will reflect on how […]
On March 19, join the Mississippi Humanities Council for the second in a two-part series on criminal justice in Mississippi. The March 19 program, "Locked Out: Criminal Justice in Mississippi" will examine the process of re-entry back into society for formerly-incarcerated individuals. Hear from former Parchman inmate Eddie Spencer, Mississippi Center for Justice Advocacy Director […]
"The Struggle Continues: Equity in Education" is a series of three lectures that centers on the history of equity in public education. The series will examine today's political climate and the role of the federal, state, and local governments in education, and will consider the ways citizens can play a role in equity in education. […]
Diane Williams, storyteller and fiber artist, begins her presentation with a discussion of Kente cloth weaved fibers of West Africa and moves on to utilitarian quilts made by African slaves in America who sewed for their owners. She provides a reflective look at how the designs of Underground Railroad quilts relate to storytelling, and explores […]
Humanities Teacher Award winner Ginny Leonard (East Mississippi Community College) will present her public lecture, "Literature in Relief: Healing in the Human Spirit." Reception to follow. The strength of the written word does not rely on simple fact-giving or storytelling. Instead, the true power of literature rests in its ability to soothe and heal the […]
