USM Center for the Study of the Gulf South

Pleased to host Dr. Lindsey Privette, who is a history professor at Anderson University. She showed how medical care for Union soldiers improved dramatically in the Civil War.

Another successful Baird Day. Congratulations to the 2026-2027 Baird Fellow, Riley Houston!

Please plan on attending an event at our annual Baird Day: Wed., March 4

We are pleased to host a public lecture and book signing by Mississippi author Jere Nash tomorrow at 6:00 PM. He will be presenting from his new book: Reconstruction in Mississippi, 1862-1877. The event will take place in Gonzales Auditorium (LAB 108) at the University of Southern Mississippi at 6:00 PM. All are welcome to attend. Light refreshments will be served.

Had a number of excellent poster presentations by students in Dr. Laura Mammina's HIS 463: The Sectional Controversy and the Civil War, 1848-1877

Come out to Jackson this Saturday and see numerous USM faculty members presenting their books alongside nationally-known authors!

This Saturday 9/13 is the annual Mississippi Book Festival in Jackson! Come check out some of the events featuring School of Humanities faculty and students:

- Dr. Olivia Clare Friedman (English Faculty) will be on a poetry panel at 10:45 AM in State Capitol 4th Floor House Corridor. She will also be doing a book signing of her book of poems at 12:15 PM at the Book Signing Tent.

- Dr. J.A. Bernstein (English Faculty) will be moderating a panel, "Iran Unveiled," at 1:30 PM in the State Capitol.

- Center for Writers Students will be leading a writing workshop, free and open to the public, at 1:30 PM in State Capitol Room 202. Mississippi Review/Center for Writers will have a table inside the Capitol Building.

- Dr. Douglas Bristol (History Faculty) will be on a panel on African American History at 12:00 PM in the State Capitol.

- Dr. Andrew Pace (History Post-Doctoral Fellow) will be moderating a panel on the Atomic Bomb at 12:00 PM in the Galloway Sanctuary.

- Dr. Andrew Wiest (History Faculty) will be on a panel on Mississippi history at 2:45 PM in State Capitol 4th Floor Senate Corridor.

Hope to see you there!

The Center for the Study of the Gulf South is proud to sponsor the Mississippi Book Festival. Our own Dr. Douglas Bristol will present his new book at the African American History panel and we encourage everyone to attend! https://msbookfestival.com/schedule

This Saturday 9/13 is the annual Mississippi Book Festival in Jackson! Come check out some of the events featuring School of Humanities faculty and students:

- Dr. Olivia Clare Friedman (English Faculty) will be on a poetry panel at 10:45 AM in State Capitol 4th Floor House Corridor. She will also be doing a book signing of her book of poems at 12:15 PM at the Book Signing Tent.

- Dr. J.A. Bernstein (English Faculty) will be moderating a panel, "Iran Unveiled," at 1:30 PM in the State Capitol.

- Center for Writers Students will be leading a writing workshop, free and open to the public, at 1:30 PM in State Capitol Room 202. Mississippi Review/Center for Writers will have a table inside the Capitol Building.

- Dr. Douglas Bristol (History Faculty) will be on a panel on African American History at 12:00 PM in the State Capitol.

- Dr. Andrew Pace (History Post-Doctoral Fellow) will be moderating a panel on the Atomic Bomb at 12:00 PM in the Galloway Sanctuary.

- Dr. Andrew Wiest (History Faculty) will be on a panel on Mississippi history at 2:45 PM in State Capitol 4th Floor Senate Corridor.

Hope to see you there!

Center for the Study of the Gulf South co-director Dr. Deanne Stephens will be a panelist for tonight's "Food, Culture, and Climate" panel at Bonfire Restaurant in Gulfport, Mississippi. We hope to see you there!

Reminder that tonight (Sept. 16) investigative journalist Tracie McMillan will be discussing her new book "The White Bonus: Five Families and the Cash Value of Racism in America" in Gonzales Auditorium at 5:30 p.m. A light reception and book signing will follow the talk. This talk is free and open to the public.

IMPORTANT UPDATE - our event has been moved to online due to the inclement weather. If you are interested in attending, please direct message us and we can provide you with the attendee link. Hope to see many of you there virtually.

Please join us for two book talks in the next two weeks.

Dr. Grace Hale will discuss her new book, "In the Pines," on September 11 at 5:30 p.m. in LAB 108.

Ms. Tracie McMillan will discuss her new book, "The White Bonus," on September 16 at 5:30 in LAB 108.

Both talks are free and open to the public. Please join us!