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REGISTRATION IS CLOSED FOR 3050 SYMPOSIUM EVENTS, APRIL 5-6. Registered attendees, please find parking information and event details here. For questions, please contact Terri Lorant at 919-962-0506.
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Deadline April 1, 2024
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Celebrate 30/50 with Us April 5-6, 2024
Registration is Closed
Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Center for the Study of the American South and Southern Cultures, the 50th Anniversary of the Southern Oral History Program, and more than a century of studying the South at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. REGISTRATION IS CLOSED FOR 3050 SYMPOSIUM EVENTS.
Writers Discussion Series – Black Folk
Blair L.M. Kelley in Conversation with LaRhonda Manigault-Bryant
Thank you for joining this vibrant, Nov. 2, 2023 discussion between Blair LM Kelley and LaRhonda Manigault-Bryant, exploring Kelley’s new book, Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class. Kelley is the Joel R. Williamson Distinguished Professor of Southern Studies at UNC and director of The Center for the Study of the American South. LeRhonda Manigault-Bryant is Director of UNC’s Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History.
Did you miss this standing room-only event? Learn more about the talk and Kelley’s book, Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class.
New at the Center
Blair LM Kelley, a noted scholar of Black history and the African American experience, has joined CSAS as its new director. At UNC-Chapel Hill, Kelley is the Joel R. Williamson Distinguished Professor of Southern Studies in the American Studies Department. Look for Dr. Kelley’s latest book, Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class (W.W. Norton).
Southern Cultures Issues
Summer 23 Black Geographies, Aug. 23, Love House Launch Party (Guest Editor, Danielle Purifoy, UNC)
Fall 23 Snapshot: Climate, Sept. 7, Love House Exhibit Opening (Introductory Essay, Angel Hsu, UNC),
Winter 23 Gothic South (Guest Editor, Kinitra Brooks, Michigan State)
Spring 24 The Vote (Guest Editor, Errin Haines, The 19th)
Summer 24 Sojourning (Guest Editor, Michelle Lanier, UNC; with Johnica Rivers and Alexis Pauline Gumbs)
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What We Do
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The Center for the Study of the American South is a hub for interdisciplinary research, scholarship, and teaching about Carolina’s complex home region. We are committed to honest reckoning with the past and deep engagement with an evolving South. CSAS connects campus and community through public programs, an award-winning publication, regional outreach, oral history, grants, and fellowships. Our work is driven by innovation and inquiry. We thrive on creativity and collaboration.
Building upon a century of scholarship, the Center for the Study of the American South fosters southern vision and leadership to advance a better future for all.
We connect communities to the most important conversations, resources, and movements across the South.
