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The University of Mississippi-DeSoto will again serve as the host site for a series of Brown
Bag Lunches sponsored by the Center for the Study of Southern Culture and the Southern Foodways
Alliance. There is no admission for these hour-long programs which will run from noon to 1 p.m.
on the first Thursday of each month beginning September 1 and ending December 1. Pack a tasty
lunch and join us!
Sept. 1
With Signs Following: Religion on the Southern Roadside
Speaker: Joe York
Joe York holds an M.A. in Southern Studies from The University of Mississippi.
He is a photographer and filmmaker. Portions of his documentary project on
religious road signs may be found online at
www.olemiss.edu/depts/south/projects/index.htm, and a full
photography exhibit will be on display at Barnard Observatory's Gammill Gallery
in the fall.
Oct. 6
The Hood Orphan Fund: A Suitable Monument
By Brian Miller
Brian Craig Miller holds degrees in history from Penn State University and
the University of Mississippi. He currently teaches at Ole Miss, where he
is pursuing a PhD with a dissertation entitled "John Bell Hood and the Fight
for Civil War Memory: A Cultural Biography." This presentation will
examine how the citizens of the South and across America came together to
care for Civil War General John Bell Hood's 10 orphaned children, following
a Yellow Fever Epidemic that took the life of Hood, his wife and eldest
daughter. The fund garnered over 70,000 dollars to care for the children.
The story of the fund and the citizens who gave to it will be told in this
Can't Miss Brown Bag!
Nov. 3
Daddy, Tell Me Another Story: Southern Fathers and Sons in the Music of the
Drive-By Truckers
Speaker: Ellie Campbell
Ellie Campbell is a second-year student in the Southern Studies master's program.
A native of Alabama, and a graduate of Vanderbilt, she's making her way across the
South and appreciating all the music she hears along the way. In this presentation,
she'll talk a bit about fathers and sons in today's alternative country music.
Dec. 1
Same Story, Different Tune: Southern Narratives in Literature and Popular Music
Speaker: Odie Lindsey
Odie Lindsey is a first year Southern Studies student with a background in writing
and art. This presentation will explore some of the South's favorite narratives-the
ones that show up again and again in our books and our music.
For more information concerning registering
for any of these courses, please contact: DeSoto
Center
Division of Continuing Education
5197 W. E. Ross Parkway
Southaven, MS 38671
DeSoto: 662-393-6601
Senatobia: 662-562-3930
Fax: 662-342-5208
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