A journal about real and imagined spaces and places of the US South and their global connections

Southern Spaces

A journal about real and imagined spaces and places of the US South and their global connections

The US South in Global Contexts

Karla Holloway & Marshall C. Eakin & Natalie Ring & Tara McPherson & Barbara Ellen Smith & Jamie Winders & Eric Gary Anderson

Presentation

Duke University, Vanderbilt University, University of Texas at Dallas, University of Southern California, Virginia Tech, Syracuse University, George Mason University

published April 16, 2004

Overview

Amid current attempts at resituating Southern Studies in new geographical, theoretical and pedagogical contexts, the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi hosted a symposium that brought together a diverse group of scholars to discuss “The US South in Global Contexts.” This interdisciplinary conference engaged, not only the changing outlines of geography and the trends of demography, but current discussions of identity, transnationalism, and regionality.

Southern Spaces presents short excerpts from the keynote addresses of the conference, as well as samplings of the roundtable talks given by several of the scholars in attendance. Symposium participants plan to publish the proceedings of this event. For further information, contact the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at cssc@olemiss.edu.

Part 1: Dr. Karla Holloway “Martin Luther King’s South Goes Global”