Southern Spaces was created at Emory University with support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The Editorial Board is commissioning online contextual materials on the South, using ideas of place and space as organizing principles. Southern Spaces also currently welcomes inquiries from those who are interested in publishing materials on this site. Please contact Managing Editor Katherine Skinner.


Areas of emphasis:
Arts and Media; Economy and Social Class; Environment; Foodways, Traditions, and Rituals; Gender and Sexuality; Geographies; Health; History; Literature and Language; Music; Politics and Government; Race and Ethnicity; Religion; Social Movements; and Sports and Leisure.

Theories of Time and Space
A poem by Natasha Trethewey.

Elegy for the Native Guards
A poem by Natasha Trethewey.

Negotiating Black Identities
A lecture given by Karyn Lacy.