Welcome to the Center for the Study of the American South, a hub for interdisciplinary research, publication, and teaching about Carolina’s complex home region. We are the proud home of Southern Cultures quarterly, the Southern Oral History Program, Southern Futures, and CES at Carolina.
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The front porch of the nation’s first public university, where we continue a proud tradition of more than a century of research and scholarship on the South at UNC.
Housed at the historic Love House on the UNC campus, the Center for the Study of the American South is home to Southern Cultures quarterly, the Southern Oral History Program, Southern Futures, and CES at Carolina.
Through our award-winning publications, scholarship, teaching, and engagement, the Center fosters research and dialogue on the dynamic region we call home. We believe in the power of critical inquiry and creative collaboration to help us understand where we’ve been—and where we’re going.
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Building upon a century of scholarship on the South at UNC, the Center for the Study of the American South fosters research and collaboration to deepen understanding of southern social, political, and intellectual life. Through critical inquiry and dialogue, we explore the region’s rich history and publish 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 southern history, society, and arts through scholarly articles, memoir, interviews, poetry, and art.
The Southern Oral History Program (SOHP)
For fifty years, SOHP has conducted field research, trained the next generation of scholars, and preserved and amplified the voices that shape southern history and society.
Southern Futures
A collaborative network for the students, scholars, creators, and community leaders doing extraordinary research to reimagine the American South.
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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.
Exploring the Nuances of History
Christina Huang shares her history and SOHP experience.
HIST593 Gives Undergraduate Students Keys to Enter History’s “Unvisited” Rooms
Using Oral History and Public History, Ph.D. candidate Hooper Schultz teaches undergraduate students how to unravel and share history.
