July 21-26, 2002
29th annual Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference. Theme: “Faulkner and His Contemporaries.” Reception for exhibition of Jack Kotz photographs, Gammill Gallery in Barnard Observatory, on Sunday, July 21 at 1:00 p.m.

September 28, 2002
Center Celebration in Yazoo City and Jackson: Visit Willie Morris’s hometown and take a short drive to Holly Bluff to tour Silver Creek Cotton Gin (a new one, the largest east of the Mississippi River), followed by lunch. Hosted by Center Advisory Committee members Byron and Cameron Seward. Move on to Jackson for a tour of the Eudora Welty exhibition at the Old Capitol Museum, followed by dinner. Hosted by Center Advisory Committee members. Julia Reed will be the after-dinner speaker.

September 30, 2002
Observation of the 30th anniversary of the integration of the University. Join Center faculty, staff, and students at the Ellipse for a ceremonial consecration of the site selected for a sculptural commemoration of the struggle for equal access to education in the state of Mississippi. A scale model of the sculpture will be unveiled to the public.

October 17-20, 2002
5th annual Southern Foodways Symposium. John Shelton Reed and Calvin Trillin are among the featured speakers on the program theme “Barbecue: Smoke, Sauce, and History.” Culinary Exhibition Two Women and Their Cookbooks: Lena Richard and Mary Land, organized by Tulane University’s Newcomb College, will be on display at University Museums before, during, and after the symposium.

October 21, 2002 - January 31, 2003
25 Years of Studying the South
Center for the Study of Southern Culture
Anniversary Exhibition 
Lynn & Stewart Gammill Gallery
November 2002
Silver Anniversary Month for the Center: 
25 years of Studying the South


Friday Afternoon, November 8
Address by former Center Director William Ferris 
Commentary by Center consultants
Panel Presentation on the Southern Studies Program 


Friday Evening, November 8
Center Dinner


Saturday Morning, November 9
Eudora Welty Celebration
Recalling that Welty’s work was the subject of the Center’s inaugural event in November 1977, some of the author’s long-time friends and admirers will join literary scholars in reflecting on her life and art.


Saturday Afternoon, November 9
Addresses on the Encyclopedia of Southern Culture and other Center achievements during the past quarter century, plus a panel of students discussing the Southern Studies Program.


Saturday Evening, November 9
Southern Studies Prom 
(formal dress not required)
Current and former students, faculty, staff, and friends will celebrate the Center through music and dance. 


February 2003
Scott Barretta, editor of Living Blues, and Adam Gussow, newly appointed assistant professor of English and Southern Studies, are organizing “The Blues Today: A Living Blues Symposium.”
The event will have a Friday evening concert followed by an all-day Saturday program, with three panels and a plenary speaker.

0-25, 2003