湖北科技学院鄂南文化研究中心由湖北省教育厅和湖北科技学院共同建设,2011年3月被省教育厅正式批准为湖北省高校人文社会科学重点研究基地。中心主任为定光平教授。该研究中心以鄂南文化为研究对象,下设鄂南文史与方言研究室、鄂南非物质文化遗产研究室、鄂南生态文化与产业研究室、鄂南特藏室和鄂南文化展览馆。中心自成立以来,先后聘请“楚天学 Hubei Research Institute of Science and Technology Center for the Culture of the South of Hubei by the Hubei Provincial Department of Education and Hubei Institute of Science and Technology jointly built in March 2011 by the Provincial Department of Education was officially approved as Humanities and Social Sciences in Hubei Province key research base. Center director Professor Ding Guangping. The research center to the E’nan culture as the research object, under the E’nan language history and dialect research room, E’nan intangible cultural heritage research room, E’nan ecological culture and industry research room, E’nan special storage room and the E’nan culture exhibition hall. Since its inception, has hired ”Chutian learning