Dynamic Duo
Faculty couple Bill Ferris and Marcie Cohen Ferris are retiring, but their collective contributions to Southern studies and support for…
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With Mellon grant, launches ‘Humanities for the Public Good’
A four-year, $1.5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will significantly advance Carolina’s efforts in humanities education, research…
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The South in Color
“The South in Color” completes an informal trilogy that Bill Ferris began with “Give My Poor Heart Ease” and “The…
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Passion for Pimento Cheese
Our region produces and consumes the most pimento cheese in the world. But the spread isn’t Southern by birth —…
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Bluegrass Believers: UNC partners with heritage tourism project honoring Earl Scruggs
Visitors to the new Earl Scruggs Center, nestled in the renovated 1907 courthouse in uptown Shelby, N.C., can immerse themselves…
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Front Porch Portal: Home for southern research celebrates 20 years
The tree-shaded, white-frame house at 410 E. Franklin Street has an ample front porch, rocking chairs and a storied history….
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Leading the Southern Oral History Program
Historian Malinda Maynor Lowery was named the new director of the Southern Oral History Program in July 2013.
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Southern Cultures: Journal covers it all, from tobacco queens to blues music
Southern Cultures journal covers it all, from tobacco queens to blues music.
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From Plantation to Prison Farm
Graduate student Elijah Gaddis explored the history of Caledonia Prison Farm in Halifax County, N.C.
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