Center for the Study of Southern Culture
Encyclopedia
The Center for the Study of Southern Culture (CSSC), located in Barnard Observatory
on the University of Mississippi
campus in Oxford
, Mississippi
, is an academic organization dedicated to the investigation, documentation, interpretation and teaching of the Southern United States
, including its culture. CSSC publishes the award-winning Encyclopedia of Southern Culture and The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture as well as Living Blues magazine and the quarterly journal The Southern Register. It also hosts the Oxford Conference for the Book and the Faulkner & Yoknapatawpha Conference, with 2009 being the conference's 36th anniversary. The Center supports an undergraduate and graduate Southern Studies academic department. Former directors of the Center include William Ferris and Charles Reagan Wilson.
Barnard Observatory
Barnard Observatory was a U.S. astronomical observatory owned and operated by University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi. Completed in 1859, it was part of the astronomy focus that chancellor Frederick A.P. Barnard had for the school. Due to the outbreak of the Civil War, though, the purchase...
on the University of Mississippi
University of Mississippi
The University of Mississippi, also known as Ole Miss, is a public, coeducational research university located in Oxford, Mississippi. Founded in 1844, the school is composed of the main campus in Oxford, four branch campuses located in Booneville, Grenada, Tupelo, and Southaven as well as the...
campus in Oxford
Oxford, Mississippi
Oxford is a city in, and the county seat of, Lafayette County, Mississippi, United States. Founded in 1835, it was named after the British university city of Oxford in hopes of having the state university located there, which it did successfully attract....
, Mississippi
Mississippi
Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi...
, is an academic organization dedicated to the investigation, documentation, interpretation and teaching of the Southern United States
Southern United States
The Southern United States—commonly referred to as the American South, Dixie, or simply the South—constitutes a large distinctive area in the southeastern and south-central United States...
, including its culture. CSSC publishes the award-winning Encyclopedia of Southern Culture and The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture as well as Living Blues magazine and the quarterly journal The Southern Register. It also hosts the Oxford Conference for the Book and the Faulkner & Yoknapatawpha Conference, with 2009 being the conference's 36th anniversary. The Center supports an undergraduate and graduate Southern Studies academic department. Former directors of the Center include William Ferris and Charles Reagan Wilson.