Mississippi Humanities Council

Time Bomb in a River: Ross Barnett, JFK, and 2 Million Pounds of Missing Chlorine
2020-02-18 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago) | Mississippi Valley State University, 14000 US-82, Itta Bena, MS, 38941
Dr. Micah Rueber, Humanities Teacher Awardee for Mississippi Valley State University, will present his public lecture:
Rueber will present material he has gathered while working on a manuscript about a river barge that sank in 1961. While barge sinkings are not uncommon, this one drew the attention of President Kennedy because it was carrying 1000 tons of pressurized liquid chlorine that, if released, would threaten over 40,000 people in and around Natchez, MS. The subsequent clean-up efforts, which involved a wide range of both state and federal agencies, reveals how Mississippi governor Ross Barnett, while taking a very public stance against the federal government in refusing to admit James Meredith to Ole Miss, showed quite a different character behind the scenes, as he took great pains to make sure that the federal government spared no effort or expense in removing the dangerous material.

Bridging Cultures: Working for Equity Across Race, Class, Religion, and Ethnicity
2020-02-13 17:30 - 19:00 | International Museum of Muslim Cultures, 201 East Pascagoula Street, Jackson, MS, 39201
Through its “Bridging Cultures” Program, the International Museum of Muslin Cultures utilizes its two signature exhibitions: “Muslims with Christians and Jews: An Exhibition of Covenants and Coexistence,” and “The Legacy of Timbuktu: Wonders of the Written Word” to develop a series of programs and educational opportunities. IMMC’s Islamic Thought Institute engages local and national partners to host a series of conversations and/or panel discussions around the various themes of the two exhibitions.
The topic for February’s event is “The Struggle for Freedom in America,” A conversation about the African American freedom struggle, with a focus on the African American Muslim Movement and its connection to the Civil Rights Movement, as one freedom struggle. Speakers include: Imam Plemon El-Amin (Atlanta Masjid), David J. Dennis, Sr. (Southern Initiative Algebra Project), Dr. Safiya Omari (City of Jackson), and Khalid Hudson (Facilitator, Working Together Baton Rouge)

"Back in the Day" Black History Celebration: Tribute to Mississippi Living Legends
2020-02-13 17:30 - 18:30 | New Hope Baptist Church, 5202 Watkins Dr., Jackson, MS, 39206
Hezekiah Watkins, Mississippi Freedom Rider

Annual Black history month programs featuring historical perspectives on the African American experience in Mississippi from slavery through Civil Rights and contemporary times. Feb. 13 will feature Rep. Alyce G. Clark, Rev. Edwin King, Ms. Euvester Simpson, and Mr. Hezekiah Watkins.

Hiram Revels: The Nation's First African American Senator
2020-02-11 17:30 - 19:00 | Old Capitol Museum, 100 South State Street, Jackson , MS, 39201
MDAH will commemorate the 150th anniversary of the historic election of Hiram Revels as the first African American to serve in the U.S. Senate in a ceremony at the Old Capitol in Jackson on Tuesday, February 11, 2020, at 6 p.m. Eric Foner, DeWitt Clinton Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University, will deliver the keynote speech for the program. His 1988 book “Reconstruction: America’s Unfinished Revolution, 1863–1877” was a groundbreaking survey of the Reconstruction Era, redefining the role of Hiram Revels and other African American elected officials during the period.
Hiram Revels
Dr. Eric Foner
“My lecture will discuss Hiram Revels’s career, before and after his term in the Senate, in the context of Reconstruction as a remarkable effort to create an interracial democracy in this country, and of the history of black officeholding in the United States,” said Foner. Other program participants include MDAH director Katie Blount; Birdon Mitchell Jr., pastor of Zion Chapel A.M.E. Church in Natchez; Felecia M. Nave, president of Alcorn State University; and Pamela D.C. Junior, director of the Two Mississippi Museums—the Museum of Mississippi History and Mississippi Civil Rights Museum. A reception and book signing will take place at 5 p.m. and the program will begin at 6 p.m. The program will take place in the historic House of Representatives Chamber in the Old Capitol Museum.

Exploring Community-Based Organizations as an Answer to Healthcare Disparities of the Mississippi Delta
2020-02-11 12:30 - 13:30 | Greenville Higher Education Center, 2900 US-1 South, Greenville, MS, 38701
Humanities Teacher Awardee for Mississippi Delta Community College, Jacquelyn Moore, will present her public lecture. Details TBA.

"Back in the Day" Black History Celebration: New Hope Legacy Night
2020-02-06 17:30 - 18:30 | New Hope Baptist Church, 5202 Watkins Dr., Jackson, MS, 39206
Annual Black history month programs featuring historical perspectives on the African American experience in Mississippi from slavery through Civil Rights and contemporary times. The February 6th event will feature guest speaker Dr. John A Peoples, Jr., retired President of Jackson State University.

SB:Slavery in Colonial Natchez: Cotton, Race, and Wealth before the Old South
2020-02-04 19:00 - 20:00 | South Mississippi Genealogy & Historical Society, 307 2nd Ave , Hattiesburg , MS
This presentation examines how slaves and colonists weathered the economic and political upheavals that rocked the Lower Mississippi Valley in the years between the American Revolution and the Civil War. Dr. Pinnen focuses on the fitful–and often futile–efforts of the English, the Spanish, and the Americans to establish plantation agriculture in Natchez and its environs, a district that emerged as the heart of the “Cotton Kingdom.” Within this setting, slaves seized on many weapons to claim their freedom and subsequently redefined the ever-changing meaning of race, slavery and freedom.
Speakers Expertise:
As a scholar of the colonial borderlands with a particular focus on race relations and slavery in Natchez, Dr. Christian Pinnen has written, researched and published on the subject for the last decade.

Packmule Educator: Building Readers and Writers One Book at a Time at CMCF
2020-02-04 13:30 - 14:30 | Eagle Ridge Conference Center, 1500 Raymond Lake Rd., Raymond, MS, 39154
Humanities Teacher Awardee for Hinds Community College, Laura Hammons, will present her public lecture. Details TBA.

Applied Sociology at Work: Working for Social Changes and Climate Injustice in Our Social World
2020-02-04 12:00 - 13:00 | JD Boyd Library, 1000 ASU Drive, Lorman, MS, 39096
Humanities Teacher Awardee for Alcorn State University, Earnestine Lee, will present her public lecture: “Faced with woefully inadequate societal evidence of increasing global warming, especially in terms of reducing carbon emissions, social scientists have recognized that climate change is a human problem caused by human actions. My research focuses on the long-term threat to human and collective action to improve it.”

SB: Black Women and the Suffrage Movement in Mississippi, 1863-1965
2020-01-30 18:00 - 19:00 | Mississippi University for Women, 1100 College Street, Columbus, MS, 39701
Black women in Mississippi actively participated in the suffrage movement after the Civil War. They fought actively for women’s suffrage even as they supported Black men and passage of the 15th Amendment. With passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920, Black women could not claim victory. It would take another 40 years before they could exercise the right to vote. White supremacy robbed Black women of the right to vote. White women, who should have been allies in the fight for women’s suffrage, turned their backs on Black women. Black women, then, fought both racism and sexism in the struggle for the right to vote. They created a vibrant, active political culture that began during the Civil War. They attended political rallies, campaigned and raised money for candidates, monitored polling places, and counted ballots. They participated actively in political clubs, first in Loyal Leagues and later in Republican Clubs. Black women built a vibrant political culture in the church, secret societies, clubs, and even their independent enterprises. They did so despite being shunned by White women suffragists; subjected to extralegal racial sexual violence and economic repression by Whites; and undermined by the sexism of Black men. This presentation provides an overview of the 100-year-fight by Black women in Mississippi to maintain their place in public political discourse, from the Civil War to passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965.
Speakers Expertise:
A scholar of black women’s history, Dr. Garrett-Scott teaches courses at the University of Mississippi in the Departments of History and African American Studies. She is a specialist in the history of gender, race and the political economy in the United States with a particular emphasis on black women in business in the early twentieth-century South. In addition to teaching a course about Mississippi daughter Oprah Winfrey, she teaches a course on Black Mississippi History. She published an article in an international business history journal on Minnie Cox of Indianola, who, after being the target of extralegal violence during the Indianola Affair (1902-1903), co-founded one of the earliest black-owned banks in Mississippi and the first black-owned insurance company in the country to offer whole life insurance, the Mississippi Life Insurance Company.
*Presentation will take place in the Nissan Auditorium in Perkinson Hall

SB: The Mississippi Plan and the Rise of Jim Crow
2020-01-21 11:30 - 12:30 | Mississippi University for Women, 1100 College Street, Columbus, MS, 39701
After the Civil War, African Americans in the South, newly freed, expressed a tangible optimism that led to the reuniting of families, the development of social institutions like the black church, the rise of cultural expressions like the Blues and jazz, the establishment of black-owned businesses and other economic endeavors, and the wielding of significant political power. On the other hand, as Dr. Luckett explains in this talk, most white southerners, especially in Mississippi, saw this rise of black social, economic and political power as a direct threat to their hegemony, which had been so well established during the era of slavery, and whites sought to “redeem” their place in the southern hierarchy through violent extra-legal measures like lynching and through the realm of law. The invention of Jim Crow and what became known as the “Mississippi Plan” became the models for the rest of the South. The Mississippi Plan and Jim Crow stood on the shoulders of black disfranchisement, segregation and sharecropping to guarantee white power as well as second-class citizenship for African Americans throughout the South, a status black southerners have fought ever since.
Speakers Expertise:
As a Civil Rights historian, Dr. Luckett’s expertise is on the modern Civil Rights Movement and the African-American experience. As director of the Margaret Walker Center at Jackson State University, Dr. Luckett has become an expert on Walker’s life and her experiences, especially as they related to the Black Arts Movement of the 20th century.

*Presentation will take place in the Pope Banquet Room of the Hogarth Building

50th Recollection of Gibbs-Green: MLK Convocation
2020-01-17 10:00 - 12:00 | MS
In the spring of 1970, college and university students across the country protested against the Vietnam War, racism, gender oppression, and a host of other issues, at times leading to violent and deadly confrontations with police and national guard troops. On May 14th, 1970, students at Jackson State College staged a demonstration condemning racial discrimination in Mississippi and the killing of four students at Kent State University by the Ohio National Guard on May 4th. The demonstration continued into the night. Shortly after midnight on May 15th, police, who claimed they had been shot at, opened fire on students gathered outside Alexander Hall, a campus dormitory. When the shooting stopped, 21-year-old Phillip Gibbs and 17-year-old James Green lay dead. twelve other students were injured.
The 50th anniversary commemoration of the shooting on what is now the campus of Jackson State University will include five major programs. The Student Government Association, Gibbs-Green Commission, and Gibbs-Green Oral History Project developed the programs which will coordinate with Kent State University to link the events on both campuses.
January 17 Event:
The first event is the Martin Luther King, Jr. birthday convocation and For My People awards ceremony scheduled Friday, January 17th in the Rose McCoy auditorium and JSU Student Center Ballroom, respectively, where Phillip Gibbs and James Green will be remembered and honored.

Bridging Cultures: Working for Equity Across Race, Class, Religion, and Ethnicity
2020-01-09 08:00 - 17:00 | International Museum of Muslim Cultures, 201 East Pascagoula Street, Jackson, MS, 39201
Through its “Bridging Cultures” Program, the International Museum of Muslin Cultures utilizes its two signature exhibitions: “Muslims with Christians and Jews: An Exhibition of Covenants and Coexistence,” and “The Legacy of Timbuktu: Wonders of the Written Word” to develop a series of programs and educational opportunities. IMMC’s Islamic Thought Institute engages local and national partners to host a series of conversations and/or panel discussions around the various themes of the two exhibitions.
The topic for January’s event is “Two Americas: The Aspirational and the Real,” A conversation about America’s history of slavery and remedies for equity and healing.

Bridging Cultures: Working for Equity Across Race, Class, Religion, and Ethnicity
2019-12-12 08:00 - 17:00 | International Museum of Muslim Cultures, 201 East Pascagoula Street, Jackson, MS, 39201
Through its “Bridging Cultures” Program, the International Museum of Muslin Cultures utilizes its two signature exhibitions: “Muslims with Christians and Jews: An Exhibition of Covenants and Coexistence,” and “The Legacy of Timbuktu: Wonders of the Written Word” to develop a series of programs and educational opportunities. IMMC’s Islamic Thought Institute engages local and national partners to host a series of conversations and/or panel discussions around the various themes of the two exhibitions.
The topic for December’s event is “Islam and the Discovery of Freedom”: A conversation exploring Prophet Muhammad’s liberating Theology and its impact of the American Revolution.

Capturing the Coast: Chauncey Hinman and the Tourism Industry
2019-12-11 17:30 - 19:30 | Biloxi Public Library, 580 Howard Avenue, Biloxi, MS, 39530
The Local History and Genealogy Department of Biloxi Public Library recently received a donation of over 36,000 negatives of weddings, events, families, land aerials, and historic buildings by Chauncey Hinman. Hinman (1913-1989) was a commercial photographer who was active from the late 1940s to the 1980s. During his most active period from the 1950s-1960s, Hinman worked for the magazine Down South. Hinman’s work documents the advances that transformed the Mississippi Gulf COast economy from seafoood industry-centric t tourism-focused.
Once digitized, there will be will an exhibition highlights some of the interesting images from the collection. There will be a discussion of the career of Hinman and the tourism industry of the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
The public program will feature Dr. Deanne Stephens (Professor of History at University of Southern Mississippi.)

Ideas on Tap: Who Is Mississippi?
2019-12-10 17:30 - 19:00 | Hal & Mal’s, 200 Commerce Street, Jackson, MS, 39201, United States
On December 10, join the Mississippi Humanities Council and the Women’s Foundation of Mississippi at Hal and Mal’s in Jackson for the third in a three-part series on American identity.
The December 10 program will focus on Mississippi identity in 2020. Who lives here and why? Where do Mississippians live? What brought us here or is keeping us here? What is the role of women in the state’s economy? We’ll discuss this and much more with panelists Dr. John J. Green, director for the Center for Population Studies at the University of Mississippi; Ercilla Dometz-Hendrix, policy analyst for the office of the state economist and the University Research Center; and a representative from the Women’s Foundation of Mississippi.
As always, snacks and great conversation are on us, and drinks are on you.

Making and Unmaking Mass Incarceration
2019-12-04 - 2019-12-06 | The Overby Center, 555 Grove Loop, University, MS, 386777, United States
Continuing the work of the University of Mississippi’s Rethinking Mass Incarceration in the South conference in 2014 ad 2016 and Harvard’s Beyond the Gates conference in 2018, the Making and Unmaking Mass Incarceration conference on December 5-7, 2019 will bring together nationally-recognized scholars, activists, policymakers, lawyers, artists, and students at the University of Mississippi to better understand the history of mass incarceration and re-imagine a future in which prisons are not our society’s answer to social and economic problems.

The 1965 Parchman Ordeal Presentation & Panel Discussion
2019-11-06 13:00 - 14:30 | Alcorn State University, 1000 ASU Drive, Lorman, MS, 39096
Alcorn State University’s Phi Alpha Theta & History Club will host the viewing of the documentary The Parchman Ordeal: The Untold Story, on November 6 at 1pm. Immediately following the documentary there will be a panel discussion with the film’s producer, Mark LaFrancis, and two survivors of the horrific event. The documentary is especially significant to Alcorn’s history and Charles Evers and his brother Medgar Evers both served as Field Secretary of the NAACP and were graduates of Alcorn State.

8th Annual Sweat Equity Investment in the Cotton Kingdom
2019-11-06 - 2019-11-07 | MS
The Gullah Geechee people are the descendants of Central and West Africans who came from different ethnic and social groups. They were enslaved together on the isolated sea and barrier islands that span what is now designated as the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor – a stretch of the U.S. coastline that extends from Pender County, North Carolina to South Carolina and Georgia Sea Islands and coastal lowlands of St. John’s County, Florida and for 30 miles inland. The people known as the Gullah and the Geechee had an inherently strong community life and the geographical isolation contributed to their ability to preserve their African heritage probably more than other African groups in the United States of America. As a result, the history, stories, beliefs, and creative expressions became critical antecedents to African American culture overall; as well as, the broader American mosaic. Their narratives chronicle 400 Years of “knowing who we be.”
This year’s Sweat Equity Investment in the Cotton Kingdom Symposium is dedicated to the 400 Years of making a way out of “knowing” who we be … as informed by the Gullah Geechee tradition. The tradition of the Gullah Geechee reveals how over time, place and space their forefathers and mothers developed a language as a means of communicating with each other and enabled them to preserve many African practices in their day-to-day activities through the arts, crafts, cuisine and spirituality still evident today. This is an evolving story of self-determination, persistence, resilience, innovation, isolation, and enslavement and this year’s theme for the annual event, taking place on The Mississippi Valley State University campus, Wednesday and Thursday November 6-7, 2019.

Ideas on Tap: What Makes America Great?
2019-10-29 17:30 - 19:00 | Hal & Mal’s, 200 Commerce Street, Jackson, MS, 39201, United States
On October 29, join the Mississippi Humanities Council at Hal & Mal’s for the second in a three-part series on American identity.
The October 29 program will focus on patriotism: what symbols, actions, and words we use to display patriotism; what makes us feel patriotic; how patriotism differs for each person; and much more. The program will feature presentations from individuals across the political spectrum to discuss their relationship to patriotism. Following these presentations, audience members will discuss patriotism in small-group settings.
As always, snacks and great conversation are on us, and drinks are on you.

10 Most Endangered Historic Places in Mississippi
2019-10-24 | Morris Ice Company, 654 Commerce Street, Jackson, MS, United States
Celebrating its 20th Anniversary, the 10 Most Endangered Historic Places in Mississippi Program continues to shine a much-needed spotlight on the threats facing Mississippi’s historic places and works with local advocates to find a preservation solution to bring building back to life.
The 10 Most Endangered Historic Places in Mississippi for 2019 will be announced on October 24th. Following the announcement, the 10 most exhibit will be open to the public for tours.

Lauren Rogers Museum of Art: Choctaw Days
2019-10-22 - 2019-10-24 | Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, 565 N. Fifth Avenue, Laurel, MS, 39440
Each October fourth graders from across south Mississippi visit the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art (LRMA) to participate in Choctaw Days: Fourth Grade Tours Program. This annual event teaches participants about Choctaw culture and enriches their arts-education experience. During Choctaw Days, students and teachers view the Museum’s renowned By Native Hands Native American Basket Collection and learn about its history from members of the LRMA Guild of Docents and Volunteers, as well as the education staff.

2019 program:
Tuesday, Oct. 22 9:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 23 9:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Thursday, Oct. 24 9:20 – 11:30 a.m.

Speakers Bureau: All Things Mississippi: The Beautiful Landscapes and the Great Strength of the People
2019-10-19 16:00 - 17:00 | Macon First United Methodist Church, 104 Jefferson Street, Macon, MS, 39341
Anne McKee is recognized statewide as a passionate teacher of Mississippi history. Through the art of storytelling, Anne McKee uplifts the accomplishments of famous Mississippians and shares explores the history of a land and a people like no other. Native to the state, McKee’s love and support for Mississippi began in childhood as she sat at the knees of relatives to learn the Mississippi story—a story for her that is always new and fresh. She dresses in costumes representing the time period of the stories featured on the day of her programs, and at times, if the audience is willing, involves attendees in her stories.

Speakers Expertise:
Anne McKee is a storyteller, free-lance writer and published author whose work is inspired by “her life in the south lane.” She is listed on the Mississippi Arts Commission’s Artist Roster and the MAC Teaching Artist Roster. In 2009, she published Historic Photos of Mississippi and in 2010, Remembering Mississippi, both celebrating the singular beauty and culture of Mississippi. McKee is a master storyteller who uses her craft to teach the history and heritage of the South through the art of story and drama.

UNPACKED: Refugee Baggage
2019-10-18 | Starkville Community Theater, 108 East Main Street, Starkville, MS, 39759
“UNPACKED: Refugee Baggage,” a first-of-its-kind multi-media installation, is opening next week at Mississippi State’s Cullis Wade Depot Art Gallery.
Displayed Sept. 30-Nov. 1 on the second floor of MSU’s Welcome Center, the exhibition is supported in part by funding from the Mississippi Humanities Council, National Endowment for the Humanities, Mississippi Arts Commission, National Endowment for the Arts, and The Criss Trust. Co-organizers are the Department of Art in MSU’s College of Architecture, Art and Design, and the Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Created during summer 2017, “UNPACKED” features the work of Syrian-born artist and architect Mohamad Hafez and Iraqi-born writer and speaker Ahmed Badr.
Oct. 18, 8-10 a.m., Starkville Community Theatre at 108 E. Main St., “Storytelling Workshop by Ahmed Badr,” highlighting the importance of empowering youth through art and storytelling.
Oct. 18, 6 p.m., Room 1030 at MSU’s Old Main Academic Center, “Ahmed Badr Public Talk and Q&A.”

Ideas on Tap Meridian: A Conversation with Lauderdale County's Superintendents
2019-10-17 17:30 - 19:00 | The MAX, 2118 Front St, Meridian, MS, 39301, United States
On October 17, join the Mississippi Humanities Council, the Phil Hardin Foundation, and the The MAX for the second in a two-part series on public education in Lauderdale County.
The free program will feature an honest conversation between superintendents of both public school districts in Lauderdale County about the state of public education in the area. Dr. Amy Jemison-Carter of Meridian Public School District and Dr. John-Mark Cain of Lauderdale County School District will discuss challenges facing their districts, ways their districts can work together, the need for community engagement, and more. Phil Hardin Foundation executive director Lloyd Gray will moderate the conversation.
As always, snacks and great conversation are on us, and drinks are on you. Special thanks to Mitchell Distributing for providing a selection of free beers.

2019 Mississippi Delta Tennessee Williams Festival
2019-10-17 - 2019-10-19 | Clarksdale Historic Downtown District
The 27th Annual Mississippi Delta Tennessee Williams Festival continues the mission of presenting programs on the life and works of Tennessee Williams in the context of Clarksdale and Coahoma County history. This year’s festival will focus on Williams’s sister, Rose, and important women in Clarksdale’s history. The Festival is thrilled to announce Clarksdale, Mississippi’s Writer’s Trail marker dedicated to Tennessee Williams, which will be celebrated with a speech from Pulitzer Prize winning, Mississippi playwright, Beth Henley and a grand lawn party.

Programming will include a rare performance of an unpublished Williams’s manuscript; actor and author, Jeremy Lawrence, who has completed a book on Rose Williams, will perform his one-man based play on Williams’s writings 0n his sister; and welcome new and returning scholars as well as local and visiting actors for site specific performances. There will be new displays at the Tennessee Williams Rectory museum including: a student monologue and scene competition at the community college, college-level Williams acting class, a talk at St. George’s Episcopal Church, and porch plays.

Ideas on Tap Biloxi: The Future of Public Education in Biloxi
2019-10-15 17:30 - 19:00 | Biloxi Visitors Center, 1050 Beach Blvd, Biloxi, 39530, United States
On October 15, join the Mississippi Humanities Council, the Phil Hardin Foundation, the Sun Herald, and the Gulf Coast Community Foundation for the second in a special two-part Ideas on Tap series on public education on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
The free program will provide an in-depth look at the state of public education on the Coast, its connection to economic development, alternative education routes, community education partnerships, and more. Panelists include Ashley Edwards (Gulf Coast Business Council), Glen East (Gulfport School District), and Dr. Ladd Taylor (Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College). Sun Herald journalist Anita Lee will moderate.
The program is part of a larger yearlong series on public education in communities around the state.

SB: The Asylum Hill Cemetery Project
2019-10-11 12:00 - 13:00 | Columbus-Lowndes Public Library, 314 7th St N, Columbus, MS, 39701, United States
The Mississippi Insane Asylum was established in Jackson in 1855 and operated in this location until 1935. During this period, a cemetery was maintained on the asylum grounds in which several thousand deceased patients were interred. This site is now occupied by the University of Mississippi Medical Center, for which mission-critical needs have raised numerous administrative, ethical, cultural and practical challenges in the long-term management of these burial sites. This presentation provides an overview of the history of the asylum and describes a proposal to memorialize those buried in the Asylum Hill Cemetery in a manner that also creates a research and education resource.
Speakers Expertise:
Dr. Ralph H. Didlake is associate vice chancellor for academic affairs and chief academic officer for the University of Mississippi Medical Center. He is also a professor of surgery and director of UMMC’s Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities. Dr. Didlake’s focus is on the integration of biomedical ethics and professionalism across Mississippi clinical, educational and research efforts.

Native American Days 2019
2019-10-09 00:00 - 2019-10-11 00:00 | Winterville Mounds Park and Museum, 2415 Highway 1 North, Greenville, MS, 38703, United States
Native American Days 2019 connects contemporary southeastern Native American traditions to their pre-Columbian past through archaeology.
There will be 10 demonstration stations administered by Native Americans and/or other experts in traditional arts and crafts, including basketry, pottery, ancient games, mound building, archery, flint knapping, music and dance, primitive fishing, and herbal medicines. Native American food will be available for purchase.
October 9 and 11, 2019 -2p.m.
October 10, 2019 – 8p.m.

Graphic Novels and Cartoons across the Humanities
2019-10-07 - 2019-10-12 | University of Mississippi, P.O. Box 1848, University, MS, 38677, United States
The University of Mississippi presents a week-long conference that incorporates graphic novels and cartoons from a plethora of humanities disciplines such as Philosophy and Religion, Art/Art History, Classics, Writing and Rhetoric, African American Studies, Southern Studies, Political Science, and the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies.
The conference will feature a week-long itinerary intended for the local Lafayette- Oxford- University communities as well as state-wide attendees. The schedule includes dedicated ‘reading rooms’ at the University and public libraries; various book clubs, movie nights, art exhibits, two workshops, and a weekend conference with renowned scholars and artists.
