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Events and Lectures
Early Fall  2010

Greetings!

The Center for the Study of the American South's fall 2010 calendar is full of exciting events, lectures, and exhibitions. Our Hutchins Lecture Series 2010-2011 will host twelve distinguished speakers this academic year, with generous support from the Hutchins Family Foundation and the UNC Alumni Center. The popular Music on the Porch Series brings a couple of the best up-and-coming musicians from the area, Mandolin Orange and Ryan Gustafson, to our front porch. And, we have a couple of fantastic photography exhibits opening this fall, featuring artists Donn Young and Jimmy Williams.

Also on the calendar are a couple of very special events, the 5th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, and the 50th Anniversary of the publication of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird. Our graduate student seminar series, Tell About the South, will continue to bring  scholars together for discussions of original research about the South.  Please check our website for the most up-to-date information and any additions. Join us this fall as we celebrate and examine the South's past, present, and future!
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September

September 7, 2010
Hutchins Lecture with Noel Polk -

Inside Agitators: Civil Writes in Mississippi
4 to 5:30 p.m.
The Royall Room in the UNC Alumni Cente
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Free and Open to the Public.


Dr. Polk will look at a novel by Mississippian
Jack Butler, Jujitsu for Christ, which takes as its subject the aftermath of the Civil Rights Movement, as it spirals out away from the movement into the civilian ranks, where blacks and whites attempt to come to terms with its meaning for them and their relationship to each other. Complete details ...

September 8-10, 2010
Hurricane Katrina Five Years Later: A Humanities-Focused Observance
Scholars, Researchers, Community Leaders and Artists Observe the 5th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina

(photo: Donn Young)
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This three-day event, with panel discussions, a photography exhibition opening and a lunchtime presentation, will explore the human impact of the storm and provide an opportunity to understand how the storm impacted people, cities, and communities and how lives are being rebuilt and renewed. The Donn Young exhibition opening also features former New Orleans resident and musician Peter Holsapple and special guests.
Complete details and schedule of events ...

Co-sponsored by the UNC Center for the Study of the American South and the UNC Center for the Study of Natural Hazards and Disasters, in partnership with the Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity, the School of Government, and the UNC School of Law
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September 21, 2010

Hutchins Lecture with Michael McFee -
My Inner Hillbilly, a poetry and essay reading
4 to 5:30 p.m.
Dr. McFee
Royall Room in the UNC Alumni Center
Free and Open to the Public.

Author or editor of thirteen books, Asheville native Michael McFee is Professor of English and Director of the Creative Writing Program at UNC-Chapel Hill. He will read an essay and some poems about growing up in the North Carolina mountains, living as an Appalachian-in-exile for nearly four decades, and -- despite misgivings -- coming to terms with his enduring inner hillbilly.
Complete details ...

September 30, 2010
Music on the Porch

Performances by Mandolin Orange and Ryan Gustafson, and moderated by Grayson Currin (Independent Weekly)
5 to 7 p.m.
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The Love House and Hutchins Forum

Free and Open to the Public.

This fall's Music on the Porch features Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz, who make up Mandolin Orange and solo artist Ryan Gustafson. Marlin and Frantz pair distinct musical roles to stylize songs inspired by their country, jazz and bluegrass forebears,while Gustafson plays "splendid Americana tunes Ryan on Swingtempered by classic pop/rock sensibilities" (Independent Weekly).

Music on the Porch, which brings musicians together to play and to engage in discussion about sense of place, the creative process, and how the culturally rich region know as the American South can influence and be influenced by the musicians that it attracts. The discussion is moderated by scholars and notable community figures. Complete details.... 

October

October 5, 2010
Hutchins Lecture with Adriane Lentz-Smith -
The World's Experience
4 to 5:30 p.m.
The Royall Room in the UNC Alumni Center
Free and Open to the Public.


Adriane Lentz-Smith will weave the Lentz-Smithblack freedom struggle into the story of the United States' emergence as a world power. Tracking biographies of activists and veterans of World War I, Lentz-Smith will discuss how they used the international arena as a staging ground in their fight against white supremacy.

Adriane Lentz-Smith is the Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Professor of History at Duke University.  Her most recent book is Freedom Struggles: African Americans and World War I (Harvard University Press, 2009), which looks at the black freedom struggle in the World War I years, with a particular focus on manhood, citizenship claims, and the international experience.
Complete details...

October 12, 2010
Writing the Magic Carpet of Literature - Editor Alane Salierno Mason discusses writing, editing, and publishing with tw
o of her authors, Mary Helen Stefaniak and Randall Kenan.
4 to 5 p.m.
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Pleasants Family Assembly Room,
Wilson Library, UNC-Chapel Hill

Free and Open to the Public.
 
Professor Randall Kenan of the Creative Writing Program moderates a discussion with novelist Mary Helen Stefaniak and the editor they share, UNC 2010 Distinguished Alumna Alane Salierno Mason, as they reflect on writing, editing, and publishing, and on the many things they have learned from the South -- and the world -- about literature. Complete details ...

Co-sponsored by the Creative Writing Program and the Center for the Study of the American South, both at UNC-Chapel Hill.

October 14, 2010
Exhibition Opening Reception for Jimmy Williams Photography with a performance by Big Ron Hunter
5 to 7 p.m.

The Love House and Hutchins Forum
Free and Open to the Public.


Jimmy Williams is a fine art
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and commercial photographer based in Raleigh, North Carolina. Much of William's photography focuses on fleeting moments rich with emotion. One of his most recent series, Music Makers, is a natural extension of his previous work, purposefully expanding on themes like preservation and perseverance. The photography allows the subjects to tell a story honestly, without pretense or expectation.

In 2008, Williams was awarded Outstanding Achievement in Photography at the 2008 International Spider Awards and 2nd place Deeper Perspective Photographer of the Year at the 2008 Lucie Awards Gala at the Lincoln Center, NYC.

October 28, 2010
A Celebration of 50 Years of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird
5 to 9 p.m.

The Varsity Theater and The Ackland Art Museum

Free with a UNC onecard and $3 for the general public

To Kill A Mockingbird CoverHarper Lee's beloved novel To Kill a Mockingbird reaches its 50-year mark this year and Chapel Hill and UNC-CH are coming together to offer a celebratory screening and discussion open to the campus community and the general public. The experience of watching the film together on the big screen at the Varsity Theater will be enriched by a discussion after the film with, writers Lee Smith, Jill McCorkle, Randall Kenan, Minrose Gwin, and Jaki Shelton Green. Gene Nichol, law professor and director of the UNC Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity, will serve as moderator.
 
A reception will be held after the discussion at the Ackland Art Museum, with homemade cakes from the period of the novel provided by Carrie Boone's Sweet Fingers Bakery and music drawn from UNC's Southern Folklife Collection. Complete Details...
 
Co-sponsored by UNC Center for the Study of the American South, UNC School of Law, Chapel Hill-Orange County Visitors Bureau, UNC Department of American Studies, and the Ackland Art Museum.