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John Shelton Reed, Ph.D.
John Shelton Reed, Ph.D.

In novelist Lee Smith's opinion, Reed is "hysterically funny and the most astute observer of the South that we have."

A Kenan professor of sociology in the College of Arts and Sciences, director of the Institute for Research in Social Science, and co-editor of Carolina's new journal, Southern Cultures, the noted author and speaker gives what one listener calls "an excellent presentation of subjects near and dear to true Southerners' hearts."

Speech Topics:

· What's Southern about the South?

· 1001 Things Everyone Should Know about the South

· The Twenty Most Influential Southerners of the 20th Century

· The Flag That Won't Stay Furled: The Confederate Flag Controversy in Mississippi

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