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The Center for the Study of the American South is a hub for interdisciplinary research, scholarship, and teaching about Carolina’s complex home region.
Our work is about asking big questions, challenging old narratives, and making space for voices that often get left out.
Whether through research, public programs, or our award-winning publications, we’re driven by a passion for curiosity, critical thinking, and making the South’s story more inclusive and real. We believe in the power of honest reflection and creative collaboration to help us understand where we’ve been—and where we’re going.
Initiatives
Building upon a century of scholarship, the Center for the Study of the American South fosters southern vision and leadership to advance a better future for all. We explore the region’s diverse histories and cultures, connect communities to reimagine the South’s future, and preserve the voices that shape its evolving story.
Southern Cultures
Where scholarship meets storytelling. Our award-winning peer-reviewed quarterly, published by UNC Press, explores the diverse history and cultures of the US South through scholarly articles, memoir, interviews, poetry, and art.
The Southern Oral History Program (SOHP)
conducting field research that preserves and amplifies the voices that shape the history and culture of the U.S. South.
Southern Futures
collaborative network for the students, scholars, creators, and community leaders doing extraordinary research to reimagine the American South.
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Legacies of Lynching : An Inaugural Gathering
The Friday Center
Chapel Hill, NC
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Legacies of Lynching: An Inaugural Gathering
Join us as we honor the memories of those lost to lynching, foster collaboration, and build a statewide network committed to truth.
HOME ISSUE of Southern Cultures Launch
Thinking South, hosted by CSAS, extends a special thanks to Southern Cultures and the Stone Center for co-sponsoring this session with Kennedi Carter and Endia Beal.
Standing Room Only for Kelley’s Black Folk: Roots of the Black Working Class
A standing-room only crowd of students, faculty, and Triangle community members packed the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History, for the conversation between Blair LM Kelley and LaRhonda Manigault-Bryant.