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SUMMARY:The Glitterary Festival
DESCRIPTION:“The inaugural Glitterary Festival is a queer literary festival with a broad definition of what is literature and what is queer. We’re interested in texts where gender\, sexuality\, masculinity and femininity can be challenged and explored. We’re invested in conversations about race and class and issues of intersectionality. We’re intrigued by transgressions of boundaries\, queering what we think we know about identity. We are curious about the intersections of the written word with the natural world and with other art forms\, such as music\, dance\, film\, visual arts\, etc. And we’re creating an inclusive space that welcomes not only academics and writers but anyone open to learning and celebrating queer literature\, with a special outreach focus encouraging the participation of Mississippi teenagers.” \n  \nFULL CONFERENCE SCHEDULE AVAILABLE HERE: https://glitteraryfestival.com/schedule \nREGISTER HERE: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSddAfmJWp1CvGo9RKXf9kLm4O_h_iK5ov9CxL-dxj8UqUjkcw/viewform
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/the-glitterary-festival/
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SUMMARY:23rd Annual Sammy O. Cranford Memorial History Lecture
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \n  \nThe 2021 Sammy O. Cranford Memorial History Lecture will be given by Dr. Julia Gaffield\, assistant professor of history at Georgia State University. Dr. Gaffield’s lecture is entitled “Jean-Jacques Dessalines and the Haitian Revolution.” Limited seating will be available in Jobe Hall auditorium to comply with Covid-19 regulations. The lecture will be simulcasted on the History Program’s Facebook page\, @DeltaStateHistory (https://www.facebook.com/DeltaStateHistory/).
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/23rd-annual-sammy-o-cranford-memorial-history-lecture/
LOCATION:MS
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210403T170000
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SUMMARY:Crossroads @ Columbia: City Cemetery Walking Tour
DESCRIPTION:On April 3\, the Marion County Historical Society in Columbia will host a free walking tour of Columbia’s city cemetery. The program will take place in conjunction with the Smithsonian traveling exhibit Crossroads: Change in Rural America\, on display in Columbia through May 8. \nIn 1825\, Gen. Benjamin Lee purchased a parcel of land in Columbia just off Main Street\, for burial of himself and his descendants. Later\, several sections were added to this original parcel and the City Cemetery of Columbia grew. Among those buried there are persons from a number of founding business families from retail merchants to pharmacists\, doctors\, bankers\, newspaper publishers and more. This tour provides an opportunity to discuss the growth and changes in time of the City of Columbia through these early families. \nCrossroads: Change in Rural America offers small towns a chance to look at their own paths to highlight the changes that affected their fortunes over the past century. The exhibition will prompt discussions about what happened when America’s rural population became a minority of the country’s population and the ripple effects that occurred. \nThe exhibit will be on display in the Marion County Museum and is open to the public Tuesdays to Saturdays 9am-5pm. Crossroads is free to visit. \nWeather date for the Main Street historic tour will be Saturday\, April 10. \nUpcoming Crossroads events in Columbia:\nApril 17\, 3pm: Lampton Rural Center Tour\nApril 30\, 8am:“From Snapshots to a Collage: Exploring Rural Mississippi Through Population Studies” presentation\, Dr. John Green
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/crossroads-columbia-city-cemetery-walking-tour/
LOCATION:Marion County Museum\, 200 Second Street\, Columbia\, MS\, 39429\, United States
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SUMMARY:Crossroads @ Columbia: Main Street Historic Tour
DESCRIPTION:On April 3\, the Marion County Historical Society in Columbia will host a free walking tour of Main Street in Columbia. The program will take place in conjunction with the Smithsonian traveling exhibit Crossroads: Change in Rural America\, on display in Columbia through May 8. \nThe Main Street walking tour will cover six blocks of the oldest part of downtown Columbia\, Mississippi. Included in the tour are 905 Court House and the early activities surrounding Courthouse Square\, early retail dry goods buildings\, the Marion Theater and the original brick paved street in front of the building\, the original Columbia post office\, and more. The program will address historic preservation and community development in Columbia and Marion County and how the downtown area shaped the region’s economic development. \nCrossroads: Change in Rural America offers small towns a chance to look at their own paths to highlight the changes that affected their fortunes over the past century. The exhibition will prompt discussions about what happened when America’s rural population became a minority of the country’s population and the ripple effects that occurred. \nThe exhibit will be on display in the Marion County Museum and is open to the public Tuesdays to Saturdays 9am-5pm. Crossroads is free to visit. \nWeather date for the Main Street historic tour will be Saturday\, April 10. \nUpcoming Crossroads events in Columbia:\nApril 3\, 5pm: City Cemetery Historic Tour\nApril 17\, 3pm: Lampton Rural Center Tour\nApril 30\, 8am:“From Snapshots to a Collage: Exploring Rural Mississippi Through Population Studies” presentation\, Dr. John Green
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/crossroads-columbia-main-street-historic-tour/
LOCATION:Marion County Museum\, 200 Second Street\, Columbia\, MS\, 39429\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210508T170000
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SUMMARY:"Crossroads" Exhibit in Columbia
DESCRIPTION:The Marion County Museum will host Crossroads: Change in Rural America\, a Smithsonian traveling exhibition\, from March 27 through May 8. \nCrossroads is a traveling exhibit offered by the Museum on Main Street division of the Smithsonian Institution. It consists of six free-standing display units incorporating photographs\, text\, and numerous interactive elements. Requiring a minimum of 750 sq. ft.\, the exhibit is designed for smaller venues to achieve Museum on Main Street’s goal of bringing the Smithsonian to small town America. The exhibit is free and open to the public to visit. The Mississippi tour of Crossroads is sponsored by a generous grant from Entergy Mississippi. \nCrossroads: Change in Rural America offers small towns a chance to look at their own paths to highlight the changes that affected their fortunes over the past century. The exhibition will prompt discussions about what happened when America’s rural population became a minority of the country’s population and the ripple effects that occurred. \nIn addition to hosting the exhibition\, the Marion County Museum will also host a series of programs that are free and open to the public. \nCrossroads events in Columbia:\nApril 3\, 3pm: Columbia Main Street Historic Tour\nApril 3\, 5pm: City Cemetery Historic Tour\nApril 17\, 3pm: Lampton Rural Center Tour\nApril 30\, 8am:“From Snapshots to a Collage: Exploring Rural Mississippi Through Population Studies” presentation\, Dr. John Green
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/crossroads-exhibit-in-columbia/
LOCATION:Marion County Museum\, 200 Second Street\, Columbia\, MS\, 39429\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210326T190000
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SUMMARY:2021 Public Humanities Awards
DESCRIPTION:On March 26\, the Mississippi Humanities Council will host its 2021 Public Humanities Awards Ceremony to recognize outstanding work by Mississippians in bringing the insights of the humanities to public audiences.\n\nAward winners include Natasha Trethewey\, former Mississippi and U.S. Poet Laureate; Dr. James Giesen\, associate professor of history at Mississippi State University and state scholar for the Mississippi tour of the Smithsonian traveling exhibit “Water/Ways;” the Mississippi Book Festival\, the state’s preeminent literary event; Marta Smally\, discussion leader for the M. R. Dye Public Library (Horn Lake Public Library)’s family reading program; and the “Hawkins vs. Town of Shaw” project\, a theatrical production and corresponding historical markers about a local freedom movement in the Mississippi Delta. In addition to these awardees\, the MHC will also celebrate recipients of the 2020 and 2021 Humanities Teacher Awards from each of our state’s institutions of higher learning.\n\nThe Council invites everyone to tune into the 2021 Public Humanities Awards ceremony\, which will be streaming on Facebook and Youtube\, starting March 26\, 2021\, at 7:00 p.m. Thanks to the support from major sponsors BancorpSouth\, Sanderson Farms\, Trustmark\, and the Eudora Welty Foundation\, the event is free to stream\, though views are encouraged to make a donation to support the work of the Mississippi Humanities Council.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/2021-public-humanities-awards/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210323T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210323T203000
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SUMMARY:HTA: "On Being an Instrument" Performance & Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Viola Dacus will present the 2021 Humanities Teacher Award lecture for 2021 at Mississippi College: Throughout over thirty years of teaching young singers\, Dr. Viola Dacus has observed parallels in learning to sing well and living well. The lecture will consider the challenges of teaching young singers\, each one of whom is literally a unique instrument. Further\, discovering that unique instrument can have broader ramifications for life. The premise: it is not the instrument you are given that matters\, it’s what you do with it. \nThe performance and lecture will take place on the Mississippi College campus in the Jean Pittman Williams Recital Hall\, and will be livestreamed on the Mississippi College YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_crgq8NbSmeyqvPIKCO8eQ
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/hta-on-being-an-instrument-performance-lecture/
LOCATION:Mississippi College\, 200 Capitol St.\, Clinton\, MS\, 39056
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210318T190000
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SUMMARY:HTA: Memoirs of Mississippi Women Authors
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Elizabeth Crews will present the 2021 Humanities Teacher Award lecture for Blue Mountain College: In the fall\, Dr. Elizabeth Crews taught a memoir class for the Union County Heritage Museum\, and this semester she is teaching a course on Mississippi writers. Dr. Crews’s talk will focus on four female Mississippi authors: two black authors and two white. The presentation will include Anne Moody’s Coming of Age in Mississippi\, Elizabeth Spencer’s Landscapes of the Heart\, Jesmyn Ward’s Men We Reaped\, and Eudora Welty’s One Writer’s Beginnings. These memoirs span over a hundred years of the lives of Mississippi women\, white and black\, and give insight into the ways in which growing up and living in Mississippi has shaped both their lives and their writing. \nThe presentation will take place on the Blue Mountain College campus\, at Garrett Auditorium.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/hta-memoirs-of-mississippi-women-authors/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210318T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210318T193000
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CREATED:20210309T201919Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210309T201919Z
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SUMMARY:MS+MA: Verses and Voices: Poet Laureates
DESCRIPTION:MS + MA is a joint project of the Mississippi Humanities Council and Mass Humanities. We’re bringing together people from our respective states for six interactive\, online programs to facilitate conversation and connection. By reflecting on our states’ histories in relationship to each other\, this series aims to build understanding and offer new perspectives. At a time when the pandemic has created a greater sense of isolation\, we hope to forge connections. \nSession 4: Verses and Voices: Poet Laureates \nMarch18\, 2021: 6pm-7:30pm Central Time \nOur next event brings together poet laureates from both states for a conversation about the role of poetry in public life. With the words still of presidential inauguration poet Amanda Gorman still resounding across the nation\, we’ll hear poems and thoughts from Mississippi poet laureate Beth Ann Fennelly (poet laureate of Mississippi) and her student\, Michael Martella\, plus Worcester poet laureate Juan Matos and Amina Mohammed\, Worcester’s youth poet laureate. \nRegister here to participate in the free program.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/msma-verses-and-voices-poet-laureates/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210316T173000
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SUMMARY:HTA: Black Mississippi Women’s Pivotal Role in Securing the Vote for All Americans
DESCRIPTION:Rebecca Tuuri’s Mississippi Humanities Council talk will explore how black women leaders of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) helped ensure democracy for all Americans in the 1960s. By running for Congress and leading a series of high-profile challenges to voting restrictions in the state\, MFDP women built support for the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and later\, pushed for its enforcement. Tuuri will highlight these women leaders themselves by including audio clips\, written quotations\, and images from the rich archival collections at Southern Miss. This talk will also emphasize the importance of reconceptualizing ideas about leadership given that black women’s fundamental political work often remained behind the scenes. \nThis event will be virtual and open to the public: https://usm-edu.zoom.us/j/93274768312
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/hta-black-mississippi-womens-pivotal-role-in-securing-the-vote-for-all-americans/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210316T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210316T120000
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CREATED:20210315T150934Z
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SUMMARY:HTA: The Role of Women in John Singleton's "Higher Learning"
DESCRIPTION:Ms. Deborah Purnell will present the 2021 Humanities Teacher Award lecture for Mississippi Valley State University\, “The Role of Women in John Singleton’s Higher Learning.” The lecture is virtual and open to the public:\n\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://mvsu.zoom.us/j/87515561608?pwd=ZlM0WE92Z0pENXpHWlZPa2htN1pxQT09\n\nMeeting ID: 875 1556 1608\nPasscode: Purnell
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/hta-the-role-of-women-in-john-singletons-higher-learning/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210315T160000
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SUMMARY:Crossroads @ Scooba: From the Fields to the Factory
DESCRIPTION:On March 15\, East Mississippi Community College in Scooba will host Dr. Brinda Willis of the MHC’s Speakers Bureau to present her free and open to the public program “From the Fields to the Factory: The Great Migration of African Americans From the Fields of Mississippi to the Cities and Factories in the North.” The program will take place in conjunction with the Smithsonian traveling exhibit Crossroads: Change in Rural America\, on display in Scooba through March 12. \nDr. Willis’s presentation will explore the Great Migration of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North in the 20th century. \nThe program will take place on Zoom. Details for how to log onto the free Zoom program can be found on the EMCC website. \nCrossroads: Change in Rural America offers small towns a chance to look at their own paths to highlight the changes that affected their fortunes over the past century. The exhibition will prompt discussions about what happened when America’s rural population became a minority of the country’s population and the ripple effects that occurred. \nThe exhibit will be on display in the Tubb-May Memorial Library on EMCC’s Scooba campus and is open to the public Mondays to Thursdays 10am-7pm\, Fridays 10am-2pm\, and Sundays 3pm-6pm. Crossroads is free to visit.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/crossroads-scooba-from-the-fields-to-the-factory/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210315T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210315T110000
DTSTAMP:20260419T025730
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SUMMARY:HTA: The Liberal Arts as Molders of Consensus" in the Public Arena
DESCRIPTION:In 1968\, Dr. Martin Luther King wrote an article that encouraged social scientists through critical thinking and a humanistic stance\, to shape public opinion and policy. Following his charge\, Dr. Kersen will make the case that it is liberal arts and humanities scholars and laypeople that are best equipped to answer social problems .
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/hta-the-liberal-arts-as-molders-of-consensus-in-the-public-arena/
LOCATION:MS
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210308
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210313
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SUMMARY:The Twenty-Seventh Oxford Conference for the Book
DESCRIPTION:Founded by the Center and Square Books\, the conference brings together fiction and nonfiction writers\, journalists\, artists\, poets\, publishers\, teachers\, students\, and literacy advocates for three days of conversation in the literary town of Oxford\, Mississippi. \nDue to Covid-19\, all events this year are virtual.\nThese prerecorded sessions will be available for viewing on the conference website beginning March 8\, 2021:\n“University Press of Mississippi: The Next Fifty Years” \n“Southern Environments: A Conversation with Catherine Coleman Flowers” \n“A Tribute to Randall Kenan: A Reading” \n“Friends Old And New: A Poetry Session” \n“The Willie Morris Awards for Southern Writing Awards Ceremony” \nLive virtual sessions include:\nMonday\, March 8\, at 6:00 p.m. CST: A Live Square Books event on Zoom and Facebook Live: Angie Thomas (Concrete Rose) in conversation with Kiese Laymon. RSVP required. \nTuesday\, March 9\, at 5:00 p.m. CST: A Live Square Books event on Zoom and Facebook Live: Angus Fletcher will discuss his new book\, Wonderworks\, with poet Maggie Smith. RSVP required. \nThursday\, March 11\, at 5:00 p.m. CST: A Live Square Books event on Zoom and Facebook Live: Lee Durkee (The Last Taxi Driver) in conversation with Tinhouse Press publisher Craig Popelars. RSVP required. \nThursday\, March 11\, at 6:00 p.m.: Thacker Mountain Radio with poet Sandra Beasley.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/the-twenty-seventh-oxford-conference-for-the-book/
LOCATION:MS
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210305T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210305T130000
DTSTAMP:20260419T025730
CREATED:20210301T191709Z
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SUMMARY:SB: The Mississippi Melting Pot
DESCRIPTION:A brief history (from tamales to red beans and rice) of the various ethnic and racial culinary traditions that have shaped Mississippians’ diets. \nSpeakers Expertise:\nDr. Andrew P. Haley is a professor of American cultural history at the University of Southern Mississippi. He has recently completed a book on restaurant dining in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries\, and is currently working on a history of children and eating.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/sb-the-mississippi-melting-pot/
LOCATION:MS
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210305T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210305T080000
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SUMMARY:MTV Museum Day
DESCRIPTION:GRAMMY Museum Mississippi (GMM) is planning a Museum Day on March 5thto celebrate the Museum’s 5thAnniversary and the opening of its new exhibition\, MTV: Celebrating 40 Years of MTV. MTV was created by Mississippi native Bob Pittman and the exhibition is being curated by GMM. The Museum is proposing a Museum Day that will include free admission for all ages\, an education workshop to include panelist\, and a gallery talk by music historians during the day.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/mtv-museum-day/
LOCATION:MS
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210303T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210303T130000
DTSTAMP:20260419T025730
CREATED:20210301T191313Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210301T191313Z
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SUMMARY:SB: White Kids: Growing Up with Privilege in a Racially Divided America
DESCRIPTION:Children growing up in the United States are living in a world with ongoing public debates about race\, daily displays of racial violence\, and for some\, an increased awareness surrounding inequality. Based on two years of ethnographic research with affluent\, white kids and their families\, this talk examines how white kids learn about race\, racism\, inequality\, and privilege in the contexts of their families and everyday lives. This talk explores how white racial socialization is a process that stretches beyond white parents’ explicit conversations with their white children and includes not only the choices parents make about neighborhoods\, schools\, peer groups\, extracurricular activities\, and media\, but also the choices made by the kids themselves. Featuring the actual voices of young\, affluent white kids and what they think about race\, racism\, inequality\, and privilege\, this talk explores how white racial socialization is much more dynamic\, complex\, and varied than previously recognized. \nSpeakers Expertise:\nMargaret A. Hagerman is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Mississippi State University and is a Faculty Affiliate in both the African American Studies and Gender Studies programs. She is an award-winning author of White Kids: Growing Up with Privilege in a Racially Divided America (NYU Press 2019)\, and she is a nationally recognized expert on white racial socialization. She teaches classes on racism\, education\, families\, and qualitative methods. Dr. Hagerman received her B.A. in English and her M.A. in Sociology at Lehigh University\, and she earned her Ph.D. in Sociology from Emory University in 2014. \n  \nVirtual Event: To register\, or for more information\, contact amthoma4@olemiss.edu
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/sb-white-kids-growing-up-with-privilege-in-a-racially-divided-america/
LOCATION:MS
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210228T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210301T170000
DTSTAMP:20260419T025730
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SUMMARY:From Delta Blues to Opera News: A Mississippi Musical Exposition
DESCRIPTION:Two-day symposium demonstrating the historical contributions of select Mississippi artists and arts organizations to American music and opera from the past and present.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/from-delta-blues-to-opera-news-a-mississippi-musical-exposition/
LOCATION:MS
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210222T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210222T190000
DTSTAMP:20260419T025730
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SUMMARY:Crossroads @ Scooba: Rural Economic Development in Mississippi
DESCRIPTION:On February 22\, East Mississippi Community College in Scooba will host Dr. Rachael Carter of the Mississippi State University Extension Services to present a free program on economic development in rural Mississippi. The program will take place in conjunction with the Smithsonian traveling exhibit Crossroads: Change in Rural America\, on display in Scooba through March 12. \nThe program will take place on Zoom. Details for how to log onto the free Zoom program can be found on the EMCC website. \nCrossroads: Change in Rural America offers small towns a chance to look at their own paths to highlight the changes that affected their fortunes over the past century. The exhibition will prompt discussions about what happened when America’s rural population became a minority of the country’s population and the ripple effects that occurred. \nThe exhibit will be on display in the Tubb-May Memorial Library on EMCC’s Scooba campus and is open to the public Mondays to Thursdays 10am-7pm\, Fridays 10am-2pm\, and Sundays 3pm-6pm. Crossroads is free to visit. \nUpcoming Crossroads events in Scooba:\nMarch 15\, 4pm: “From the Fields to the Factory: The Great Migration of African Americans From the Fields of Mississippi to the Cities and Factories in the North” presentation\, Dr. Brinda Willis
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/crossroads-scooba-rural-economic-development-in-mississippi/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210222T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210227T170000
DTSTAMP:20260419T025730
CREATED:20201124T151322Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201124T151322Z
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SUMMARY:Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration: Southern Environments
DESCRIPTION:Virtual conference exploring ecocriticism in southern studies and the influence our environments have on us through a humanities perspective. The week-long program will feature presentations and interactive workshops focused on nature writing\, environmental justice\, and nature as a character in fiction\, film\, and art.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/natchez-literary-and-cinema-celebration-southern-environments/
LOCATION:MS
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210218T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210218T193000
DTSTAMP:20260419T025730
CREATED:20210120T223500Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210120T223500Z
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SUMMARY:MS+MA 3: Coast to Coast
DESCRIPTION:On February 18\, the third “MS + MA: Crossing Borders/Connecting Stories” dialogue will take place in partnership with Mass Humanities. \nMS+MA: Coast to Coast will explore our two state’s coastal connections from the perspectives of cultural institutions and local individuals from the fishing industry in both states. Panelists will reflect on how coastal areas are both literal and metaphorical connecting points for culture\, language\, economies\, art\, and more. The program will also share firsthand stories of members from local fishing communities in both states. MS + MA attendees will have the opportunity to take part in small group discussions about their own connections to the ocean and how our states’ coastal areas help us understand the environment around us.\n\nSpeakers will include Julian Rankin\, executive director of the Walter Anderson Museum of Art in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and individuals from fishing communities in both states. The program will be moderated by Laura Orleans\, executive director of the New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center in New Bedford\, MA.\n\nFollowing the February 18 program\, three additional programs will take place throughout Spring 2021.\n\nRegistration is required for the program and can be found here.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/msma-3/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210215T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210215T190000
DTSTAMP:20260419T025730
CREATED:20210119T235351Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210119T235351Z
UID:11340-1613412000-1613415600@www.mshumanities.org
SUMMARY:Crossroads @ Scooba: Exploring Rural Mississippi Through Population Studies
DESCRIPTION:On February 15\, East Mississippi Community College in Scooba will host Dr. John Green\, state scholar for the Crossroads exhibit\, to present his free program\, “From Snapshots to a Collage: Exploring Rural Mississippi through Population Studies.” The program will take place in conjunction with the Smithsonian traveling exhibit Crossroads: Change in Rural America\, on display in Scooba through March 12. \nMany popular images of rural people and places present them as homogeneous in terms of demographic\, social\, and economic characteristics and trends. This may lead to oversimplification of rural areas and limited efforts to meet the needs and priorities of people living in these places. Achieving a better understanding of rural communities requires defining our concepts and identifying indicators of rural life in terms of continuity and change. Following an exploration of the terms “rural” and “non-metropolitan\,” Dr. Green will share a series of graphical images and narratives about Mississippi’s rural people and places using population-level information\, emphasizing what these “snapshots” of rural life tell us about Mississippi and how we might use them to form a “collage” that captures both the similarity and diversity. \nCrossroads: Change in Rural America offers small towns a chance to look at their own paths to highlight the changes that affected their fortunes over the past century. The exhibition will prompt discussions about what happened when America’s rural population became a minority of the country’s population and the ripple effects that occurred. \nThe exhibit will be on display in the Tubb-May Memorial Library on EMCC’s Scooba campus and is open to the public Mondays to Thursdays 10am-7pm\, Fridays 10am-2pm\, and Sundays 3pm-6pm. Crossroads is free to visit. \nUpcoming Crossroads events in Scooba:\nFebruary 20\, 6pm: “Rural Economic Development” presentation\, Dr. Rachael Carter\nMarch 15\, 4pm: “From the Fields to the Factory: The Great Migration of African Americans From the Fields of Mississippi to the Cities and Factories in the North” presentation\, Dr. Brinda Willis
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/crossroads-scooba-exploring-rural-mississippi-through-population-studies/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210211T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210211T170000
DTSTAMP:20260419T025730
CREATED:20201120T141719Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201120T141719Z
UID:11328-1613030400-1613062800@www.mshumanities.org
SUMMARY:Music: A Universal Language
DESCRIPTION:New Hope Baptist Church’s annual Black history celebration. The 2021 event celebrates music as an instrument to connect people through all social\, economic\, and cultural barriers. More details TBA.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/music-a-universal-language/
LOCATION:MS
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210208T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210312T170000
DTSTAMP:20260419T025730
CREATED:20210119T220455Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210119T220455Z
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SUMMARY:"Crossroads" Exhibit in Scooba
DESCRIPTION:East Mississippi Community College will host Crossroads: Change in Rural America\, a Smithsonian traveling exhibition\, from February 8 through March 12. The exhibit will be on display in the Tubb-May Library on EMCC’s Scooba campus and is open to the public Mondays to Thursdays 10am-7pm\, Fridays 10am-2pm\, and Sundays 3pm-6pm. \nCrossroads is a traveling exhibit offered by the Museum on Main Street division of the Smithsonian Institution. It consists of six free-standing display units incorporating photographs\, text\, and numerous interactive elements. Requiring a minimum of 750 sq. ft.\, the exhibit is designed for smaller venues to achieve Museum on Main Street’s goal of bringing the Smithsonian to small town America. The exhibit is free and open to the public to visit. The Mississippi tour of Crossroads is sponsored by a generous grant from Entergy Mississippi. \nCrossroads: Change in Rural America offers small towns a chance to look at their own paths to highlight the changes that affected their fortunes over the past century. The exhibition will prompt discussions about what happened when America’s rural population became a minority of the country’s population and the ripple effects that occurred. \nIn addition to hosting the exhibition\, East Mississippi Community College will also host a series of programs that are free and open to the public. \nCrossroads events in Scooba:\nFebruary 15\, 6pm: “From Snapshots to a Collage: Exploring Rural Mississippi Through Population Studies” presentation\, Dr. John Green\nFebruary 20\, 6pm: “Rural Economic Development” presentation\, Dr. Rachael Carter\nMarch 15\, 4pm: “From the Fields to the Factory: The Great Migration of African Americans From the Fields of Mississippi to the Cities and Factories in the North” presentation\, Dr. Brinda Willis
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/crossroads-exhibit-in-scooba/
LOCATION:Tubb-May Memorial Library\, 1512 Kemper Street\, Scooba\, MS\, 39358\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210201T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210201T200000
DTSTAMP:20260419T025730
CREATED:20201124T151718Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201124T151718Z
UID:11333-1612202400-1612209600@www.mshumanities.org
SUMMARY:Oxford Film Festival: "I'm Not a Racist\, Am I?" Screening and Community Talk
DESCRIPTION:Free screening of “I’m Not a Racist\, Am I?” followed by a 60-90 minute workshop to further examine the context of the film and our own role in deconstructing race and confronting racism. For more information\, visit https://www.oxfordfilmfest.com/
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/oxford-film-festival-im-not-a-racist-am-i-screening-and-community-talk/
LOCATION:MS
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210114T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210114T203000
DTSTAMP:20260419T025730
CREATED:20201215T195918Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201215T195918Z
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SUMMARY:MS+MA: Inside/Out--The Lessons of Freedom Summer
DESCRIPTION:The second “MS + MA: Crossing Borders/Connecting Stories” dialogue will take place Jan. 14\, 2021\, and will be entitled\, “Inside/Out—The Lessons of Freedom Summer\,” where we will explore the connections between our two states during the Civil Rights Movement. \nThe January dialogue will feature veterans of the Civil Rights Movement\, both from Mississippi and from Massachusetts\, who will examine social justice activism as a grassroots movement and the impact outside activists have on local efforts. The agenda will include a facilitated conversation among the speakers\, with small-group breakout sessions for audience participants from both Mississippi and Massachusetts to engage further. The MS+MA dialogues are interactive\, take place on Zoom\, and are free and open to the public.\n\nRegister Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/133022691451
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/msma-inside-out-the-lessons-of-freedom-summer/
LOCATION:MS
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201215T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20201215T190000
DTSTAMP:20260419T025730
CREATED:20201124T224640Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201124T224640Z
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SUMMARY:Ideas on Tap: Polarized: Politics and News in a Divided America
DESCRIPTION:On December 15\, join the Mississippi Humanities Council for a conversation on the polarization of American news and politics.\n\nThe program will address the U.S.’s increasing division over political beliefs\, how news silos have affected how we determine truth and reality\, and what to do to combat the current polarization. Panelists include Dr. Talia Stroud (Director\, Center for Media Engagement and Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Texas at Austin)\, Dr. Marvin King (Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Mississippi)\, and Kayleigh Skinner (Managing Editor at Mississippi Today). MHC Executive Director Dr. Stuart Rockoff will moderate the program.\n\nThe program will be livestreamed directly to the MHC Facebook page\, so come prepared to watch\, listen\, and ask questions in the chat.\n\nThis program is supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s “Democracy and the Informed Citizen” initiative\, in partnership with the Federation of State Humanities Councils.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/ideas-on-tap-polarized-politics-and-news-in-a-divided-america/
LOCATION:MS
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201212T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20201212T110000
DTSTAMP:20260419T025730
CREATED:20201013T190703Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201013T190703Z
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SUMMARY:Crossroads @ Mt. Olive: The History and Development of Mt. Olive
DESCRIPTION:On December 12\, the Jane Blain Brewer Memorial Library in Mt. Olive will host Sandra Boyd\, local archivist and librarian\, to present her program “Mt. Olive: History & Development.” The program will take place in conjunction with the Smithsonian traveling exhibit Crossroads: Change in Rural America\, on display in Mt. Olive through December 12. \nCrossroads: Change in Rural America offers small towns a chance to look at their own paths to highlight the changes that affected their fortunes over the past century. The exhibition will prompt discussions about what happened when America’s rural population became a minority of the country’s population and the ripple effects that occurred. \nThe exhibit is open to the public Mondays-Saturdays from 10am to 4pm and is free to visit.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/crossroads-mt-olive-history-development-mt-olive/
LOCATION:Mt. Olive Presbyterian Church\, 501 Cotton Street\, Mt. Olive\, MS\, 39119\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201207T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20201207T130000
DTSTAMP:20260419T025730
CREATED:20201124T152453Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201124T152453Z
UID:11336-1607342400-1607346000@www.mshumanities.org
SUMMARY:SB: Fault Lines: Living in Two Cultures
DESCRIPTION:Seetha Srinivasan\, director emeritus of the University Press of Mississippi\, discusses becoming a part of the American mainstream while retaining one’s ethnic (in this case Indian) identity and asks the following questions: Can it be done? To what extent? What are the challenges\, frustrations\, rewards? E-mail Peter Dean at the Ridgeland Public Library for information on how to attend.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/sb-fault-lines-living-in-two-cultures/
LOCATION:MS
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201205T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20201205T110000
DTSTAMP:20260419T025730
CREATED:20201013T184243Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201013T184243Z
UID:11325-1607162400-1607166000@www.mshumanities.org
SUMMARY:Crossroads @ Mt. Olive: Exploring Rural Mississippi Through Population Studies
DESCRIPTION:On December 5\, the Jane Blain Brewer Memorial Library in Mt. Olive will host Dr. John Green\, state scholar for the Crossroads exhibit\, to present his free program\, “From Snapshots to a Collage: Exploring Rural Mississippi through Population Studies.” The program will take place in conjunction with the Smithsonian traveling exhibit Crossroads: Change in Rural America\, on display in Mt. Olive through December 12. \nMany popular images of rural people and places present them as homogeneous in terms of demographic\, social\, and economic characteristics and trends. This may lead to oversimplification of rural areas and limited efforts to meet the needs and priorities of people living in these places. Achieving a better understanding of rural communities requires defining our concepts and identifying indicators of rural life in terms of continuity and change. Following an exploration of the terms “rural” and “non-metropolitan\,” Dr. Green will share a series of graphical images and narratives about Mississippi’s rural people and places using population-level information\, emphasizing what these “snapshots” of rural life tell us about Mississippi and how we might use them to form a “collage” that captures both the similarity and diversity. \nCrossroads: Change in Rural America offers small towns a chance to look at their own paths to highlight the changes that affected their fortunes over the past century. The exhibition will prompt discussions about what happened when America’s rural population became a minority of the country’s population and the ripple effects that occurred. \nThe exhibit is open to the public Mondays-Saturdays from 10am to 4pm and is free to visit. \nFuture Crossroads Events in Mt. Olive:\nDecember 12\, 10am: “Mt. Olive: History and Development” presentation\, Sandra Boyd
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/crossroads-mt-olive-exploring-rural-mississippi-population-studies/
LOCATION:Mt. Olive Presbyterian Church\, 501 Cotton Street\, Mt. Olive\, MS\, 39119\, United States
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