NEH Grant Workshop

Dr. Daniel Sack, program officer with the National Endowment for the Humanities, Division of Research Programs, will be visiting our region on Tuesday, March 20, 2018. Mississippi State University (MSU) is happy to be serving as the host institution for the NEH program officer to provide an NEH regional seminar. During his time at MSU, […]

Ideas on Tap

Hal & Mal's 200 Commerce Street, Jackson, MS, United States

Join the Mississippi Humanities Council, Rethink Mississippi, and the Women's Foundation of Mississippi at Hal and Mal's on March 20 for the third installment in our spring series "Emerging Mississippi." Each month, we'll look at areas in which young people are making a difference in Mississippi. On March 20, we'll focus on young people in arts and culture. Panelists include […]

25th Oxford Conference for the Book

Annual literary conference based on the University of Mississippi campus. The 2018 conference will explore a range of topics, from the desegregation of public libraries, the role of long-form journalism in our current news environment and award-winning poetry to the Latino experience in the American South.

Delta State University’s Winning the Race Conference 2018

Delta State University 1003 W Sunflower Rd, Cleveland, MS, United States

The Winning the Race Conference was developed with three overarching goals: engage in conversations with campus and community constituencies that will build an appreciation for diversity differences and a spirit of community through shared ideas; promote a broad discourse on race relations by building conversations to bring together diverse communities in the Delta through sharing of […]

Speakers Bureau: Shalom, Y’all: The History of Jews in Mississippi

South Mississippi Genealogy & Historical Society 307 2nd Ave , Hattiesburg , MS

In the early 19th century, Jewish immigrants from Europe began to arrive in the Magnolia State, settling initially in towns along the Mississippi River. Concentrating in retail trade, these Jews became visible symbols of economic modernity and market capitalism in Mississippi. Throughout much of their history, Mississippi Jews have worked to lessen the cultural differences […]

Free

Socio-political research through government documents

J.D. Williams Library 1 Library Loop, University, Mississippi

Dr. Becky Marchiel will discuss her research on urban history and capitalism and the important role government documents have played in her research process. Attendees will be able to browse related materials from our Federal Documents collection and Department of Archives and Special Collections.

2018 Sammy O. Cranford Memorial History Lecture

Delta State University 1003 W Sunflower Rd, Cleveland, MS, United States

The 2018 Sammy O. Cranford Memorial History Lecture will feature Dr. Stephen Berry, Gregory Professor of the Civil War Era in the Department of History at the University of Georgia. Dr. Berry’s lecture will explore his innovative digital history project, “CSI: Dixie.” https://csidixie.org/ The lecture will take place on Delta State's campus in the Jobe Auditorium.

Free

Speakers Bureau: Southern Wisdom from Delta Church Mothers

New Albany Middle School 400 Apple Street, New Albany, MS

Award-winning journalist Alysia Burton Steele’s Delta Jewels: In Search of My Grandmother’s Wisdom is a visual and lyrical tribute to African American church mothers from the Mississippi Delta. This groundbreaking collection of oral histories and photographs tells nationally and internationally significant stories rooted in the Mississippi Delta, a distinctive region called “The Cradle of American Culture” by […]

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Through the Lens of Carl Brown: Processing, Developing and Exhibiting the History of Columbus, Mississippi, 1940s – 1950s

Columbus-Lowndes Public Library 314 7th St N, Columbus, MS, United States

An exhibit titled "Through the Lens of Carl Brown: Lowndes County in the 1940s-1950s" will be on display at the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library from April 9-27. An opening reception will be held Monday, April 9 at 5 p.m. The exhibit represents the culmination of a year-long project undertaken by the library's Local History Department (LHD) […]

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