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SUMMARY:Speakers Bureau: "Mississippi Foodways"
DESCRIPTION:This presentation\, by Malcolm White\, offers observations by a longtime connoisseur of Southern food and culture on topics ranging from the history of Comeback Dressing to how the tamale came to Mississippi to the evolution of dining out in Mississippi.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/speakers-bureau-mississippi-foodways/
LOCATION:Walthall County Library\, 707 Union RD\, Tylertown\, MS\, 39667-2261
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SUMMARY:Speakers Bureau: "Robert Johnson at the Crossroads"
DESCRIPTION:Since 1920 the number of farmers in America has been dropping\, yet the place of farming — and of rural life generally — in the American mind is stronger than ever. The images we encounter in country songs\, labels at the grocery store and in country-fried restaurants tell us that to live the rural life is to live the most American of lives: to work honestly\, for long hours and for mostly internal rewards. Our culture presents farmers as nothing short of heroes. But this was not always the case. This talk\, by Wendy Garrison\, charts the rise\, fall and rise again of the American farmer and rural life in the American consciousness with images from music videos\, snippets of song lyrics\, Cracker Barrel billboards and even some Congressional testimony. It seeks to answer the questions\, why does this particular image of the farmer hold such sway\, and what do the changes in that image over time tell us about Americans’ insecure relationship with its history?
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/speakers-bureau-robert-johnson-at-the-crossroads/
LOCATION:Boys and Girls Club of North Mississippi\, 1242 S Green St\, Tupelo\, MS\, 38804\, United States
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SUMMARY:Speakers Bureau: Ida B. Wells: The Mother of the American Human Rights Movement
DESCRIPTION:C Sade Turnipseed presents a lecture: “Ida B. Wells: The Mother of the American Human Rights Movement.” \nIda B. Wells’s life has intriguing ties to Rosa Parks\, Harriet Tubman\, Frederick Douglass\, Susan B. Anthony\, President William McKinley\, Booker T. Washington\, Duke of Argyll and Sir John Gorst. She was a journalist who wrote about human rights and had a clear understanding about her rights as a woman. This presentation highlights her fearless campaign to realize the most significant contribution to the investigation and avocation against human lynchings. Yet\, she is unknown to most people of this generation.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/speakers-bureau-ida-b-wells-the-mother-of-the-american-human-rights-movement/
LOCATION:Jackson Association of Black Journalists\, 4412 Will O Run Dr\, Jackson\, MS\, 39212\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250218T123000
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CREATED:20250107T211230Z
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SUMMARY:HTA Lecture: Building A Community of Learners: Fostering Community
DESCRIPTION:Brandi Pillow is Mississippi Delta Community College’s 2025 Humanities Teacher of the Year. Pillow’s lecture\, Building A Community of Learners: Fostering Community\, will be presented 2/18/25 at 11:00 am on the college’s Moorhead campus in the Fine Arts Auditorium. \nPillow will be among those honored at the Mississippi Humanities Council Awards Ceremony March 28\, 2025 at the Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson. The event pays tribute to outstanding faculty in traditional humanities fields at each of the state’s institutions of higher learning.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/hta-lecture-building-a-community-of-learners-fostering-community/
LOCATION:Mississippi Delta Community College\, Hwy 3 & Cherry St.\, Moorhead\, MS\, 38761\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250216T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250216T160000
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SUMMARY:Short Film Showcase
DESCRIPTION:At 2 p.m. on Sunday\, Feb. 16\, the MHC will present a free showcase of “Hotaru\,” “(I’m Not) Your Negroni\,” and “Our Rebellious Hearts.” All three short films explore themes of identity\, change\, and resilience. Following the screening will be a panel featuring filmmakers from each film. This program is in partnership with the Mississippi Humanities Council\, Two Mississippi Museums\, the Mississippi Film Office\, and the Mississippi Film Society.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/short-film-showcase/
LOCATION:TWO MISSISSIPPI MUSEUMS\, 222 NORTH STREET \, JACKSON\, MS\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250214T180000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250205T191740Z
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SUMMARY:Mississippi Philosophical Association 2025: Keynote: 'AI\, Art\, and Artists: What They Are\, What They Could Be\, What They Should Be'
DESCRIPTION:The University of Southern Mississippi is hosting the 2025 annual conference of the Mississippi Philosophical Association (MPA). The MPA is the premier venue for philosophical work in the state of Mississippi and aims to provide space for faculty and students to present rigorous academic work with other philosophers in the state and the broader community. \nThis year’s MPA: keynote address from Dominic McIver Lopes (University Killam Professor of Philosophy\, University of British Columbia)\, one of the most prominent currently active philosophers of art in the English-speaking world. His address is titled “AI\, Art\, and Artists: What They Are\, What They Could Be\, What They Should Be\,” will take place Friday (2/14)\, at 4:30 pm in LAB 108\, Gonzales Auditorium\, on USM’s campus.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/mississippi-philosophical-association-2025-keynote-ai-art-and-artists-what-they-are-what-they-could-be-what-they-should-be/
LOCATION:Gonzales Auditorium\, 1999 Pearl St\, Hattiesburg\, MS\, 39401\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250214T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250214T143000
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SUMMARY:Speakers Bureau: “The Early Pioneer Settlers 1790 to 1840”
DESCRIPTION:Willam P. Arinder presents a living history program about the early pioneer settlers in Mississippi. Discussion centers around how they dressed\, built their homes\, produced and cooked their food\, the use of flintlock rifles for hunting and protection of their homesteads\, building fire using flint-and-steel\, grinding corn in hollow stumps\, children’s homemade toys and music on the mountain dulcimer. Period clothing worn\, hands-on artifacts display and audience participation encouraged.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/speakers-bureau-the-early-pioneer-settlers-1790-to-1840-2/
LOCATION:Hatley Elementary School\, 60286 Hatley RD\, Amory\, MS\, 38821-7215
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250213T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250213T200000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250128T204953Z
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SUMMARY:Film Screening: This World Is Not My Own
DESCRIPTION:We will co-host a screening of the unique documentary and animation film This World is Not My Own\, which tells the life story of the self-taught artist Nellie Mae Rowe. Stay afterwards for a panel discussion and Q + A with the filmmakers and to learn more about works on view by other self-taught artists at MMA.    \nThis screening of This World is Not My Own is part of South Arts’ Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers.  \nSchedule of Events \n\n6 PM – Doors Open\, Cash Bar Available\n6:30 PM – Screening of This World is Not My Own (1h 37m)\nFollowing the film\, there will be a Q&A session with Chase Quinn\, MMA’s Creative Director and Curator of Special Projects\, and filmmaker Ruchi Mital.\n\nAbout the Panelists \nRuchi Mital is an award-winning filmmaker\, producer\, and writer with a social justice background. She is the Foundress of Solani Media\, whose first co-production\, Tomorrow\, Tomorrow\, Tomorrow (dir Martina Radwan) was an official selection at DOCNYC 2023. \nIn 2014\, Ruchi produced We Could Be King\, which won the Emmy for Outstanding Sports Documentary. Her subsequent films Sky Ladder: The Art Of Cai Guo-Qiang (2016)\, and This is Personal (2019) premiered at Sundance. For HBO\, she produced the Emmy-nominated series\, The Case Against Adnan Syed. In 2021\, she produced The Me You Can’t See for Apple TV+ and in 2023 the emmy-nominated Encounters for Netflix. This World is Not My Own\, a hybrid documentary about self-taught artist Nellie Mae Rowe that Ruchi produced and co-wrote premiered at SXSW in 2023 and will air on PBS in Spring 2025. \nIn 2020\, Ruchi was selected as one of DOCNYC’s 40 Under 40 list of emerging non-fiction talents. She has served as a filmmaking mentor through the 2021 Sundance Producer’s Intensive and 2022 DOCNYC Storytelling Incubator and served as a juror for DOCNYC and Reel Sisters of the African Diaspora film festival. \nChase Quinn is recognized by Garden & Gun magazine as one of the art world’s rising vanguards\, Chase serves as MMA’s Creative Director and Curator of Special Projects\, overseeing education and curatorial departments to foster inclusive storytelling and innovative programming. Previously\, at the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston\, SC\, he led bold initiatives\, including a diversity-focused internship and the landmark exhibition Something Terrible May Happen\, which recontextualized Charleston’s art history with support from institutions like Harvard Art Museums and the Musée d’Orsay. \nIn partnership with the Mississippi Film Society\, Mississippi Museum of Art
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/film-screening-this-world-is-not-my-own/
LOCATION:Mississippi Museum of Art\, 380 South Lamar Street\, Jackson\, MS\, 39201
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250213T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250213T173000
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SUMMARY:HTA Lecture: Epic Ideas\, Lyric Insights: Homer\, Virgil\, Ovid
DESCRIPTION:Michael Gleason is Millsaps College’s 2025 Humanities Teacher of the Year. Gleason’s lecture\, Epic Ideas\, Lyric Insights: Homer\, Virgil\, Ovid\, will be presented 2/13/25 at 4:00 pm on the college’s campus in the McMullen Lecture Hall Room 122. \nGleason will be among those honored at the Mississippi Humanities Council Awards Ceremony March 28\, 2025 at the Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson. The event pays tribute to outstanding faculty in traditional humanities fields at each of the state’s institutions of higher learning.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/hta-lecture-epic-ideas-lyric-insights-homer-virgil-ovid/
LOCATION:Millsaps College\, 1701 N. State Street\, Jackson\, Mississippi\, 39202
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250213T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250213T143000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250205T163232Z
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SUMMARY:Speakers Bureau: "The Early Pioneer Settlers 1790 to 1840"
DESCRIPTION:Willam P. Arinder presents a living history program about the early pioneer settlers in Mississippi. Discussion centers around how they dressed\, built their homes\, produced and cooked their food\, the use of flintlock rifles for hunting and protection of their homesteads\, building fire using flint-and-steel\, grinding corn in hollow stumps\, children’s homemade toys and music on the mountain dulcimer. Period clothing worn\, hands-on artifacts display and audience participation encouraged.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/speakers-bureau-the-early-pioneer-settlers-1790-to-1840/
LOCATION:Hatley Elementary School\, 60286 Hatley RD\, Amory\, MS\, 38821-7215
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250212T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250212T133000
DTSTAMP:20260408T171126
CREATED:20250122T185027Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250122T185027Z
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SUMMARY:HTA Lecture: Stone Tools to Social Media: The Ubiquity and Relevance of the Visual Arts from Prehistory to the Forseeable Future
DESCRIPTION:Geoffrey Latham is Coahoma Community College ‘s 2025 Humanities Teacher of the Year.Latham’s lecture\, Stone Tools to Social Media: The Ubiquity and Relevance of the Visual Arts from Prehistory to the Forseeable Future\, will be presented 2/12/25 at 12:00 pm on the college’s campus. \nLatham will be among those honored at the Mississippi Humanities Council Awards Ceremony March 28\, 2025 at the Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson. The event pays tribute to outstanding faculty in traditional humanities fields at each of the state’s institutions of higher learning. \n 
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/hta-lecture-stone-tools-to-social-media-the-ubiquity-and-relevance-of-the-visual-arts-from-prehistory-to-the-forseeable-future/
LOCATION:Coahoma Community College\, 3240 Friars Point Road\, Clarksdale\, MS\, 38614\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250208T163000
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SUMMARY:Speakers Bureau: "The Cakewalk"
DESCRIPTION:If you think the cakewalk is just a musical chairs game to win a cake\, think again. Step back into the ’90s to recapture ragtime when the African American “cakewalk” dance was popular. Speaker Barbara J Clark allows you to meet the famous African American song and dance duo\, Williams and Walker\, who took the country by storm and took the cakewalk from America to England during the 1890s and 1920s. Experience a combination of storytelling\, music\, video\, photos and cakewalk steps. Audiences will have an opportunity to try cakewalking\, if they like.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/speakers-bureau-the-cakewalk/
LOCATION:M.R. Davis Public Library\, 8554 Northwest Dr\, Southaven\, MS\, 38671-2440\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250208T133000
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CREATED:20250128T170413Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250128T170413Z
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SUMMARY:Speakers Bureau: "Savoring African American History through Stories and Poetry"
DESCRIPTION:Take a story walk through the eyes and feelings of African Americans from slavery to the mid-seventies with Barbara J. Clark. Using award-winning literature via stories and poetry\, the audience will experience plantation life and escape\, life view of a 110-year-old supercentenarian\, living with Jim Crow during a motor trip down south\, death of Emmitt Till poetically immortalized\, feelings of interracial children (Black and Jewish) during the ’70s and some experiences of outstanding African Americans (George Washington Carver\, Gordon Parks and Mary McCloud Bethune). Program contents can vary to suit the audience
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/speakers-bureau-savoring-african-american-history-through-stories-and-poetry/
LOCATION:Walls Public Library\, 7181 Delta Bluffs Pkwy\, Walls\, MS\, 38680-8415\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250207T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250207T163000
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CREATED:20250107T213115Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250107T213115Z
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SUMMARY:HTA Lecture: Ancient Foes\, Modern Narratives: Framing the Ottomans as Trojans in Venetian Humanism
DESCRIPTION:Seth Parry is Belhaven University’s 2025 Humanities Teacher of the Year. Parry’s lecture\, Ancient Foes\, Modern Narratives: Framing the Ottomans as Trojans in Venetian Humanism\, will be presented 2/7/25 at 3:00 pm on the college’s campus in the Student Center Theatre. The presentation will look at a linguistic construct used by Venetian Renaissance humanists in respect to the Ottoman Empire\, namely their use of the Latin word “Teucri” to identify the Ottoman “Turks.” “Teucri” was originally used to describe the ancient Trojans of Homeric fame. This presentation analyzes why Renaissance humanists would adopt this terminology by looking at the connotations and purpose of such a duplicate identification. \nParry will be among those honored at the Mississippi Humanities Council Awards Ceremony March 28\, 2025 at the Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson. The event pays tribute to outstanding faculty in traditional humanities fields at each of the state’s institutions of higher learning.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/hta-lecture-ancient-foes-modern-narratives-framing-the-ottomans-as-trojans-in-venetian-humanism/
LOCATION:Belhaven University\, 1500 Peachtree Street\, Jackson\, MS\, 39202
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250206T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250206T203000
DTSTAMP:20260408T171126
CREATED:20250107T201703Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250107T201859Z
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SUMMARY:HTA Lecture: This is a Beast. The Beast is Us.
DESCRIPTION:Jesse Brown is Delta State University’s 2025 Humanities Teacher of the Year. Brown’s lecture\, This is a Beast. The Beast is Us.\, will be presented 2/6/25 at 7:00 pm on the college’s campus. \nBrown will be among those honored at the Mississippi Humanities Council Awards Ceremony March 28\, 2025 at the Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson. The event pays tribute to outstanding faculty in traditional humanities fields at each of the state’s institutions of higher learning.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/hta-lecture-this-is-a-beast-the-beast-is-us/
LOCATION:Delta State University\, 1003 W Sunflower Rd\, Cleveland\, MS\, 38733\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250206T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250206T193000
DTSTAMP:20260408T171126
CREATED:20241023T135729Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250128T165001Z
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SUMMARY:Surviving Southampton: A Story in Three Grandmothers
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Vanessa Holden from the University of Kentucky will speak at Mississippi College as part of MC’s continued effort to bring lived and scholarly expertise of the African American experience to the Mississippi College campus and the larger metro Jackson community. She is an associate professor of History\, the Director of African American and Africana Studies and the Director of the Central Kentucky Slavery Initiative. Her research focuses on African American women and slavery in the antebellum South. She will share her award-winning research from her book Surviving Southampton: African American Women and Resistance in Nat Turner’s Community (University of Illinois Press\, July 2021)\, which explores the contributions that African American women and children made to the Southampton Rebellion\, often called Nat Turner’s Rebellion. Holden’s lecture will serve as the keynote for our Black History month commemorations. \nThe lecture will be on February 6\, 2025 at 6pm at Entergy Theatre at Gore Arts Complex.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/surviving-southampton-a-story-in-three-grandmothers/
LOCATION:Mississippi College\, 200 Capitol St.\, Clinton\, MS\, 39056
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250206T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250206T123000
DTSTAMP:20260408T171126
CREATED:20250205T165444Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250205T165444Z
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SUMMARY:HTA Lecture: "Yes\, You CAN Sing Classical Music!"
DESCRIPTION:Shelly Garlotte will present the 2025 Humanities Teacher Award lecture for Mississippi Valley State University: Yes\, You CAN Sing Classical Music!” \nExperience a voice lesson as a classical music singer! The presentation will include an introduction to basic singing anatomy\, music reading\, and singing in a foreign language. By the end of the ‘lesson\,’ participants will be singing a well-loved piece from standard classical repertoire.” \nThe lecture will take place on the Mississippi Valley State University campus February 6\, 2025 at 11:00 am.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/hta-lecture-yes-you-can-sing-classical-music/
LOCATION:MS
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250205T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250205T133000
DTSTAMP:20260408T171126
CREATED:20250106T161708Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250106T161708Z
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SUMMARY:HTA Lecture: Me\, Myself and AI (Artificial Intelligence)
DESCRIPTION:Priscilla Hartley will present the 2025 Humanities Teacher Award lecture for Copiah-Lincoln Community College: Me\, Myself and AI (Artificial Intelligence)  \nThe lecture will take place on the Copiah-Lincoln Community College campus February 5\, 2025 at 12:20pm.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/hta-lecture-me-myself-and-ai-artificial-intelligence/
LOCATION:Copiah-Lincoln Community College\, 11 Co Lin Cir\, Natchez\, MS\, 39120-4452\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250204T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250204T203000
DTSTAMP:20260408T171126
CREATED:20250128T165927Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250128T165927Z
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SUMMARY:Speakers Bureau: "The Marquis de Lafayette Visits Mississippi"
DESCRIPTION:In 1825\, the Marquis de Lafayette visited Natchez on his farewell tour of America. Learn more from William “Brother” Rogers about who he was and why this historic event was significant.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/speakers-bureau-the-marquis-de-lafayette-visits-mississippi/
LOCATION:South Mississippi Genealogical & Historical Society\, 307 2nd Ave\, Hattiesburg\, MS\, 39401-3887\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250204T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250204T193000
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SUMMARY:HTA Lecture: The Heart of Humanities: Fostering Understanding\, Culture\, and Connection
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Emily Pollard is Northeast Mississippi Community College’s 2025 Humanities Teacher of the Year. Pollard’s lecture\, The Heart of Humanities: Fostering Understanding\, Culture\, and Connection\, will be presented 2/4/25 at 6:00 pm on the college’s campus. Dr. Pollard explores how the humanities cultivate empathy\, celebrate diverse cultures\, and build meaningful connections. From insights in social psychology to her impactful work with the student food pantry\, discover the transformative power of humanities in shaping compassionate\, informed individuals. \nPollard will be among those honored at the Mississippi Humanities Council Awards Ceremony March 28\, 2025 at the Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson. The event pays tribute to outstanding faculty in traditional humanities fields at each of the state’s institutions of higher learning.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/hta-lecture-the-heart-of-humanities-fostering-understanding-culture-and-connection/
LOCATION:MS
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250204T190000
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CREATED:20250106T164727Z
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SUMMARY:HTA Lecture: In Your Face History: How Technology and Mass Media Have Transformed the Study of History
DESCRIPTION:Megan Eidt is Itawamba Community College ‘s 2025 Humanities Teacher of the Year. Eidt’s lecture\, In Your Face History: How Technology and Mass Media Have Transformed the Study of History\, will be presented 2/4/25 at 6:00 pm on the college’s campus. \nEidt will be among those honored at the Mississippi Humanities Council Awards Ceremony March 28\, 2025 at the Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson. The event pays tribute to outstanding faculty in traditional humanities fields at each of the state’s institutions of higher learning. \nSince 2004\, she has taught history at ICC\, where her activities have included former two-term president of the Tupelo Campus Faculty Association and former adviser to the ICC Political Science and Humanities Clubs. Her professional memberships include ICC Faculty Association\, National Council on Public History\, Atlanta History Center and American Historical Association.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/hta-lecture-in-your-face-history-how-technology-and-mass-media-have-transformed-the-study-of-history/
LOCATION:Itawamba Community College\, 602 W Hill Street\, Fulton\, MS\, 38843
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250203T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250203T100000
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CREATED:20250129T214900Z
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SUMMARY:African American Read-In
DESCRIPTION:Please join the mothers and daughters of the Blossoms Mother-Daughter Reading Club as we celebrate the 2025 African American Read-In.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/african-american-read-in/
LOCATION:Jackson State University College of Education Room 100\, 1400 John Lynch Street \, Jackson \, MS\, 39217\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250201T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250201T173000
DTSTAMP:20260408T171126
CREATED:20241023T141147Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250131T154501Z
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SUMMARY:HOMEGROWN: A WRITERS' EXCHANGE: 2025
DESCRIPTION:HOMEGROWN is a full-day literary arts event\, — free and open to the public — that presents acclaimed southern authors in moderated panel discussions that cut across multiple current\, timely\, and relevant topics pertinent to writing and publishing. This annual Mississippi-centric event includes programs which appeal to a broad scope of patrons who may be aspiring writers\, or simply avid readers. In addition\, a series of break-out sessions provide intimate opportunities for attendees to learn from and interact with literary experts and authors. \nHOMEGROWN 2025 will be presented during a two-day period on Friday\, January 31\, and Saturday\, February 1\, 2025 on the University of Southern Mississippi’s lovely Gulf Park Campus in Long Beach (MS). Sessions presented on Friday\, January 31\, will be specifically developed for young people (students) and will be facilitated by faculty and graduate students from the University of Southern Mississippi. Friday’s sessions will be offered during the period of 10 AM to 2 PM. \nThe event on Saturday\, February 1st\, will begin at 9 AM and continue until 5:30 PM …. a full day of programming.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/homegrown-a-writers-exchange-2025/
LOCATION:University of Southern Mississippi\, Gulf Park Campus\, 730 E Beach Blvd\, Long Beacj\, MS\, 39560\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250129T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250129T173000
DTSTAMP:20260408T171126
CREATED:20250122T183950Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250122T184105Z
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SUMMARY:Speakers Bureau: Mississippi Telling
DESCRIPTION:The presenter\, Rebecca Jernigan\, provides an overview of the storytelling Renaissance in America with emphasis upon the oral tradition in Mississippi. The literary tradition of Mississippi owes much to the rich storytelling legacy that riddles the tales of our families and our communities as reflected in the works of many of our best authors: Welty\, Wright\, Faulkner\, Henley\, Williams. As part of the presentation\, Dr. Jernigan performs as a story teller calling upon on her rich repertoire of original tales and literary masterpieces gearing her choices of tales according to her audience and offers material for children and adults.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/speakers-bureau-mississippi-telling-10/
LOCATION:Boys and Girls Club of North Mississippi\, 1242 S Green St\, Tupelo\, MS\, 38804\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250128T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250128T190000
DTSTAMP:20260408T171126
CREATED:20241111T162632Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241111T162632Z
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SUMMARY:Speaker Series: Matthew Skic
DESCRIPTION: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 January 28\, 2025: \nMatthew Skic\, Curator of Exhibitions\, Museum of the American Revolution\, Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania: Muskets Along the Mississippi: The Revolutionary War in the West
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/speaker-series-matthew-skic/
LOCATION:Historic Natchez Foundation\, 108 S. Commerce St.\, Natchez\, MS\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250127T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250127T130000
DTSTAMP:20260408T171126
CREATED:20241217T172335Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241217T172335Z
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SUMMARY:Speakers Bureau: Parallels of Southern Storytelling and Folktales from Around the World
DESCRIPTION:Speaker Diane Williams is a neo-griot\, along the lines of the story­tellers from times gone by when oral historians were crucial to maintaining black folks’ history because book publishers didn’t believe the history worth chronicling. Williams is also a quilter\, an artistry befitting for a woman known for paying homage to the past. Williams uses silk yarns\, beads\, stones and vibrant colors to make traditional quilts with Motherland inspiration to tell stories of strength\, resilience and hope.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/speakers-bureau-parallels-of-southern-storytelling-and-folktales-from-around-the-world-2/
LOCATION:Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at The University of Southern MIssissippi\, 118 College Dr #5055\, Hattiesburg\, MS\, 39406\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250126T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250126T160000
DTSTAMP:20260408T171126
CREATED:20250124T155607Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250124T160314Z
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SUMMARY:Sunday Screening: Always a Winner: Roy Curry\, A Quarterback Ahead of His Time
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a free screening of “Always a Winner: Roy Curry\, A Quarterback Ahead of His Time” at 2 p.m. Sunday\, Jan. 26\, at the Two Mississippi Museums! Directed by Seth Schwartz\, this film tells the story of Roy Curry who played quarterback for his high school in Clarksdale\, then at Jackson State\, and went on to play two seasons as a wide receiver with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the NFL. This program is in partnership with the Mississippi Humanities Council\, Mississippi Department of Archives\, Mississippi Film Society\, and the Mississippi Film Office
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/sunday-screening-always-a-winner-roy-curry-a-quarterback-ahead-of-his-time/
LOCATION:MS
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250117T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250117T130000
DTSTAMP:20260408T171126
CREATED:20241216T153649Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241216T154347Z
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SUMMARY:57th MLK Convocation
DESCRIPTION:Deciding that she would rather celebrate his birth and achievements rather than focus on his death\, Margaret Walker sponsored one of the first birthday convocations for Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr.\, on January 12\, 1969\, at Jackson State University.\n\n\n\nAs part of Dr. Alexander’s legacy\, the Margaret Walker Center at Jackson State University continues this annual event. Their 57th convocation will take place on January 17th\, 2025\, in the Rose McCoy Auditorium at JSU. The keynote speaker will be civil rights activist\, scholar\, and author Dr. Charles Payne.\n\n\n\nOur For My People Awards Luncheon will follow at noon in the Student Center Ballroom A. Tickets to purchase a meal will be available soon. We are proud this year to honor Dr. Charles Payne\, Rev. Dr. CJ Rhodes\, and Attorney Carroll Rhodes with For My People Awards.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/57th-mlk-convocation/
LOCATION:Jackson State University\, 1400 J.R. Lynch Street\, Jackson\, MS\, 39217
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241230T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241230T163000
DTSTAMP:20260408T171126
CREATED:20241216T151232Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241216T151232Z
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SUMMARY:Speakers Bureau: "Mississippi Telling"
DESCRIPTION:The presenter\, Dr. Rebecca Jernigan\, provides an overview of the storytelling Renaissance in America with emphasis upon the oral tradition in Mississippi. The literary tradition of Mississippi owes much to the rich storytelling legacy that riddles the tales of our families\, and our communities as reflected in the works of many of our best authors: Welty\, Wright\, Faulkner\, Henley\, Williams. As part of the presentation\, Dr. Jernigan performs as a storyteller calling upon on her rich repertoire of original tales and literary masterpieces gearing her choices of tales according to her audience and offers material for children and adults.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/speakers-bureau-mississippi-telling-9/
LOCATION:Boys and Girls Club of North Mississippi\, 1242 S Green St\, Tupelo\, MS\, 38804\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241214T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241214T170000
DTSTAMP:20260408T171126
CREATED:20241125T152747Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241125T152747Z
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SUMMARY:Blues on 5th Street
DESCRIPTION:Let’s Talk About The Blues! Pine Belt Blues That Is! While honoring Mr. T-Bone Pruitt. Pinebelt Blues is shaping up to be a genre of blues coming straight from the Pinebelt. It is being spearheaded by Pinebelt Native\, Ra’Shad The Blues Kid. When thinking About Pinebelt Blues it’s difficult to put into words because it’s not just something that can be described. It’s an intangible feeling that comes over you when you hear it. Its something that when you hear Pinebelt blues there’s only one direction that then mind can go to. It can hold its weight against other blues Genres like HillCountry and Delta Blues because it has FLAVOR! Pinebelt blues incorporates a blend of soulful\, rhythmic guitar\, with a quartet undertone. It has a base that is recognizable through the many influences that made it what it is today. Pinebelt is set to become the next genre of blues that’s coming straight out of the thick pinebelt in Mississippi!!\n\n\nThe event will be held December 14\, 2024\, starting time of 2: 00 p.m. at the Laurel Jones County Black History Museum and Arts. \n-Marian Allen will open with welcome/occasion and speak regarding the historical significance of the event and introduce the speakers.\n-Tito Lanier the historical of the blue and how the piano contribution to theblues.\n-Jock Webb will discuss the tradition of the blues\, joint jukes\, harmonica appreciation and down-style of Alabama Black Belt Blue.\n-Rashad Mcgill will share the traditions of the blues\, (Pine Belt Blues) and the art of the guitar appreciation.\n-Questions and Answer Session\n– Presentation to Tommie Pruitt\n-Everyone can enjoy refreshment and tour the museum.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/blues-on-5th-street/
LOCATION:Laurel Jones County Black History Museum and Arts\, 820 W 5th St\, Laurel\, 39440\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Laurel Jones County Black History Museum and Arts":MAILTO:ma0499771@gmail.com
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