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A Radical Notion of Democracy opening keynote with Mark Elliott (11/4/11) from CSAS on Vimeo. Mark Elliott is an associate professor of history at UNC Greensboro. He is author of Color-Blind Justice: Albion Tourgée and the Quest for Racial Equality from the Civil War to Plessy v. Ferguson (2006).

A Radical Notion of Democracy – Morning Panel Discussion (11/4/11) from CSAS on Vimeo. A Fool’s Errand? Reconstructing the Narrative of Freedom in North Carolina On Tourgée’s life as lawyer, judge, public servant, and novelist in Reconstruction North Carolina, 1865-79. Moderator/panelist Ann McColl, attorney and independent scholar, is legislative director for…

A Radical Notion of Democracy – Afternoon Panel Discussion (11/4/11) from CSAS on Vimeo. Literature Into Law: Interrogating Democracy in the Post-Reconstruction Nation On Tourgée as national civil rights advocate and architect of Homer Plessy’s case, as well as the historical reception of his concept of “color-blind” justice. Moderator/panelist Alfred Brophy,…

OCTOBER 27, 2011 – SHOW BOAT (1951) 6:30 p.m. – Screening of Show Boat, as part of the Ackland Museum Film Forum and the Center’s Southern Film Series. Free for students with a valid ID and $4 for the general public. 8:30 p.m. – Panel Discussion Panelists: Gregory Kable, Department of Dramatic Art, UNC-CH…

The 2011-12 Charleston Lecture with Nathalie Dupree – Southern Food and Women’s Cooking (10/26/11) from CSAS on Vimeo. Nathalie Dupree is the author of eleven cookbooks about the American South, entertaining and basic cooking. She has hosted over 300 television shows on the Food Network, The Learning Channel, and PBS….

Lantern Restaurant is generously hosting a dinner on October 26th at 6:30pm in honor of Nathalie Dupree’s Charleston Lecture. All of the proceeds will benefit the programming at The Center for the Study of the American South. Andrea Reusing, the 2011 James Beard Foundation’s Best Chef Southeast and chef/owner of Lantern collaborates with nearby…

“A Radical Notion of Democracy: Law, Race, and Albion Tourgée, 1865-1905” Friday November 4, 2011 8:30 AM – 6:30 PM State Library Building and State Capitol Building, Raleigh, NC *Continuing Legal Education Credit of five hours has been approved.* “A Radical Notion of Democracy: Law, Race, and Albion Tourgée, 1865-1905”…

Karen Cox – Dreaming of Dixie: How the South Was Created in American Popular Culture (UNC Press, 2011) (10/6/11) from CSAS on Vimeo. In Dreaming of Dixie, Karen Cox shows that the chief purveyors of this constructed nostalgia for the Old South were outsiders of the region, especially advertising agencies,…

Nathalie Dupree October 26, 2011 4:30pm Hyde Hall, Institute for the Arts and Humanities Free and open to the public. Light reception to follow.  The Center is honored to have Nathalie Dupree presenting the 2011-12 Charleston Leture. Nathalie Dupree is the author of eleven cookbooks about the American South, entertaining…

Piedmont Blues Benefit with Lightnin’ Wells & Boo Hanks The Love House Lawn/ 410 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill Friday, September 30 – 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 pm, rain or shine Free Admission / Donations Welcome – as are chairs & blankets for the lawn.   Boo Hanks and Lightnin’…