John Shelton Reed
Lectures, invited papers, etc
Keats and Elizabeth Sparrow Keynote Address, North Carolina Literary and Historical Association, Raleigh, 2008.
Toast to the Universities,
Calhoun Lecture,
Keynote address, Society for the Study of
Southern Literature,
Olin Lecture, Institute of
Keynote speaker, Southern Culture Festival,
Freshman Convocation Speaker,
Commencement Speaker,
Keynote Speaker, United Daughters of the Confederacy,
Keynote Speaker, National Institute on
Social Work and Human Services in Rural Areas,
Commencement Speaker,
Lee's Birthday Address, Old State House,
Kemp Plummer
Keynote speaker, First International Elvis Conference,
Others since 1995
at Advent Episcopal School, Birmingham (1999, 2000); Alamance Community College
(2001); Alexandria (Va.) Library Company (2005); Alleghany County (N.C.)
Library (2002); Anson County (N.C.) Library (2001); Ashe County (N.C.) Public
Library (2000); Atlanta History Center (1996); Auburn University (1998); Averett College (1998); Avery County (N.C.) Public Library
(2001); Birmingham Southern University (1998); Bishop Otter Center, Chichester (1997); University of Bonn (1997); Bread Loaf
(Asheville, N.C., 2006); Cabarrus County (N.C.) Public Library (2001); Caldwell
County (N.C.) Library (2002); University of Cambridge (1996, 1997, 2001); Cape
Fear Museum (Wilmington, N.C., 1996); Carolina Club (Chapel Hill, 2006); CASE,
Charlotte (1999); Catawba College (2001); Catawba County Historical Association
(1999); Centennial Club, Nashville (1998); Centre College (1998, 2000, 2002, 2004);
University of Central Arkansas (1996); Chapel Hill Public Library (2003);
College of Charleston (2006); The Citadel (2003, 2007); Coastal Carolina University
(1996); Corolla (N.C.) Public Library (2006); Currituck (N.C.) Public Library
(2006); Davidson College (2000); Duke University Hospital Department of Social
Work (2007); University of Dundee, 2002; Durham Public Library (1998);
Dyersburg State University (2000); University of East Anglia (1997); East
Tennessee Historical Society (2000); East Tennessee State University (1997,
2002); Edgefield (S.C.) Historical Society (2001); University of Essex (1996);
Fayetteville Tech Community College (2003); Fellowship of Southern Writers
(Chattanooga, 2003); Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference (White Sulphur Springs, W.V., 2002); Fuqua School of Business,
Duke University (2002); Gardner-Webb College (1999, 2005); University of
Georgia (2001); Georgia Historical Society (Savannah, 1999; Atlanta, 2004);
Georgia College and State University (2000); Georgia Humanities Council
(Madison, Ga., 2007); Gordon College (Ga., 2008); Greensboro (N.C.) Historical
Museum (2006); Hoover (Ala.) Public Library (1998); Hospice of Wake County
(2000); International Visitors Council, Raleigh (1998, 1999); Institute for
United States Studies, University of London (1997, 2001); John Locke
Foundation, Raleigh (1998); University of Keele
(1997); King's College, University of Cambridge (1997); Kingsport (Tenn.)
Public Library (1996, 2000, 2003); Landfall Lecture Series (Wilmington, N.C.,
2005); Leadership North Carolina, Boone (2000); Leath
Memorial Library (Rockingham, N.C., 2001); Lee County (N.C.) Genealogical and
Historical Society (2005); Lenoir Rhyne College
(1999); Lindsey Wilson College (2004); Louisiana State University (2000);
Loyola University, New Orleans (1999); Mars Hill College (2001); McElvey Center, York, S.C. (2008); University of
Memphis (2004); Methodist College (Fayetteville, N.C., 2003); Middle Tennessee
State University (2003); Milligan College (2003); Mississippi State University
(2004); Museum of the Confederacy (1996); Museum of the New South, Charlotte
(1998); National Association of Catering Executives (NC chapter), Chapel Hill (2008); National Conference of Editorial Writers, Little Rock (2008); National Humanities Center (1998); University of Newcastle, 2002; North
Carolina Bankers Association, Myrtle Beach (2000); North Carolina Department of
History and Archives (1996); North Carolina Governor's School, St Andrew's
College (1998); North Carolina Museum of History (1998, 1999); North Carolina
Power Squadron (Charlotte, 2001); North Carolina State University (1997, 2001);
University of North Carolina at Greensboro (1997); University of North Carolina
at Wilmington (1998); University of Nottingham (1997); "Our State"
conference, Asheville (2003); University of Pennsylvania (2000); Presbyterian
College (2005); University of Reading (1997); Rice University (1997); Ripon
College, Cuddesdon (1997); Rotary District Convention
(Myrtle Beach, 1998); Rothermere American Institute,
University of Oxford (2004); St. Catharine's College, University of Cambridge
(1996); St. Stephen’s Church, Durham (2000); University of San Francisco
(1997); Savannah Country Day School (1996); Scholars’ Conference on American
Jewish History, College of Charleston (2006); Sidney Sussex College, University
of Cambridge (1997, 2000); Simon de Montfort University, 2002; Sons of
Confederate Veterans (Durham, 1993; Greensboro, Garner, 1994; Roxboro, 1995;
Wake Forest, 1996; Hillsborough, Burlington, Siler City, 1998; Charlotte,
Jamestown, 1999); University of South Carolina, Aiken (2005); University of
South Carolina, Beaufort (1999); South Carolina Book Festival (Columbia, 2000);
South Carolina Humanities Festival, Lander College (1997); South Carolina
Festival of the Book (Port Royal, 1997); University of South Florida (St.
Petersburg, 2006); Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (2001); Southern
Foodways Alliance (Greensboro, 2001; Oxford, Miss., 2002); University of
Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg (1998); University of Southern Mississippi,
Gulf Park (1999); Southern Newspaper Publishers Association (Boca Raton, 1998);
Southern Pines (N.C.) Public Library (2003); Southern University Conference
(Miami, 2001); University of Southampton (1997); Southern Association for
Public Opinion Research, Raleigh, N.C. (1997); Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary (2001); Southern Economic Development Council (Jackson, 1999);
Southern Festival of Books (Nashville, 1996); Southern University Conference
(Miami, 2001); Stanley County Community College (1996); Stratford Academy
(Macon, 1996); University of Surrey (1997); Tennessee Association of University
Advancement Officers, Kingsport (2000); University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
(2000); University of Tennessee at Knoxville (2000); Tennessee Williams/New
Orleans Literary Festival (2000); University of Tulsa (1996); Union County
(N.C.) Public Library (2001); United Daughters of the Confederacy, Raleigh
(2000); University College, London (1997); U. S. Department of State Senior
Seminar (1998); Virginia Highlands Festival, Abingdon (1998); Virginia
Historical Society (Richmond, 2003); University of Ulster, Derry/Londonderry
(1998); Wake County (N.C.) Historical Society (2007); Wake Forest University
(2000); University of Wales, Lampeter, 2002; Wallace
Community College (Ala., 2006); Wilkes County (N.C.) Public Library (2003); Winthrop University (2008);
Yancey County (N.C.) Public Library (2001).
Lectures 1971‑1995 at University of Alabama,
Tuscaloosa; University of Alabama in Birmingham; Alabama Historical Association
(Auburn); Alabama Society of Landscape Architects (Birmingham); All Souls'
College, Oxford; American Cultural Centers, Jerusalem and Tel Aviv; Amerika Haus, Frankfurt; Auburn
University (4); Barton College; BellSouth Leadership Seminar (Callaway Gardens,
Ga.-- 2); Berhampur University; Caldwell Community
College; Cape Fear Museum (Wilmington, N.C.); Carolina Undergraduate Sociology
Symposium (Florence, S.C.); Catawba College; Center for the Study of American
Pluralism (Chicago); Center for the Study of Foreign Affairs, U.S. Department
of State; University of Central Arkansas; Central Piedmont Community College;
Centre College; The Citadel (2); College of Charleston; University of Chicago;
University of Cincinnati; Clayton (Ga.) Junior College; Clemson University;
Duke Institute for Learning in Retirement; Duke University; Duke University
School of Law; Durham Arts Council; Durham Public Library (1995); East Carolina
University and throughout eastern North Carolina; East Tennessee State
University; Elon College; Emory University; Emory and Henry College; Family
Health International; Francis Marion College; Fulbright House, New Delhi;
Furman University (2); Georgia Southern University; Georgia Wesleyan College;
Gettysburg College tour groups (2) (Chapel Hill); University of Guelph;
Guilford College; Harvard University; Hobart and William Smith Colleges;
Huntsville (Ala.) Historical Society; Indo‑American Association, Madras;
James Sprunt Technical Institute (N.C.); University
of Kentucky; Kenyon College; Kingsport (Tenn.) Public Library; Libera Universita degli Studi, Trento; London
School of Economics; Loyola College, Madras; Madras University; University of
Maryland, College Park; McDowell Technical Community College; McMurry College; Memphis State University; Mercer
University; Meredith College; Miami University of Ohio; Middle Tennessee State
University; Military Order of the Stars and Bars (Raleigh); Millsaps
College; Mississippi College; University of Mississippi (3); Mississippi State
University (2); Mississippi State University; Museum of the Confederacy;
National Humanities Center (2); North Carolina Association of Arts
Administrators; North Carolina Center for International Understanding (2);
North Carolina Conference of Churches conferences, Asheville and Salisbury;
North Carolina Department of Human Resources; North Carolina Institute of
Architects (Wrightsville Beach); North Carolina School of the Arts; North Carolina
State University (3); University of North Carolina at Charlotte (2); University
of North Carolina at Charlotte adult education series, Durham, Charlotte, and
Southern Pines, N.C., Greenville, Columbia, and Charleston, S.C.; University of
North Carolina at Greensboro (4); University of North Carolina at Wilmington
(4); Peace College; Pfeiffer College; Presbyterian College; Rama Krishna
Cultural Institute, Calcutta; (1993); Raleigh Area Theological Society;
Smithsonian Institution (1993); Richmond Community College; St. Antony's
College, Oxford; St. Michael's College (Vermont); Sandhills
Community College; Smithsonian Institution; Sons of Confederate Veterans
(Durham, Greensboro, Garner, Roxboro); University of South Carolina, Columbia
(2); University of South Carolina, Sumter; South Carolina Humanities Commission
(Columbia, 1993); University of South Florida, Fort Myers (1994); Southeastern
Association of Chief Academic Officers (Chapel Hill, 1994); Southeastern
Booksellers Association (Nashville, 1992); University of Southampton; Southern
Accents sales meeting (Charleston, 1993); Southern Festival of Books
(Nashville -- 2; Southern Humanities Council (Chapel Hill); Southern Jewish
Historical Society (Raleigh); Southern Regional Education Board conference,
Columbia, S.C.; Stanford University; Stetson University; Sweet Briar College;
Temple Beth Ahava (Richmond); U.S.Information
Service, Bombay; University of Tennessee--Knoxville (3); University of
Tennessee‑‑Martin; Turkish‑American Association, Ankara; United
Daughters of the Confederacy (Raleigh); Utkal
University, Bubaneshwar; Vance County (N.C.)
Community Forum; Vanderbilt University (2); Veterans of Foreign Wars (Chapel
Hill); University of Virginia; Wake Forest University (1991); University of
Washington; Wellington College (England); University of West Virginia; Weymouth
Center (Southern Pines, N.C.); Whittier College; Whitman College; Wildwood
Center (Little Rock); elsewhere.
Lectures at Chapel Hill to Southern state legislators
(1999): Russian entrepreneurs (1998, 1999, 2000); visiting foreign
pharmacologists (1994); French teachers of English (1994); Swedish school
teachers (1992, 1993); Bangladeshi parliamentarians (1993); Japanese municipal
workers (1995); foreign journalists (1989, 1988, 1985), Fulbright scholars
(1984), adult education classes (1989, 1987, 1986, 1985), librarians (1989),
Chancellor's Club (1988), Carolina Alumni Association trustees (1992), Dean's
Club (1992, 1996), "Second Sunday" (Friends of the Library, 1997).
Lectures and readings to UNC alumni groups in Charleston and
Atlanta (1992), Winston-Salem and Washington, D.C. (1993), Atlanta, New
Orleans, Elizabethtown, and Chattanooga (1995), Wilkesboro (1996), Avery
Island, La. (1997), Raleigh (1998), Charlotte and Pensacola, Fla. (2000);
miscellaneous community groups and bookstores in Chapel Hill and vicinity,
Cary, Mount Airy, Raleigh, Rocky Mount, Spruce Pine, Wilmington, Birmingham,
Knoxville, Charlotte, Memphis, Atlanta, Greensboro, Jackson and Oxford, Miss.,
and Blytheville, Ark.; "Carolina Speakers" program at various North
Carolina civic groups and libraries.
Submitted papers read at meetings of American Sociological
Association, Southern Sociological Society, Pacific Sociological Association,
American Association for Public Opinion Research, Southern Association for
Public Opinion Research; Society for the Scientific Study of Religion,
elsewhere.
Speeches and invited papers at meetings including American
Jewish Historical Society Conference on Southern Jewry (Richmond, 1977);
Southern Studies Forum, European American Studies Association (Cambridge,
1995); Historical Society (Boston, 1999); Indian Association for American
Studies (Rajgir, 1988); Mid‑South Sociological
Association (Memphis, 1979); North Carolina Sociological Association
(Greensboro, 1986); Southern Sociological Society (Knoxville, 1980; Charlotte,
1985; New Orleans, 1986; Nashville, 1988; Norfolk, 1989; New Orleans, 1992;
Chattanooga, 1993); Southeastern Division, Association of American Geographers (Chapel
Hill, 1986); North Carolina Literary and Historical Association (Raleigh,
1982); Southern Association for Public Opinion Research (Raleigh, 1992); Southern
Living Editorial Conferences (Sawgrass, Fla.,
1981; Oxford, Miss., 1991); Southern Historical Association (Atlanta, 1979;
Louisville, 1981; Atlanta, 1997; Fort Worth, 1999); Southern Intellectual
History Circle (Chapel Hill, 1990); Thomas Wolfe Society (Gettysburg, Pa.,
1996).
Radio and television broadcasts on National Humanities
Center "Soundings" (1989, 1988, 1986, 1992, 1996); Voice of America
"Forum" (1977); Voice of America "Magazine" (1992);
"All Things Considered" (National Public Radio, 1993); "To the
Best of Our Knowledge" (National Public Radio, 1993); UNC‑Chapel
Hill "Tar Heel Voices" (several occasions); "Carolina
People" (North Carolina Public Television, 1994); "Today" (NBC,
1996); "Morning Edition" (National Public Radio, 1996); "Word on
Words" (syndicated, 1996); "You Is What You Eats" (BBC Radio 3,
1997); "The State of Things" (WUNC radio, 1998, 1999); "The
Michael Graham Show" (WBT radio, Charlotte, 1998); "Whad'Ya Know?" (National Public
Radio, 1999); "Talk of the Nation" (National Public Radio, 1999);
elsewhere.
Profiles in Chronicle of Higher Education, Sunday New
York Times, Spectator (Raleigh, N.C.), Southern Partisan, Atlanta
Journal-Constitution, Carolina Alumni Review, Writing Sociology,
Campus Voice, Raleigh News and Observer, The State
(Charlotte, N.C.), Southern Living, Our State, The American
Enterprise.