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Elementary school students will be encouraged to love reading thanks to a University of Mississippi endowment paying tribute to the late Elaine Hoffman Scott of Little Rock, Arkansas, remembered for her great passion for education and the arts. The Elaine Hoffman Scott Memorial Endowment and the Elaine Hoffman Scott Memorial Fund, both which will support … Continued

The Twenty-Ninth Oxford Conference for the Book will take place on March 29-31, 2023. We are updating the conference website now and will soon begin announcing authors and events on the Oxford Conference for the Book website, on the Center for the Study of Southern Culture’s website, and on the Oxford Conference for the Book … Continued

The dates are set for the Twenty-Ninth Oxford Conference for the Book: March 29, 30, and 31, 2023. Mark your calendars!

As a result of the severe storms expected in the Oxford area this evening, the University of Mississippi will close at noon today. Unfortunately, this means that Imani Perry’s lecture at 6:30 p.m. and the opening-night party at 7:30 are cancelled. The Oxford Conference for the Book will resume as scheduled tomorrow morning beginning at … Continued

The Mississippi Humanities Council announced recipients for its 2022 Public Humanities Awards, which recognize outstanding work by Mississippians in bringing the insights of the humanities to public audiences. Recipients were honored at a public ceremony and reception Friday evening, March 25, at the Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson. Ralph Eubanks won the  Reflecting Mississippi Award for … Continued