Center for the Study of Southern Culture

Center for the Study of Southern Culture
Abbreviation	CSSC
Formation	1975
Purpose	Educational
Headquarters	Barnard Observatory
Location	University, Mississippi;
Coordinates	34°22′01″N 89°32′00″W / 34.367032°N 89.533446°W
Region served	Worldwide
Director	Kathryn McKee
Associate Directors	James G. Thomas, Jr. and Afton Thomas
Main organ	Advisory Committee
Parent organization	University of Mississippi
Staff	10
Website	southernstudies.olemiss.edu

The Center for the Study of Southern Culture (CSSC), located in Barnard Observatory on the University of Mississippi campus in Oxford, Mississippi, is an academic organization dedicated to the investigation, documentation, interpretation and teaching of the Southern United States, including its culture.^[1]

About

The CSSC includes the Southern Documentary Project division and the Southern Foodways Alliance institute, and a partner publication, Living Blues magazine. Over the years it has hosted countless programs, including the Oxford Conference for the Book, the Music of the South Concert Series and Symposium, the Gilder-Jordan Lecture in Southern Cultural History, the Blues Today Symposium, and the Southern Documentary Festival. The center supports an undergraduate and graduate Southern Studies academic department, granting Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, and Master of Fine Arts degrees. Former directors of the Center include William Ferris, Charles Reagan Wilson, and Ted Ownby. Kathryn McKee is the current director, and James G. Thomas, Jr. and Afton Thomas are the associate directors.^[2] CSSC published the award-winning Encyclopedia of Southern Culture and The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture.^[2] In 2014, the CSSC launched the online journal Study the South.

In Barnard Observatory, the center's Gammill Gallery hosts changing exhibits of documentary photography of the American South.^[2] Among the many collections permanently housed at the center is the Kenneth S. Goldstein Folklore Collection.

Study the South

Launched in 2014, Study the South is a peer-reviewed multimedia online journal, focusing on the culture of the American South. The academic approach is interdisciplinary, with a particular focus on history, anthropology, sociology, music, literature, documentary studies, gender studies, religion, geography, media studies, race studies, ethnicity, folklife, and art.^[3]

Programs and lecture series

Oxford Conference for the Book
SouthTalks
Music of the South Series and Symposium
Gilder-Jordan Lecture in Southern Cultural History
Blues Today Symposium
Southern Documentary Festival

Publications

Study the South journal
The Mississippi Encyclopedia
Living Blues magazine
The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture
Encyclopedia of Southern Culture
The Southern Register
The Faulkner & Yoknapatawpha Series

References

^ ^a ^b "Center for the Study of Southern Culture: About: Mission". Center for the Study of Southern Culture (University of Mississippi). Retrieved 14 November 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Center for the Study of Southern Culture: About: History". Center for the Study of Southern Culture (University of Mississippi). Retrieved 14 November 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Center Launches New Journal "STUDY THE SOUTH"". Center for the Study of Southern Culture (University of Mississippi). Retrieved 14 November 2015.

External links

[cssc-about-mission-1] "Center for the Study of Southern Culture: About: Mission". Center for the Study of Southern Culture (University of Mississippi). Retrieved 14 November 2015.

[cssc-about-history-2] "Center for the Study of Southern Culture: About: History". Center for the Study of Southern Culture (University of Mississippi). Retrieved 14 November 2015.

[cssc-studythesouth-3] "Center Launches New Journal "STUDY THE SOUTH"". Center for the Study of Southern Culture (University of Mississippi). Retrieved 14 November 2015.

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