Sociologist Will "Put the Southern in the South" Nov. 5 at U of M
For release: October 28, 2004
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John Shelton Reed, a noted sociologist whose expertise is in regional studies and the American South, will speak Nov. 5 at the University of Memphis. He will discuss "What's Southern About the South?" at 1 p.m. in the Brister Building, Room 202.

The lecture is free and open to the public, but seating is limited and reservations are required. To reserve a place, call 678-2611.

Reed is professor emeritus at the University of North Carolina, where he was a professor of sociology and director of the Institute for Research in Social Science. His books include One South: An Ethnic Approach to Regional Culture; Minding the South; Southern Folk, Plain and Fancy; and Whistling Dixie: Dispatches from the South.

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