Tunde Wey will explore the political potential of food in a nation that marginalizes individuals based on race, gender, sexuality, immigration status, and religion.
SFA is proudly and deeply rooted in Oxford, Mississippi. Come October 13, 2016, SFA will fly the rainbow flag and welcome all to our city and our university.
In 2016, SFA examines the corn-fed South: corn as symbol, corn as sustenance, and corn as syrupy problem. When considering this last angle, Marion Nestle’s Soda Politics: Taking On Big Soda (And Winning) is essential background reading.
Those mouth-watering ribs, that appear plate after plate, episode after episode, are about much more than Frank getting his hands dirty and a satisfied look on his face.
Clay Risen, author of The Bill of the Century: The Epic Battle for the Civil Rights Act, spoke about the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 at the 17th Southern Foodways Symposium. Film by Hed Hi Media.
Since the mid-1990s, an influx of Latino immigrants has radically transformed what Southerners expect of Mexican food. In this oral history project, we focus on Kentucky.
