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Featured Featured Event Series Eudora Welty Writers’ Symposium

Eudora Welty Writers’ Symposium

The W Campus 1100 College Street, Columbus, United States +1 more

The Eudora Welty Writers' Symposium is held each October in honor of The W's most famous alumna. A diverse group of Southern writers and scholars are invited to present their work. A highlight of the symposium is the announcement of the Eudora Welty Prize for an unpublished book of scholarship. All Symposium events will be […]

Free
Featured Featured Event Series Eudora Welty Writers’ Symposium

Eudora Welty Writers’ Symposium

The W Campus 1100 College Street, Columbus, United States +1 more

The Eudora Welty Writers' Symposium is held each October in honor of The W's most famous alumna. A diverse group of Southern writers and scholars are invited to present their work. A highlight of the symposium is the announcement of the Eudora Welty Prize for an unpublished book of scholarship. All Symposium events will be […]

Free
Featured Featured Event Series Eudora Welty Writers’ Symposium

Eudora Welty Writers’ Symposium

The W Campus 1100 College Street, Columbus, United States +1 more

The Eudora Welty Writers' Symposium is held each October in honor of The W's most famous alumna. A diverse group of Southern writers and scholars are invited to present their work. A highlight of the symposium is the announcement of the Eudora Welty Prize for an unpublished book of scholarship. All Symposium events will be […]

Free
Featured Featured Event Series Honors Forum Series

Forum Series: Margaret Renkl

Nissan Auditorium - Parkinson Hall

Margaret Renkl Author of The Comfort of Crows In The Comfort of Crows, bestselling author Margaret Renkl presents fifty-two chapters that follow the creatures and plants in her backyard over the course of a year. As she takes us through the seasons, she introduces us to both joy at the ongoing pleasures of the natural […]

Gallery Talk: Día de los Muertos

Ralph Hudson Gallery, 1162 5th Avenue South, Columbus, MS, 39701, United States

Our celebration of this Mexican tradition is back with our annual Day of the Dead altar. Students in Professor Erinn Holloway’s Spanish class will give a gallery talk about the tradition in front of the installation. We are adding Guatemalan Day of the Dead kites to the celebration this year. Kite-making workshops will open to […]

Gordy Honors Forum Series: Dr. Jodi Skipper

Nissan Auditorium

Dr. Jodi Skipper, Associate Professor of Anthropology & Southern Studies, University of Mississippi Author of Behind the Big House: Reconciling Slavery, Race, and Heritage in the U.S. South in conjunction with our 2023-2024 MUW Community Read of Clint Smith’s How the Word Is Passed made possible with funding from the Mississippi Humanities Council Behind the Big […]

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Swain Speaker’s Series Lecture

Nissan Auditorium, Parkinson Hall

The 2024 Martha Swain Speaker's Series Lecture will be held at 6 pm on Thursday, March 7 in Parkinson Hall's Nissan Auditorium. This year, we will welcome Dr. Cassie Turnipseed to campus for a lively and engaging discussion of the life and legacy of Mississippi's fearless daughter, Ida B. Wells-Barnett. The event is free and […]