Future of the South Symposium

      

2011 Symposium Tentative Schedule

"Future of the South Symposium: The Gulf Oil Spill After One Year"

All events will take place at Barnard Observatory on the University of Mississippi campus.

Friday, April 1

3:00 pm

"Covering the Spill"

  • David Hammer, New Orleans Times-Picayune
  • Steve Lerner, Commonwealth
  • Mac McClelland, Mother Jones
  • Karen Nelson, Biloxi Sun Herald

 

4:30 pm

"Living, Working, Eating, Part 1"

  • Ellis Anderson, author, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
  • Louis Kyriakoudes, University of Southern Mississippi Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage
  • Drew Landry, Louisiana musician
  • Liz Williams, Southern Food and Beverage Museum, New Orleans

 

Saturday, April 2

9:30 am

"Living, Working, Eating, Part 2"

  • J. Steven Picou, University of South Alabama, Sociology
  • Shana Walton, Nicholls State University, English
  • Joe York, University of Mississippi, Media and Documentary Projects

 

11:00 am

"The Oil Spill and the Wetlands"

  • Mike Carloss, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
  • Alex Kolker, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, and Tulane University
  • Kristine Willett, University of Mississippi, Pharmacology

 

2:00 pm

"Perspectives on Recovery"

  • David Butler and Edward Sayre, University of Southern Mississippi, Economics
  • Craig Colten, Louisiana State University, Geography and Anthropology
  • Richard Mizelle, Florida State University, History
  • Stephanie Showalter, National Sea Grant Law Center, University of Mississippi

 

A short concluding discussion will follow the 2:00 panel.


About the Endowment


The Endowment for the Future of the South will enable the Center for the Study of Southern Culture to bring together leaders in the academic, business, government, and nonprofit communities to explore collaboratively ways to advance the South's development. The Endowment will also foster partnerships between the Center and a variety of University of Mississippi institutes that the University has recently created to play a role in public policy discussions, including the Charles Overby Center for Journalism and Southern Politics, the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation, the Trent Lott Leadership Institute. The Endowment will be a catalyst for on-campus initiatives and will also link with like-minded research projects across the region.

When fully funded, the Endowment for the Future of the South will offer what is currently unavailable: a meeting place for Southern leaders to generate ideas, identify best practices across the region, and make use of a unique network of conferences, workshops, and publications to advance the development of the South.

The University of Mississippi and the Center for the Study of Southern Culture are positioned to provide the institutionalized forums bringing together students, faculty, library resources, research centers, and public outreach to generate and clarify ideas the South needs to bring civic renewal-which is the ultimate objective of the Endowment.

 

 

Endowment Activities

  • Annual Conference of Regional Leaders Held Across the South
  • Workshops on Regional Issues Generating Research on Development
  • Annual Publication Proposing Practical Recommendations for Issues Facing the South
  • Catalyst for University of Mississippi Public Policy Initiatives
  • Web site as Informational and Networking Source for Southern Leaders
  • Conference of Rhodes Scholars from the South
  • Conference of White House Fellows from the South
  • Student Interns Working with Southern Regional Issues
  • Resource of Ideas and Practices for Such Public Policy Agencies as the Southern Growth Policies Board, the Southern Governors Association, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the Appalachian Regional Commission

Outcomes

  • Promote Racial Reconciliation by Finding Concrete Ways to Work Across Racial Differences
  • Promote Environmental Stewardship of the South's Natural Resources
  • Advance Cultural Tourism as a Way to Draw from the South's Culture for Economic Development
  • Find Ways to Perpetuate the South's Literary and Musical Heritage Among Schoolchildren
  • Explore How Faith-based Initiatives Can Draw from the South's Religious Heritage and Contribute to Community Health
  • Adapt Southern Architectural Styles to Create a Sense of Community in Contemporary Housing
  • Pass on the Mantle of Leadership to Promising Young Southern Leaders