Embracing critical conversations and creative expressions for a diverse and changing South
In our first Hutchins Lecture of the semester, “The Beekeeper: Collecting Oral Histories of Black Southern Queer Women,” E. Patrick Johnson will discuss the methodological challenges he faced while conducting research about women as a man. He'll also perform excerpts … Read more
Join us at the Center as we launch our Fall 2017 art exhibit, featuring story quilts based on the deployed experiences of Native American military veterans. Inspired by oral history interviews with veterans from each of North Carolina's eight state- … Read more
Our lunchtime conversation will feature Southern Mix founder Anna-Rhesa Versola and undergraduate researcher Emmanuel Lee. Versola will discuss her work founding the project and her experience as a narrator. Lee will talk about the the interviews he conducted in summer 2018 with … Read more
Anna Freeman spent summer 2018 working with both Darius Scott and Rev. Bill Kearney to collect oral histories in Warren County, NC as a part of the Stories to Save Lives project. The project was originally started by Dr. Ross … Read more
For our 2019 Sonic South listening room, In Sickness & In Health, we're featuring short audio docs from the top five finalists of our recent audio competition. Producers were asked to follow a few rules, including choosing interviews with southerners … Read more