SouthS

10.18 - 10.19, 2025

organized by scottie mcdaniel

Symposium Info

The American South is not a singular story but a complex, layered terrain shaped by history, ecology, and culture. Too often reduced to myths of decadence or decline, the South is, in reality, a dynamic landscape of resistance, reinvention, and intersecting identities.

Souths is a transdisciplinary symposium that challenges reductive narratives and amplifies untold stories across urban, suburban, and rural contexts. Through dialogue spanning geography, politics, foodways, storytelling, and infrastructure, this gathering seeks to uncover counterlandscapes revealing hidden truths and imagining transformative futures for the region and beyond.

moderators

Leah Kahler, visiting professor Toulane U

schedule

10.18 SATURDAY
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
10:00 AM
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
8:30 PM

10.19 SUNDAY
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
ALL DAY
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM - 3:30 PM
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Coffee / Check In
Symposium Introductions
Panel 1
Lunch Break
Panel 2
Coffee Break
Panel 3
Happy Hour
Dinner
Post Event Drinks

Participants Brunch
Souths Excursions:
01: Walking Tour of Knoxville
02: Tour of Norris Dam
03: Thunderhead Mountain Hike
04: TVA’s River Forecast Center Tour

@southscounterlandscapes

panelists

Panel 01 : TBD

Panel 02 :

TBD

Panel 03 :

TBD

Panel 01 :
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