The Twenty-Fourth Oxford Conference for the Book
The 2017 Oxford Conference for the Book will be held on March 29-31, 2017. The annual event celebrates books, reading, and writing while also examining the practical concerns on which […]
Free
12 events found.
Events
-
-
The Overby Center 555 Grove Loop, University, MS, United States
-
Icons of Statehood comes to Amory
Amory Regional Museum 801 3rd St S, Amory, MS, United StatesOn December 10, 1817, Mississippi became the nation's twentieth state. Starting in 2016 a new traveling exhibit featuring Mississippi's first constitution and the first U.S. flag to include a star […]
Free -
Can We Achieve This Togetherness in Our Time?
Eureka School 412 East 6th Street, Hattiesburg, MS, United StatesPlease join The Freedom50 Research Group as they present critical perspectives of the Clyde Kennard case in relation to racial progress at the University of Southern Mississippi by means of […]
Free -
-
Speakers Bureau: Southern Wisdom from Delta Church Mothers
Whitehill M.B. Church 1987 S Eason Blvd., Tupelo, MSAward-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 […]
No Cost -
Can We Achieve This Togetherness in Our Time?
Eureka School 412 East 6th Street, Hattiesburg, MS, United StatesPlease join The Freedom50 Research Group as they present critical perspectives of the Clyde Kennard case in relation to racial progress at the University of Southern Mississippi by means of […]
Free -
2017 Sammy O. Cranford Memorial History Lecture
Delta State University 1003 W Sunflower Rd, Cleveland, MS, United StatesThe Delta State Community is hosting the 2017 Sammy I. Cranford Memorial History Lecture. Dr. Calvin White, Jr., Associated Professor and Chair of the Department of History at the University […]
-
Philosophical Fridays: Are We Still of Any Use?-the Emerged Field of Religion and Animals
Gonzales Auditorium 1999 Pearl St, Hattiesburg, MS, United StatesMany Mississippians today have had scant exposure to genuine philosophical inquiry and debate and know little about philosophy's long, distinguished history. Even those who may have taken a philosophy course […]
Free -
2017 Petal Southern Miss Powwow
Willie Hinton Park 718 S. Main Street, Petal, MS, United StatesMississippi has been home to numerous Indian tribes including Choctaws, Chickasaws, Natchez, Creeks, Houmas and others. Mississippi History begins with these tribes. Powwows are events where Native Americans and others […]
Free -
Speakers Bureau: Flannery O’Connor: In Her Own Words
Quisenberry Library Clinton MS 605 E. Northside Drive , Clinton , MSA dramatic monologue drawn from the nonfiction prose of Flannery O’Connor. The one-woman show incorporates O’Connor’s opinions on a variety of subjects, including writing, other writers, religion, and peacocks. Beverly […]
No Cost -
Speakers Bureau: Mississippi in the Great War
Pontotoc County Library 111 North Main Street , Pontotoc, MS, United StatesSchool textbooks rarely mention much about the Great War — World War I. Although the United States only participated in the final two yeas of the conflict, it changed the […]
No Cost -
Behind the Big House program & tour
Behind the Big House: Preserving the Histories and Architecture of Slavery is an educational program initiated by Preserve Marshall County & Holly Springs, Inc. held in conjunction with the Annual […]
Free -
Icons of Statehood comes to Winona
Winona- Montgomery County Public Library 115 N Quitman St, Winona, MS, United StatesOn December 10, 1817, Mississippi became the nation's twentieth state. Starting in 2016 a new traveling exhibit featuring Mississippi's first constitution and the first U.S. flag to include a star […]
Free