Event Co-Sponsors (2024):

Coalition for the Study of Race and Racism (CSRR), Division of Diversity and Community Engagement, College of Liberal Arts, Graduate School, School of Law, Center for the Study of Southern Culture, Department of History, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Department of Social Work

Panel Moderators

  • Welcome and Panel 1: Simone Delerme, McMullan Associate Professor of Southern Studies & Anthropology
  • Panel 2: Marcos Mendoza, Associate Professor of Anthropology
  • Panel 3: Catarina Passidomo, Southern Foodways Alliance Associate Professor of Southern Studies & Anthropology

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Schedule
2023
Monday, February 27th
9:30 AM

Breakfast

Forum Attendees

Ballroom. The Inn at Ole Miss.

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

10:00 AM

1. Exploring the Delta: Unearthing Black Life, Legacy, and Landscape in the American South through Photography

Vanessa Charlot, University of Mississippi

Ballroom. The Inn at Ole Miss.

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

10:00 AM

2. Life and Legacy of Ben Williams

Frederick Nettles, University of Mississippi

Ballroom. The Inn at Ole Miss.

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

10:00 AM

3. Methodological considerations for working with minority language speakers

Stephen Fafulas, University of Mississippi

Ballroom. The Inn at Ole Miss.

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

10:00 AM

4. Daughters of the Dust: Sagacity, Spirituality, and Symbolism

Jai Williams, University of Mississippi

Ballroom. The Inn at Ole Miss.

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

10:00 AM

5. Crime and Punishment across borders in China and Mongolia

Christine Lee, University of Mississippi

Ballroom. The Inn at Ole Miss.

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

11:00 AM

1. Housing Hardship and Mental Stress among Races During Covid’19 Pandemic: Based on US Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey

Mahmuda Sultana, University of Mississippi

Ballroom. The Inn at Ole Miss.

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

11:00 AM

2. Black Oasis in a White Desert: African Americans and the Making of Race and Place in Phoenix, Arizona

Donald R. Guillory, University of Mississippi

Ballroom. The Inn at Ole Miss.

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

11:00 AM

3. A Critique of Drug Law and an Interpretation of 21 U.S.C § 841

Marc Hunter, University of Mississippi

Ballroom. The Inn at Ole Miss.

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

11:00 AM

4. The Magnolia State of Mind: Mississippi’s journey to changing the meaning of “Mississippi”

Cosmo McGee, University of Mississippi

Ballroom. The Inn at Ole Miss.

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

11:00 AM

5. Racial Learning in a Post-2020 Era: How Youth are Making Sense of Race in a Post-George Floyd World

Erin Oakes, University of Mississippi

Ballroom. The Inn at Ole Miss.

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

12:00 PM

Lunch

Forum Attendees, University of Mississippi

Ballroom. The Inn at Ole Miss.

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

1:00 PM

1. Race, Racism, and the Great Depression in American Memory

Darren Grem, University of Mississippi

Ballroom. The Inn at Ole Miss.

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

1:00 PM

2. Black Lives Matter in the Judiciary and the Re-formation of Legal Narratives

Almas Khan, University of Mississippi

Ballroom. The Inn at Ole Miss.

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

1:00 PM

3. From Chamoun’s To Cedars: Tracing Lebanese Immigrant Integration Through Cuisine

Julia Kraus, University of Mississippi

Ballroom. The Inn at Ole Miss.

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

1:00 PM

4. Disappearing Dixie?: The Changing Ethnoscape of the Festa Confederada

Maximilian Conrad, University of Mississippi

Ballroom. The Inn at Ole Miss.

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

1:00 PM

5. Hill Country Harmony

Peter Muvunyi, University of Mississippi

Ballroom. The Inn at Ole Miss.

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

2:00 PM

Keynote Speaker/Closing Remarks

Earl Wright II, Rhodes College

Ballroom. The Inn at Ole Miss.

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM