Routes of Reconciliation: Visiting Sites of Cultural Trauma in the US South, Northern Ireland, and South Africa
...take part in activities he organized (refusing to accept funding for housing), who would preach in his church but not invite him to theirs, and who would lend him money...
The Bulletin—August 6, 2013
...in and intellectually engaging with the US South. The Equality of Opportunity project, a research initiative led by four economists from Harvard and Berkeley, released a working paper detailing the...
Consolation
...a tasteless laugh before turning north along the L&N, if we could take some comfort in the eight humming cylinders that will pull us to 100 before they'll notice, if...
The Bulletin—November 15, 2012
...in and intellectually engaging with the US South. The 2012 United States presidential election results have led mapmakers and illustrators over the past week to search for new ways to...
History: The Parlor
Mid-nineteenth-century homes included a formal parlor, sometimes described by social historians as a "sacred" space, where weddings, funerals, and other public events were held. In addition, larger houses, such...
Aunt Narcissa's Quilt [ca 1880]
...in nearby Wellford. This gift was not named in Narcissa's will, so it may have been presented before the maker's death in 1881. History: The Parlor Mid-nineteenth-century homes included a...
Little Creek, North Carolina
...1997. Photo courtesy of Rob Amberg. NCDOT writing on barn floor slating it for destruction, Little Creek, NC, 1997. Photo courtesy of Rob Amberg. Herbalists and horticulture club members walking...
The Bulletin—August 9, 2012
...after failing to reach an agreement with the company on a new collective bargaining contract. Specifically, the workers are unwilling to accept the reduction of health care benefits proposed by...
Glocal Lounge
...regions, offers critical scrutiny of any monolithic "South," interrogates historical developments and geographies over time, and maps expressive cultural forms associated with place. Perhaps our blog can serve as a...
Gravestones in Chester County, South Carolina and Wythe County, Virginia
...Fort Chiswell, Wythe County, Virginia, August 1978. From Daniel Patterson, The True Image (read an essay excerpted from the book). Used with permission of the University of North Carolina Press....