History Is Lunch is a weekly lecture series that explores different aspects of the state's past. The hour-long programs are held in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Museum of Mississippi History and Mississippi Civil Rights Museum building in Jackson.
MDAH livestreams the program at noon on Wednesdays on MDAH's Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/MDAHOfficial/. The videos are posted on the department’s YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/MDAHVideo. The series is sponsored by the John and Lucy Shackelford Charitable Fund of the Community Foundation for Mississippi.
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History Is Lunch: Annette Trefzer, “Eudora Welty’s Photographic Reflections”
On April 5, 2023, Annette Trefzer discussed her book Exposing Mississippi: Eudora Welty’s Photographic Reflections as part of the History Is Lunch series.
History Is Lunch: Susan Annah Currie, "The Preventorium--A Memoir"
On March 29, 2023, Susan Annah Currie discussed her memoir The Preventorium as part of the History Is Lunch series.
History Is Lunch: Phillip Gordon, "The Welcome--Creekmore's Lost Novel"
On March 22, 2023, Phillip Gordon presented “The Welcome—Hubert Creekmore’s Lost Novel” as part of the History Is Lunch series.
History Is Lunch: Rick Cleveland and Bailey Howell, "Twelve Years in the NBA"
On March 15, 2023, Rick Cleveland talked with Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame member and twelve-year NBA veteran Bailey Howell as part of the History Is Lunch series.
History is Lunch: Katharine Burnett and Monica Carol Miller "The Tacky South"
Katharine Burnett and Monica Carol Miller will discuss their new book The Tacky South. As a way to comment on a person’s style or taste, the word “tacky” has distinctly southern origins. Its roots trace to the so-called “tackies” who tacked horses on South Carolina farms before the Civil War.
History is Lunch: "Race Land: The Ecology of Segregation."
On March 1, 2023, Maarten Zwiers presented “Race Land: The Ecology of Segregation.” Race Land is a joint research project of the University of Mississippi, the Roosevelt Institute for American Studies, Tulane University, and the University of Groningen in the Netherlands with funding from the European Commission that examines how exploitation and entanglement upheld the white supremacist Jim Crow society of the U.S. South.
History Is Lunch: Danielle Dreilinger, "The Secret History of Home Economics"
On February 22, 2023, Danielle Dreilinger discussed her book The Secret History of Home Economics: How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed the Way We Live as part of the History Is Lunch series.
History Is Lunch: Robert McElvaine, “How 1964 Still Shapes Us”
On February 15, 2023, Robert McElvaine presented “How 1964 Still Shapes Us” as part of the History Is Lunch series.
History Is Lunch: Calvin Hawkins and Dottie Chapman Reed, “Preserving Overlooked Local History”
On February 8, 2023, Calvin Hawkins and Dottie Chapman Reed presented “Preserving Overlooked Local History” as part of the History Is Lunch series.