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, […]

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 […]

A brief history (from tamales to red beans and rice) of the various ethnic and racial culinary traditions that have shaped Mississippians’ diets. Speakers Expertise: Dr. 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 […]

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 .

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: Join Zoom Meeting https://mvsu.zoom.us/j/87515561608?pwd=ZlM0WE92Z0pENXpHWlZPa2htN1pxQT09 Meeting ID: 875 1556 1608 Passcode: Purnell

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. Award winners include Natasha Trethewey, former Mississippi and U.S. Poet Laureate; Dr. James Giesen, associate professor of history at Mississippi State University and state […]