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Did you know today is "National Plan a Vacation Day"? We asked all our faculty & staff where in the South they would go if given a free vacation. Check out the responses for their fun answers!

SOST SHARE Project Lead Leanna Herbert said this about #NationalPlanAVacationDay.....

SOST Faculty Dr. Emily Ruth Allen picked Nashville as her #NationalPlanAVacationDay destination.

SOST Coordinator Lori Ann had this to say about #NationalPlanAVacationDay....

SOST Instructor Ebony Toussaint, PhD, MPH picked New Orleans for her #NationalPlanAVacationDay, here's what she had to say:

SOST Assistant Director WMJS said this about #NationalPlanAVacationDay

Do you have a favorite marching band? Learn more about African American military bands, college marching bands and brass bands in the South with Dr. Emily Ruth Allen & Marvin McNeil on this week's episode of #TakeOnTheSouth 🎧 - apple.co/3vFak94

Two British guys walk into a bar.....just kidding, they walked into our podcast studio and gave us their takes on the south! 🎧 - apple.co/4b3NMz9 🎥 - youtube.com/watch?v=1UQejp…

Did you know that Southern Studies has a host of scholarships for undergraduates and one for graduate students? Well, now you do! 💵💵 --> bit.ly/SOSTscholarshi…

Newest episode drop! 🎧---> bit.ly/PoetryAndSouth…

New episodes have dropped and we are here for it! Check out this one with Ebony Toussaint, PhD, MPH and John Ira Jennings 🎧 --> apple.co/43Bf50o

USC recently hosted Gregg Hecimovich for a series of events, and we were able to have some sit down time to discuss his book about Hannah Crafts. Listen in to learn more! 🎧 --> apple.co/4ayNYoP 📺 --> youtube.com/watch?v=WPMTFS…

At the 2024 Society for American Music conference, Southern Studies instructor Dr. Emily Ruth Allen discussed how our podcast #Takeonthe serves as a model for interdisciplinary collaboration and public outreach. We loved connecting with music scholars at #SAM2024!

Congratulations to our Scholar In Residence - Dr. Lacy Ford on his article “Christian Paternalism and the Contested Ideology of Slaveholding in Charleston and the South Carolina Lowcountry, 1845-1865", published recently in the TheSouthernSHA's Journal of Southern History.

What are the origins of higher education, the key figures and what role did the South play in it's emergence? Join us for a discussion with Michael T. Benson from Coastal Carolina about these things and many more. 🎧 --> bit.ly/43DJRWg 📺 -->youtube.com/watch?v=v5kgQu…

Southern Studies Instructor Ebony Toussaint, PhD, MPH was recently featured in an article by The Guardian titled "‘I Gullah Geechee, too’: the educators keeping a language of enslaved Africans alive" theguardian.com/news/2024/apr/…

On the latest episode of #TakeOnTheSouth, Mark is joined by Bobby Donaldson. Dr. Donaldson is the director of the Center for Civil Rights History & Research, and his episode "Civil Rights & the Story of the South" is available now! 📷 --> spoti.fi/3y0aOb9 📷 --> youtube.com/watch?v=G_dV6u…

Congrats to SOST Instructor Dr. Emily Ruth Allen on being awarded a short-term research fellowship by the Frances S. Summersell Center for the Study of the South at the The University of Alabama forwork on her book, "Sounding Southern Identity in Mobile, Alabama’s Carnival"

We are thrilled to be able to host Michael Stipe next month! For details & to preregister for this free event: bit.ly/McNairConversa…

Professor Smith discusses the history of firing squad executions in relation to South Carolina's first execution by firing squad in over 15 years. Mark provides his insight on how this practice dates back to the Civil War - controversial now and then. youtube.com/watch?v=K52hUe…