More than a decade ago, on the first day of a college seminar titled “The American South,” Glenda Gilmore—one of the deans of Southern history—challenged my classmates and me to define the borders ...
For more than a century, readers have been fascinated by the American South, a place where the dialects remain distinct, raconteurs abound (I’ve never met a southerner who can’t tell at least one ...
You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. While living in New York, every time I opened my mouth, I would get the dreaded, "Where are you from?" ...
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com. Are people on the South Pole walking upside ...
The cover of "Baking in the American South" by Anne Byrne. (Courtesy of Rinne Allen) Every now and then you find a new book that’s hard to put down. But perhaps that's less expected when it's a ...
Greater Global South solidarity is the only viable solution in the face of the seismic political shifts in the West. The Nucleo Storico: Abstractions exhibition at the 60th Venice Biennale, which ...
The United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation celebrates the growing solidarity, collaboration and exchange of practical solutions among countries of the Global South. It recognizes that ...
Humanitarian worker deaths in South Sudan this year have surpassed the total for all of 2025, according to the European Union ...