Presidential Symposium on the South

Southern Roots, American Culture: A Conversation about Region and Identity
Thursday, March 13, 2003
Freeman Auditorium, Woldenberg Art Center, Newcomb College
4:00 p.m.

Because the South is so clearly defined as a region in the American imagination, it serves as a touchstone for examining questions of how regional identity shapes personal experience, influences public art and debate, and informs national character. What are the connections between the region and the nation, the local and the global, the particular and the general? This symposium asks Southern scholars and natives to explore the links between identity and region, between sense of self and sense of place.

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