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It's time for spring registration! We have some great Southern Studies courses and we look forward to seeing you in Barnard Observatory. by @southernstudies
What a great evening!!! Thank you to everyone who came out last night for the screening of NATCHEZ!! Cheers to Suzannah Herbert, filmmaker, to Kathleen Bond, head of the Natchez National Park Service (also one of the stars of the film ✨️), and to Cody Stickels, MFA candidate + Q&A moderator! . . #Documentary #FilmScreening #Film #SouthernStudies #Mississippi by @southernstudies
In Wednesday's SouthTalk, Kevin Harrell presents “They Won’t Die Alone: Incarcerated Caregivers and the Documentation of the Angola Prison Volunteer Hospice Program.” The Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola houses more than 5,000 men, about 85% of whom will die there. In 1998, isolation cells were repurposed as hospice rooms and volunteers from the prison population were trained to provide comfort, care, and last requests to dying patients. To raise money for the program, these incarcerated volunteers began sewing and selling quilts. These quilts—and the artists who create them—are the embodiment of creativity, care, and hope. The @visit_hnoc Historic New Orleans Collection’s recent exhibition, Captive State: Louisiana and the Making of Mass Incarceration, tracked the historical links between the institutions of slavery and mass incarceration that made Louisiana one of the most incarcerated places on earth. Although the exhibition was broad in historical scope, a dozen large-print black-and-white photographs by Philadelphia-based photographer Lori Waselchuk, documenting her time with Angola hospice workers, their patients, and families, formed an affecting centerpiece for visitors. Harrell, the exhibit curator, will discuss his own work documenting this program through oral history interviews with recently released men who participated in it and continue to shape its legacy. 🗓️ Wednesday, Nov. 4 🕛 noon 📍Barnard Observatory by @southernstudies
Dr. Tom Attah (@drtaukus) played at local venue Proud Larry’s recently. As a member of the Sociology and Southern Studies faculty, he not only studies the culture of the region, but participates and observes as he researches in the best traditions of Ethnography and Sociology. As a Black British Academic, he also observes how gender, blackness, and Otherness are received in academic and cultural spaces when they come from outside the region, and cultural certainty. Images by Cade Tripp @ct.fotoshots um by @southernstudies
"A lunch break is as much about rest as it is about eating," Alabama poet and musician Lee Bains @gloryfires said in yesterday's SouthTalk. Bains played guitar and read from "Work Lunch," his @hubcitywriters debut poetry collection that explores the multifaceted and often contradictory nature of Southern culture and values through the lens of food. "What my art is trying to deal with is that question of place. Pay close attention to a tangible experience," Bains said in yesterday's craft talk conversation with @maxissippi @exploradoracoffee. Stay tuned for the month of November with more SouthTalks events, including a film screening of "Natchez" with visiting documentarian Susannah Herbert at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 2, and Kevin Harrell's presentation about incarcerated caregivers at Angola at noon Wednesday, Nov. 4. by @southernstudies
Meet Dr. Christopher C. Fisher! C.C. Fisher is an emerging documentarian and MFA candidate in Documentary Expression at the University of Mississippi. With a robust academic foundation, including a Ph.D. in Business Administration from Hampton University and a B.A. in History from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , C.C. brings a unique analytical lens to storytelling. Fisher’s interdisciplinary career spans over eight years in academia, college wrestling coaching, and as a former professional athlete, emphasizing innovation and community impact. A seasoned educator and researcher, C.C. integrates advanced data analysis, AI, and digital marketing into his projects. His work often explores cultural narratives and systemic dynamics, aiming to foster understanding and drive meaningful dialogue. Learn more about our graduate students’ work at https://southdocs.org. #Documentary #Mississippi #Film #MFA #SouthernStudies by @southernstudies
Let’s recap, just in case you missed it… • UM’s African American Studies had the pleasure of hosting the 2026 Gilder-Jordan Lecturer in Southern Cultural History Dr. Tera W. Hunter, along with @southernstudies! #blackstudies #olemiss #hottytoddy First, our AAS Oral History and Public Humanities Lab (OHPHL), under the direction of AAS/History professor, Dr. Raja Malikah Rahim, hosted “A Community Conservation,” where Dr. Hunter engaged with Burns Belfry Museum and Multicultural Center board members and Oxford-Lafayette County residents. Dr. Hunter engaged with Burns Belfry Museum and Multicultural Center board members and Oxford-Lafayette County residents. Dr. Hunter views exhibits while in conversation with Burns Belfry Museum and Multicultural Center board members and Oxford-Lafayette County residents. Second, inside Longstreet, the home of African American Studies, Dr. Hunter partook in a luncheon with graduate students from multiple disciplines. • This luncheon allowed students to engage in a small, intimate conversation with Dr. Hunter about research, writing, academia, and more. Third, African American Studies director Dr. Cornelius Bynum had the pleasure of introducing his mentor, Dr. Hunter, at her evening talk. Dr. Cornelius Bynum introducing his mentor, Dr. Hunter. Dr. Tera Hunter presents… Dr. Hunter speaks… POV: views from the audience… Another POV… Dr. Hunter engaged in Q&A! Lastly, AAS/History professor Dr. Don Guillory, with support of the OHPHL, led Dr. Hunter on a historical tour that connects the history and culture of OleMiss to the institution of slavery. On the move with Dr. Hunter… Another view of the Slavery History Tour with Drs. Guillory and Hunter, deeply engaged in conversation. Dr. Hunter captures the fingerprints of the enslaved found in the bricks that uphold buildings on the campus of OleMiss!! Honoring and acknowledging the memory and legacy of the enslaved, Dr. Hunter touches the fingerprints of the enslaved found in the bricks that uphold buildings on the campus of OleMiss!! See you next year!! by @southernstudies
We love spooky season 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃 . . #HappyHalloween #Pumpkins by @southernstudies
You may have seen Lee Bains onstage, performing with his Southern rock band The Glory Fires @gloryfires. Now you'll get to experience him in a different way, through his poetry. In his SouthTalk at noon on Wednesday, Oct. 28, Bains presents “The Laborer Is Worthy of Their Hire: Stories and Sounds of Southern Solidarity,” based on his debut poetry collection "Work Lunch." The Alabama poet and musician draws on his own experience at the intersection of work and food—the daily ritual of a workday lunch. Poems and songs will glimpse sandwiches under shade trees, tables full of boisterous coworkers discussing barbecue, and reflective moments at meat-and-threes, all fertile ground for investigating Bains’s home places of Birmingham, Alabama, and Atlanta, Georgia, the systems of power that shape life there, and the ways in which ordinary people survive, connect, and fight back. Later in the day, join him at 4:30 p.m. for a craft talk with Max Hipp @maxissippi @exploradoracoffee (463 Ryland Way). Hipp is the author of the short story collection "What Doesn’t Kill You Opens Your Heart," winner of the 2025 Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award for fiction. Both the SouthTalk and craft talk are made possible by a partnership between @southernstudies @southernfoodways @umissenglish 🗓️ Wednesday, Oct. 28 SouthTalk at 🕛 noon in 📍 Barnard Observatory Craft Talk at 🕟 4:30 p.m. at📍Exploradora Coffee (463 Ryland Way) by @southernstudies
Behind-the-Scenes from our MFA Fieldwork class taught by Melanie Ho. Students have begun filming for their Mississippi Creates projects. Stay tuned to learn more about their films! #Documentary #Film #Mississippi #Music by @southernstudies
Meet Samson Oklobia! Samson is a storyteller with a background in filmmaking and television production. A graduate of Mass Communication from the prestigious University of Jos, he got his training as a cinematographer and High-Def Filmmaker from PEFTI Film Institute, Lagos and New York Film Academy, Abu Dhabi. As a student at the University of Jos, he was introduced to Theatre Arts as part of the curriculum, and he continued even after his undergrad studies, acting in different stage performances and even producing a few as well. He was a stage actor, with Jos Repertory Theatre, PAWS Studio and Theatre Emissary International, participating in numerous local and international theatre festivals. He also produced and directed an independent theatre production in Nigeria called Back to the Future. In his spare time, he loves to teach filmmaking and video editing, with some of his students going ahead to make a career for themselves as freelance videographers and editors. He is also a Non-resident Research Associate at the Centre for Socially Engaged Theatre (C-SET), Canada. His long-term goal is to teach in the classroom the experiences he has gathered over his years of practice. Oklobia is a first-year MFA candidate in Documentary Expression with SouthDocs and the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi. Learn more about our graduate students’ work at https://southdocs.org. #Documentary #Mississippi #Film #MFA #SouthernStudies by @southernstudies
🗓️ Wednesday, Oct. 21 🕛 noon 📍 Barnard Observatory 🆓 In Wednesday's SouthTalk, Zachary Clary presents “Walking Alone: James Meredith’s March Against Fear and the Politicization of Violence in the Black Freedom Struggle." While walking through DeSoto County, Mississippi, along U.S. Highway 51, James Meredith collapsed to the ground, felled by a shotgun blast. He survived but could not continue the march. Other movement leaders, including Martin Luther King Jr., Floyd McKissick, and Stokely Carmichael, stepped in to complete the journey to Jackson. Clary will discuss the important questions of what happened and explore what the March Against Fear meant. Clary is a history Ph.D. candidate at Vanderbilt University and the recipient of the 2025 Study the South Research Fellowship. by @southernstudies

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