Diane Williams presents: "Parallels of Southern Storytelling and Folktales from Around the World." Diane uses the art of storytelling to uncover folktales from the south, oral history from Mississippi, often paralleling these story motifs with folktales from around the world.
Janie Covarrubias is William Carey University’s 2025 Humanities Teacher of the Year. Covarrubias’s lecture, Gloria Anzaldua as a Feminist Revolution and Vindication of the Myth of "La Llorona, will be presented 3/4/25 at 1:00 pm on the college’s campus Room 100, Asbury Academic Center. Covarrubias will be among those honored at the Mississippi Humanities Council Awards […]
William Moorer is Holmes Community College's 2025 Humanities Teacher of the Year. Moorer's lecture, Traditional Poetry: I'm Not Dead Yet, will be presented 3/4/25 at 2:00 pm on the college’s campus in McMurrough Library (Goodman Campus). Moorer will be among those honored at the Mississippi Humanities Council Awards Ceremony March 28, 2025 at the Two […]
Jill Drouillard is Mississippi University for Women’s 2025 Humanities Teacher of the Year. Drouillard’s lecture, The Ice Age of Making Babies and (Pro)creating Meaning in the 21st Century, will be presented 3/4/25 at 4:00 pm on the college’s campus in the Fant Library. Drouillard will be among those honored at the Mississippi Humanities Council Awards Ceremony […]
Hey book community! It’s that time again! Join us for our next Reading the Room event on Wednesday, February 12th at 6:00 pm, at Urban Foxes! Bring any book and enjoy time to read, talk books with your community, and celebrate Mississippi’s vibrant literary culture with us! Reading the Room is presented in partnership with Mississippi […]
When it was first published in hardback in 1994 (with paperback published in 1995), John Dittmer's _Local People: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi_ made a tremendous impact in the scholarship of the Mississippi civil rights movement. While working at Tougaloo and later at Brown and DePauw, Dittmer collected oral histories and consulted countless […]
Join us for a free screening of "My Mind To Me A Kingdom Is" on Sunday, March 9, at 2 p.m. in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums. Directed by David Rae Morris, this thirty-minute documentary focuses on the life and career of Dr. Jane Ellen McAllister, the first African American […]
In conjunction with the screening of the Television Academy award-winning documentary, Dirt and Deeds in Mississippi, the University of Southern Mississippi is inviting a veteran of the civil rights movement from the Delta community of Mileston. Ms. Virgie Clark will join a conversation with filmmaker David Shulman, moderated by faculty member Dr. Rebecca Tuuri. This […]
EGO TRIPPING: Celebrating Nikki Giovanni Join us for English & Modern Languages Week (March 19-26) as we honor the legendary Nikki Giovanni with panels, film screenings, workshops, and literary events! From exploring the Black Arts Movement to visual poetry and literary salons, this week is packed with inspiration. Don’t miss out! Check the full schedule […]
About Community Read Community Read, sponsored by Mississippi University for Women, is a community-wide shared reading experience that: draws on the university and community’s rich literary heritage and The W's commitment to liberal arts education develops connections between students, faculty, staff, and community members fosters intellectual curiosity and broadens our understanding of our world, our […]
Free screening alert! Join the Mississippi Film Society on Thursday night, March 20, at 7 pm at the @capritheatre (where the new garage is now open for convenient parking) for a free screening of LIFT and an in-person conversation with director/producer David Peterson. Filmed over ten years, LIFT shines a spotlight on the invisible story […]
Come to Foxfire Ranch for two ultra-special community days honoring the legacies of the Mississippi Hill Country! March 23rd: To kick it off, we invite you to breathe with us and celebrate regional Black Folk Life with our Hill Country Heirs Day! We're starting the party with a beautiful libation ceremony by Rkhty Amen. From […]
Hear Judy Wiggins’s give a presentation titled, “A Will of Her Own, Judith Sargent Murray, 1751-1820,” Judy Wiggins, retired humanities coordinator and English instructor at Copiah-Lincoln Community College, will give a presentation titled, “A Will of Her Own, Judith Sargent Murray, 1751-1820,” at the Tuesday, March 25 meeting of the Natchez Historical Society. Judith Sargent […]
The Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration (NLCC) is a well-established scholarly conference in the state of Mississippi, with an outstanding reputation as one of the state's most significant annual events devoted to literature, history, film, and culture. This year, we will partner with the Sons of the American Revolution to celebrate the 200th anniversary of […]
The Mississippi Humanities Council recognizes this year’s incredible honorees who have made outstanding contributions to promoting and preserving the humanities in our state. Join us to celebrate these achievements at the 2025 Public Humanities Awards Ceremony. Each year, the Mississippi Humanities Council honor scholars, educators, and organizations who have made significant contributions to the public […]
We extend a heartfelt invitation to join us at Foxfire Ranch on March 30, 2025, to honor our Hill Country Ancestors. We invite you to share in stories, song, activations, offerings. We will share an excerpt from our upcoming podcast and feature a panel of Hill Country heirs. We'll end the day with a special performance by Memphissippi Sounds. […]
The Oxford Conference for the Book is a three-day gathering inaugurated in 1993 and held annually, except in 1997 and 2020. The event takes place in Oxford and on the campus of the University of Mississippi. Since its inauguration, the conference has celebrated books, writing, and reading, and has also dealt with practical concerns on […]
The Rosa Foundation continues its annual public event known as Behind the Big House (BTBH), a nationally recognized program, and recipient of the 2024 Excellence in History award from the Mississippi Historical Society. Behind the Big House 2025 will take place April 2-5, 2025 at 184 S. Memphis Street, Holly Springs, MS. The property site, […]
The Rust College, Division of Humanities, French Film Festival for 'The Young Who Want to go to France' is a public program film festival combined with a real-aloud workshop of dissertations and film criticism essays on black bodies in cinema. We will also host a writing workshop to expand upon on our current journal-writing/personal narrative […]
The Southern Literary Festival is an event held yearly to encourage undergraduate writing and is open to the community. Featuring renowned author W. Ralph Eubanks and established screenwriter Chris Dowling, these speakers would appear on April 4 and April 5, respectively. The writers will speak about their experiences and their work, enriching the community not […]
The Southern Literary Festival is an event held yearly to encourage undergraduate writing and is open to the community, featuring established screenwriter Chris Dowling April 5. The writer will speak about his experiences and work, enriching the community not only by sharing the creative journeys but also through sharing the stories of their lives. Chris […]
Announcing the premiere of "We Make," a film (with Ethan Payne) about Siggers High School, an all-Black school that served communities in Shannon, MS from roughly 1940-1970. It was originally known as Shannon Colored School. What: "We Make" Film Premiere & Community Presentation When: Sunday, April 6, 2025 - 3:00 P.M. Where: Shannon Elementary School […]
