Jacquelyn Dowd Hall Receives PEN Award The Center for the Study of the American South congratulates Jacquelyn Dowd Hall, the founder of the SOHP, for being awarded a 2020 PEN America Literary Award! Her book Sisters and Rebels: A Struggle … Read more

8/21/18 UPDATE: We could not be more pleased that, in many ways, our statement became irrelevant as soon as we published it. We are proud of the activists and students who, in the words of Pauli Murray (a black woman who wrote to … Read more

Our 2018 Chandler Conversation features four amazing entrepreneurs who hail from around the world and now call North Carolina home. For more information about the panelists and moderator learn more here.

You are invited to gather with staff and faculty from UNC-Chapel Hill’s Center for the Study of the American South for a spirited discussion about the region’s rich traditions and compelling stories. Your ticket ($25/person, $40/couple) includes hot snacks, cold … Read more