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The Center for the Study of the American South, which hosts Southern Cultures, the Southern Oral History Program, Critical Ethnic Studies, and leads UNC’s Southern Futures Initiative, is changing the conversation about the American South using the world-class research and teaching that UNC offers. This year, we engaged in community collaborations, created…

  Prompted by the toppling of Silent Sam and the continued debate over Confederate monuments, the Center for the Study of the American South asked UNC students, faculty, and alumni to imagine the university’s future with public art in various forms. With the support of a generous donor, we funded…

The readers of Southern Cultures have articles they  have enjoyed reading time and time again during the challenges of 2020. Here’s a list of their top ten online Southern Cultures essays and articles for 2020. Have a look and enjoy reading.

Frank Stasio retired from WUNC Radio and his popular “The State of Things” program on November 25. Before leaving WUNC’s signature program, Stasio put together a list of his fondest shows, and one of them is with Center for the Study of the American South Director and UNC historian Dr….

Monuments are erected to create messages, and these structures actively work to develop public memory. The Center for the Study of the American South, using the expertise of other units of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (including Wilson Library and the University of North Carolina Press), has…

Southern Futures | Season Two

Efird and Holloman Receive Impact Award Two students associated with the Center for the Study of the American South are among 16 UNC-Chapel Hill graduate students and recent graduate alumni selected to receive the Graduate School’s 2021 Impact Awards and Horizon Awards.   Diamond Holloman, a doctoral candidate in ecology,…

  There are members of the Chapel Hill community who know the story of James Cates, a 22-year-old man who was murdered on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus. As part of a collective, Cates’ family members, community leaders, UNC and Duke University scholars, social justice activists, and students are commemorating the…

Hosted by author Jill McCorkle. With panelists Malinda Maynor Lowery, Kerry Haynie, Wiley Cash, Belle Boggs, and Gene Nichol If you missed this post-election discussion with these North Carolina authors and scholars, here’s your chance to listen in on the conversation, moderated by Jill McCorkle and hosted by FlyLeaf Books….

Historian Dr. Malinda Maynor Lowery among those featured in videos this week to celebrate Honoring Native Foodways and Native American Heritage Month This is the 12th year that the American Indian Studies department at UNC-Pembroke has hosted Honoring Native Foodways. For all Indigenous peoples food is sacred; it is a…