With the flexibility to address multiple basin areas (including the Yazoo, Tennessee-Tombigbee, Big Black, Pearl, South Independent Streams, Pascagoula, and Coastal Streams), this presentation can be tailored to the particular interests of the audience. The talk will give a brief introduction on the past and current governance of water resources in the state and the […]

Former Rhode Island Supreme Court Chief Justice Frank Williams will present "Ulysses S. Grant, Reconstruction, and Civil Rights" at the Old Capitol Museum. Williams is the longtime president of the Ulysses S. Grant Association and was instrumental in the creation of the U.S. Grant Presidential Library at Mississippi State University. In 2017, Williams and his […]

This presentation will give the listener a glimpse of the Mande Culture of West Africa. In the tradition of the Mande, the history and culture is orally preserved in the minds and through the music of the Djeli (oral librarian/mandenka hereditary professional musicians). The establishment of the Mali Empire can be recalled and retold in […]

The 1878 yellow fever epidemic in Mississippi resulted in an expansion of nursing care and the recognition of the importance of nurses in disaster care. Much nursing care was provided by family members, but those victims who did not have the advantage of home care often received nursing care from others. Many of the nurses […]

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.

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 […]