Whether he wrote of the institutional Presidency or of George Washington's human and monumental record, of the martial spirit or of wage and chattel slavery, of literary history or the history of property rights, Marcus Cunliffe's interpretation of the American experience always sought to bridge disciplinary boundaries and facilitate collaborative research and educational projects across national boundaries. In the spirit of this tradition, the Marcus Cunliffe Centre for the Study of the American South aims to:
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facilitate research in the social, political, economic, and cultural history of the American South from the colonial period to the present
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to build and enhance research networks between scholars of the American South in the United Kingdom, Europe, and the United states
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to cultivate a lecture series and annual essay collection that will bring distinguished scholars from around the world into close dialogue with one another on issues at the cutting edge of the field
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to provide channels for the transfer of knowledge in the field to the broader public
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to attract top graduate students in the field to study at the University of Sussex
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to facillitate research exchanges for postgraduate students at the University of Sussex and at affiliated universities in the United States