The Spencer B. King, Jr., Center for Southern Studies is hosting guest lecturer Dr. John Lowe. John Wharton Lowe (BA Vanderbilt, MA Georgia State, M. Phil, Ph.D. Columbia), is the recipient of the MELUS Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Ethnic American Literatures, was Robert Penn Warren Distinguished Professor of English…

Mercer will host the third annual Jordan Massee Lecture in Southern History and Culture featuring a conversation with journalist and media executive Tom Johnson. Johnson, a Macon native, graduated from Lanier High School while working for the Macon Telegraph. He went on to earn a bachelor’s degree from the University of Georgia and master’s degree…