Thursday, April 10 7:30-8:30 Reading/Q&A in Old Main 1030 8:30 – 9pm Book Signing Chigozie Obioma, a Nigerian writer and the Helen S. Lanier Distinguished Professor at the University of Georgia whose first two novels were shortlisted for the Booker Prize, will spend a week (April 8-12) at Mississippi State University as the Writer in […]
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 […]
Join us for a special edition of Sunday Screening of "Eudora" during the Stranger the Fiction Film Festival hosted by the Mississippi Film Society. Please note the showing is at 1:30 at the Capri Theatre in Jackson April 13th. Renowned short story writer Eudora Welty is explored through intimate and charming interviews, both with Eudora […]
Known as the sister of famous composer Felix Mendelssohn, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel composed over 450 works despite being discouraged by family members and 19th-century society. Hear stories of her life and some of her most significant compositions, performed by Dr. Victoria Johnson, assisted by the women of the Jones College music faculty. Dr. Johnson is […]
Christian Pinnen presents: "Spanish Dons in Colonial Mississippi: The Spanish roots of Mississippi’s Cotton Kingdom" Spain has a short, but important part in Mississippi’s history. Between 1779 and 1798, Spanish administrators sought to wrangle profits and people in small outpost, most prominently Natchez, along the Mississippi River. Enforcing Spanish laws and customs in a polyglot […]
The 2024-2025 season is an annual program of the Natchez Historical Society, consisting of 8 regular monthly presentations by expert speakers on humanities topics pertinent to the history of the Natchez area. Scheduled for April 22, 2025: Dr. Christian Pinnen, Professor of History and Co-Director of African American Studies, Mississippi College: Complexion of Empire in […]
Attention book lovers Please join us April 23rd at 6:00 PM at Exploradora Coffee for our next Reading the Room event. If you're passionate about books and all things literary, this is the place for you!Bring any book and enjoy a space to read, talk books with your community, and celebrate Mississippi's vibrant literary culture with […]
Gulf Coast Vietnamese Narratives: Honoring a Legacy at the Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum The Gulf Coast Vietnamese Narratives project seeks to establish the first permanent Vietnamese exhibit at the Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum in Biloxi, Mississippi. This exhibit will honor and preserve the rich history, contributions, and resilience of the Vietnamese American community […]
The Farming Freedom television premiere is officially set for May 4 at 11am! Here's how to watch: Set your reminders now! Add the WLBT app on your Roku, Amazon Fire, or Apple TV streaming devices now! Stream the documentary live on May 4 at 11am on the WLBT streaming app! If you live in the […]
Dr. Rebecca Tuuri’s presentation examines the first fifty years of the women’s suffrage in Mississippi, with a focus on the work of the Mississippi League of Women Voters (LWV) from the months before the ratification of the Susan B. Anthony Amendment through the late 1960s when the state’s League was transformed into the progressive and […]
Dr. Rebecca Tuuri’s presentation examines the first fifty years of the women’s suffrage in Mississippi, with a focus on the work of the Mississippi League of Women Voters (LWV) from the months before the ratification of the Susan B. Anthony Amendment through the late 1960s when the state’s League was transformed into the progressive and […]
The Mississippi Humanities Council and Visit Mississippi will unveil a new Mississippi Freedom Trail marker for Emmett J. Stringer, a dentist from the Mississippi Delta who fought for civil rights in Columbus and Lowndes County. The marker for Stringer was one of several the Council will unveil this year. Stringer founded the NAACP Columbus branch […]
