History Is Lunch is a weekly lecture series that explores different aspects of the state's past. The hour-long programs are held in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Museum of Mississippi History and Mississippi Civil Rights Museum building in Jackson.
MDAH livestreams the program at noon on Wednesdays on MDAH's Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/MDAHOfficial/. The videos are posted on the department’s YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/MDAHVideo.
History is Lunch: Katharine Burnett and Monica Carol Miller "The Tacky South"
Katharine Burnett and Monica Carol Miller will discuss their new book The Tacky South. As a way to comment on a person’s style or taste, the word “tacky” has distinctly southern origins. Its roots trace to the so-called “tackies” who tacked horses on South Carolina farms before the Civil War.
History is Lunch: "Race Land: The Ecology of Segregation."
On March 1, 2023, Maarten Zwiers presented “Race Land: The Ecology of Segregation.” Race Land is a joint research project of the University of Mississippi, the Roosevelt Institute for American Studies, Tulane University, and the University of Groningen in the Netherlands with funding from the European Commission that examines how exploitation and entanglement upheld the white supremacist Jim Crow society of the U.S. South.
History Is Lunch: Danielle Dreilinger, "The Secret History of Home Economics"
On February 22, 2023, Danielle Dreilinger discussed her book The Secret History of Home Economics: How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed the Way We Live as part of the History Is Lunch series.
History Is Lunch: Robert McElvaine, “How 1964 Still Shapes Us”
On February 15, 2023, Robert McElvaine presented “How 1964 Still Shapes Us” as part of the History Is Lunch series.
History Is Lunch: Calvin Hawkins and Dottie Chapman Reed, “Preserving Overlooked Local History”
On February 8, 2023, Calvin Hawkins and Dottie Chapman Reed presented “Preserving Overlooked Local History” as part of the History Is Lunch series.
History Is Lunch: Anne Martin, "Delta Hot Tamales"
On February 1, 2023, Anne Martin presented “Delta Hot Tamales: History and Stories” as part of the History Is Lunch series.
History Is Lunch: Emily Erwin Jones, "The Delta Chinese"
On Wednesday, January 25, Emily Erwin Jones presented “The Delta Chinese” as part of the History Is Lunch series.
History Is Lunch: Andy Gipson, "A History of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce"
On January 18, 2023, Commissioner Andy Gipson, Hannah East, Claude Nash, and Jared Vardaman presented “The History of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce” as part of the History Is Lunch series.
History Is Lunch: Charles Reagan Wilson, "The Southern Way of Life"
On January 11, 2023, Charles Reagan Wilson discussed his new book The Southern Way of Life: Meanings of Culture and Civilization in the American South as part of the History Is Lunch series.