Mention
Southern political leaders, and immediately
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John C.
Calhoun, John A. Quitman, Theodore Bilbo, Andrew
Jackson, Jefferson Davis, Huey Long, George
Wallace, Ross Barnett, Jimmy Carter, and others
come to mind.
Were they scoundrels or statesmen? Find out at the 15th annual Natchez Literary
and Cinema Celebration, which will explore the theme “Statesmen to Scoundrels:
Politics in the Deep South.”
The event, set for February 25-29, 2004, in Natchez, Mississippi, is sponsored
by Copiah-Lincoln Community College, Natchez National Historical Park, Mississippi
Department of Archives and History, and Mississippi Broadcasting Networks. Headquarters
will be the Natchez Convention Center on Main Street.
More than two dozen nationally known scholars, historians, writers, and film
experts will present programs about the political world, including biographical
sketches of early leaders, Robert Penn Warren’s All the King’s
Men, a book and film based on the life of Huey Long, and Eudora Welty’s
political leanings.
Scheduled for the event are tours of historic mansions occupied by early Mississippi
political leaders, commercial and documentary films, panel discussions, a concert
of political campaign songs, writing workshops, parties, and an awards ceremony
honoring the writers Greg Iles, William Scarborough, and Gail Gilchriest.
Most of the conference is free. For information and tickets, call toll-free 866-296-NLCC
(866-296-6522) or 601-446-1289. Or email Christy.Williams@colin.edu or visit
the Web site at www.colin.edu/nlcc.
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The
U.S. South in Global Contexts Symposium
at the University
February 13-15, 2004
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In
the midst of current
attempts at resituating Southern
Studies
in new geographical,
theoretical, and pedagogical
contexts,
the Center is hosting
a symposium that will bring
together
a diverse group of scholars
to discuss “The
U.S. South in Global
Contexts.”
The conference is a response,
not only to the changing
outlines of Southern
geography and demographics,
but to current theoretical
discussions of identity
and community.
The old questions of where and what is the South are getting new answers
today as cultural and
political alliances shift,
new global connections
are forged,
and new ways of thinking about culture and literature emerge. How all of
these changes affect
what we call “the South” will
be the topic of the conference.
Beginning on Friday, February 13, and concluding Sunday, February 15, the
program is organized as a series of five round-table discussions and features
scholars
from different institutions and disciplines. Round-table topics include “Theoretical
Changes/Directional Shifts in Southern Studies,” “Rethinking Southern
Communities,” “Teaching the New Southern Studies,” “The.
U.S. South and Other Souths,” and “Southern Studies in the Institution.” Panel
participants will offer short presentations before engaging each other and
the audience in continued conversation.
Highlights of the program include two keynote addresses. The first is by
Karla Holloway, William R. Kenan Professor of English and African and African
American
Studies and Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences at Duke University. Titled “South
Looking South,” Holloway’s presentation will be during the afternoon
of February 13. Her research and teaching interests focus on literary and
cultural studies and 20th-century African and African American literature.
She is the
author of five books, including Codes of Conduct: Race, Ethics, and the Color
of Our Character and, most recently, Passed On: African-American
Mourning Stories.
A luncheon address by C. Marshall Eakin, professor of history at Vanderbilt
University, is Saturday’s featured event. Eakin, who teaches Latin American history
and courses in the interdisciplinary program in Latin American studies, will
present “When South Is North: The U.S. South from the Perspective of a Brazilianist.” Eakin’s
research focuses on 19th- and 20th-century Brazil, especially the history
of industrialization and nation-building. His most recent publications include Brazil:
The Once and Future Country and Tropical Capitalism: The Industrialization
of Belo Horizonte.
All events will take place in Barnard Observatory, unless otherwise noted.
For additional information about the symposium registration and program,
contact
either Kathryn McKee (kmckee@olemiss.edu) or Annette Trefzer (atrefzer@olemiss.edu).
Also, visit the Center’s Web site (www.olemiss.edu/dept/south) for a
detailed outline of the program.
Kathryn McKee
Annette Trefzer
Karla Holloway
Marshall Eakin
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