September
Wednesday, September 23 12:00-1:00 pm Zoom
Common Reader Keynote
“Southern Exceptionalism and the perils of region” Caroline Nagel, Professor and Chair of the Geography Department at the University of South Carolina.
Thursday, September 24 6:00-7:00 Zoom
Southern Poetry
“A Portable Poetry Reading” facilitated by Dr. Brian Billings
Friday, September 25 12:00-1:00 Zoom
OUR PLACE: Southern Music Friday
“That’s Not What I Heard: The North’s “Strange Fruit” and “Southern Man” Dr. Doug Julien, Associate Professor of English at Texas A&M University – Texarkana.
Tuesday, September 29 11:00-11:50 Zoom
Common Reader Keynote
“European Roots of Southern Exceptionalism: How the Mayflower Brought the Civil War
to America” Dr. Thomas Cutrer, Emeritus Professor of History at Arizona State University.
October
Friday, October 2
OUR PLACE: Talk Food. Eat Food. Raise Money.
Talk Food 12:00-1:00 Zoom
“The Hunger Belt: Food Access and Civil Rights Activism in the Rural South” Dr. Angela Jill Cooley, Associate Professor of History at Minnesota State University, Mankato
Eat Food. Raise Money 10:30-3:30 TLC Burger & Fries
201 E. Broad
Eat at TLC and mention TAMUT. Proceeds fund PLACE events and local charity/non-profit.
Tuesday, October 6
Common Reader Keynote
“A Recorded Conversation with Kathryn McKee” with discussion to follow, Dr. Kathryn McKee, Director, Center for the Study of Southern Culture and Associate Professor of English at the University of Mississippi.
Invited Talk
“Creating Welcoming Spaces in Difficult Places: Prioritizing the Needs of LGTBQ+ Students on College Campuses in the South” Dr. Sidney Gardner, Director of the Women & LGBT Center at Southern Methodist University.
*cosponsored by the President’s Committee of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Wednesday, October 7 12:00-1:00 pm UC 249 (15) & Zoom
“Real Talk: Tellin’ Y’all ‘bout Women in the South Facilitated by Jan Murdock, Kim Murray, and Heather McKnight
MOVIE NIGHT with STUDENT LIFE 8:30-10:30 pm P&L
Drive-In Movie: “Big Fish” Introduction and Twitterfall with Dr. Doug Julien.
Friday, October 9
(Tentative)OUR PLACE: Local Ghost Stories
The Talk 12:00-1:00 pm Zoom
Reading Southern Ghost Stories
The Walk All Day Downtown
Haunted Texarkana Ghost Tour
Tuesday, October 13
Invited Talk 3:00-4:00 Zoom
“No Such Place: Searching for the Legacy of Capitalism in the South” Dr. John R. Barner,
Friday, October 16
(Tentative) OUR PLACE: Talk Food. Eat Food. Raise Money.
Talk Food 12:00-1:00 Zoom
“Title to be determined” Dr. Peter Angelo Coclanis, Albert Ray Newsome Distinguished Professor, and Director of Global Research Institute and Dr. W Fitzhugh Brundage, William Umstead Distinguished Professor, University of North Carolina.
Eat Food. Raise Money All Day Chicken Express
2902 Richmond Rd.
Eat at Chicken Express and mention TAMUT. Proceeds fund PLACE events and local charity/non-profit
Tuesday, October 20 6:00-7:00 pm Zoom
Aquila Review: Southern Themed Poetry from TAMUT
Reading selections from prior “Aquila Reviews” and new work.
Wednesday, October 21
MOVIE NIGHT with STUDENT LIFE 8:30-10:30 pm P&L
Drive-In Movie: “The Town that Dreaded Sundown”
Thursday, October 22 6:00- Zoom
Invited Talk
“On Black Lesbian Feminist Praxis: A Southern Experience” Dr. Stephanie Andrea Allen, Postdoctoral Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor of Gender Studies at University of Indiana.
*cosponsored by the President’s Committee of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the History Program; the Program in Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies; and Spectrum.
Friday, October 23
(Tentative) OUR PLACE: Southern Music Friday
“Title to be determined” Andrew Clark
Tuesday, October 27
Super Lecture
“Something Cool” Dr. Corrine Hinton, Associate Professor of English at Texas A&M University - Texarkana
Friday, October 30
(Very Tentative) OUR PLACE: Talk Food. Eat Food. Raise Money.
Talk Food 12:00-1:00 Zoom
“Tentative” Dr. Bryant Simon, Temple University
Eat Food. Raise Money 11:00-2:00 The Lunchbox
Eat at ???? and mention TAMUT. Proceeds fund PLACE events and local charity/non-profit