The Center for the Study of the American South (CSAS) is an academic organization dedicated to the study of " southern history , literature , and culture as well as ongoing social, political, and economic issues" at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill .
18-603: The CSAS was the brainchild of a working group of faculty at UNC's Institute for Research in Social Science, a group that included IRSS director John Shelton Reed (William Rand Kenan Jr. Professor of Sociology at UNC), anthropologist James Peacock, and David Moltke-Hansen (curator of the Southern Historical Collection at UNC's Wilson Library). This group recognized the value of an umbrella organization that could help faculty and students studying
36-884: A lieutenant colonel in the South Carolina Unorganized Militia while he was teaching at The Citadel , in Charleston . In 2023 he was presented the Order of the Long Leaf Pine by the governor of North Carolina. Reed has been a Guggenheim Fellow , a Fellow of the National Humanities Center , and (twice) a Fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences . He holds honorary doctorates from
54-455: Is supporting inter-departmental research within UNC and disseminating the results. The Center funds and promotes many activities, including the publication of the quarterly journal Southern Cultures ( ISSN 1068-8218 ), edited originally by Reed and Watson, now edited by Watson and Jocelyn Neal, associate professor in UNC's Department of Music. Over 60 UNC faculty members are associated with
72-625: Is underway for a new director. The stated mission of the CSAS is to extend the historic role of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as the world's premier institution for research, teaching, and public dialogue on the history, culture, and contemporary experience of the American South. The Center is the University's primary vehicle to promote initiatives in this tradition of regional service and scholarship. The primary focus of
90-719: The University of the South and the University of North Carolina at Wilmington , and is an Honorary Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge . Reed married Dale Volberg (1941 – 2018) in 1964. They wrote several books together. They have two daughters. Center for the Study of the American South The Center for the Study of the American South (CSAS) is an academic organization dedicated to
108-636: The American South and was a founding co-editor of the quarterly Southern Cultures . Reed served as president of the Southern Sociological Society in 1988 to 1989 and the Southern Association for Public Opinion Research in 1999 to 2000. He was elected to the Fellowship of Southern Writers in 2000, and was chancellor of that organization from 2009 to 2011. He has lectured at over 300 colleges and universities in
126-403: The CSAS is to extend the historic role of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as the world's premier institution for research, teaching, and public dialogue on the history, culture, and contemporary experience of the American South. The Center is the University's primary vehicle to promote initiatives in this tradition of regional service and scholarship. The primary focus of the CSAS
144-416: The CSAS is supporting inter-departmental research within UNC and disseminating the results. The Center funds and promotes many activities, including the publication of the quarterly journal Southern Cultures ( ISSN 1068-8218 ), edited originally by Reed and Watson, now edited by Watson and Jocelyn Neal, associate professor in UNC's Department of Music. Over 60 UNC faculty members are associated with
162-486: The CSAS, from disciplines including African American Studies , American Studies , Anthropology , Archeology , Creative Writing , English Studies , Folklore , Geography , History , Music , Political Science , Religious Studies , and Sociology . Examples include Philip F. Gura (American Studies), who studies banjo music in the nineteenth century, and Jocelyn R. Neal (Music), who studies country music and dance. John Herbert Roper has also written several articles for
180-486: The CSAS, from disciplines including African American Studies , American Studies , Anthropology , Archeology , Creative Writing , English Studies , Folklore , Geography , History , Music , Political Science , Religious Studies , and Sociology . Examples include Philip F. Gura (American Studies), who studies banjo music in the nineteenth century, and Jocelyn R. Neal (Music), who studies country music and dance. John Herbert Roper has also written several articles for
198-477: The South to communicate, collaborate, and combine resources. They presented their idea to the UNC Board of Governors, which established the CSAS in 1992 with Reed as acting director, until he was succeeded by Moltke-Hansen. Malinda Maynor Lowery, professor of history at UNC, served as director from 2017 to 2021, before departing for Emory University. A search is underway for a new director. The stated mission of
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#1732782865897216-596: The South, and the Southern Oral History Program . 35°54′57″N 79°02′54″W / 35.9158°N 79.0482°W / 35.9158; -79.0482 John Shelton Reed John Shelton Reed (born 1942) is an American sociologist and essayist , author or editor of 23 books, most of them dealing with the contemporary American South . Reed has also written for a variety of non-academic publications such as The Wall Street Journal , National Review , and Oxford American . He
234-532: The Southern Historical Collection at UNC's Wilson Library). This group recognized the value of an umbrella organization that could help faculty and students studying the South to communicate, collaborate, and combine resources. They presented their idea to the UNC Board of Governors, which established the CSAS in 1992 with Reed as acting director, until he was succeeded by Moltke-Hansen. Malinda Maynor Lowery, professor of history at UNC, served as director from 2017 to 2021, before departing for Emory University. A search
252-615: The United States and abroad and held visiting positions at over a dozen, including Fulbright lectureships in Israel and India, and the Pitt Professorship of American History and Institutions at Cambridge University . After his retirement from the University of North Carolina, he held visiting positions at a number of institutions; among other things, he was a visiting fellow at All Souls College, Oxford University and
270-626: The center. In addition, the CSAS hosts professors from outside universities, including Timothy McCarthy from Harvard University , and Norio Hirose from the School of Law at Kwansei Gakuin University in Nishinomiya, providing them with complete access to UNC's resources and professors to aid in collaborative research. The CSAS also houses and supports the Program for Public Life, a group dedicated to raising public awareness of political issues in
288-458: The center. In addition, the CSAS hosts professors from outside universities, including Timothy McCarthy from Harvard University , and Norio Hirose from the School of Law at Kwansei Gakuin University in Nishinomiya, providing them with complete access to UNC's resources and professors to aid in collaborative research. The CSAS also houses and supports the Program for Public Life, a group dedicated to raising public awareness of political issues in
306-464: The study of " southern history , literature , and culture as well as ongoing social, political, and economic issues" at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . The CSAS was the brainchild of a working group of faculty at UNC's Institute for Research in Social Science, a group that included IRSS director John Shelton Reed (William Rand Kenan Jr. Professor of Sociology at UNC), anthropologist James Peacock, and David Moltke-Hansen (curator of
324-552: Was graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1964 and received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1971. He taught at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1969 until his retirement, in 2000, as William Rand Kenan Jr. Professor of sociology and director of the Howard Odum Institute for Research in Social Science. He helped to found the Center for the Study of
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