1976: Faulkner and Southern History

A selection of the essays presented at this year’s conference is available from the University Press of Mississippi. It is also available from the University of Mississippi Libraries at this call number: PS3511.A86 Z7778 1976.

Map of Oxford, Mississippi by Lisa Howorth for the printed conference program.

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Schedule
1976
Sunday, August 1st
2:00 PM

Registration

Conference Attendees

University of Mississippi. Center for Continuation Study

2:00 PM

5:00 PM

Reception

Conference Attendees

University of Mississippi. Center for Continuation Study

5:00 PM

8:00 PM

Film Screenings: William Faulkner of Oxford and The Reivers

Ford Foundation Workshop
William Faulkner
Mark Rydell
Steve McQueen

University of Mississippi. Center for Continuation Study

8:00 PM

Monday, August 2nd
9:30 AM

Welcome

Porter L. Fortune Jr., University of Mississippi

University of Mississippi. Center for Continuation Study

9:30 AM

10:00 AM

The South in American History

Daniel Aaron, Harvard University

University of Mississippi. Center for Continuation Study

10:00 AM

1:00 PM

Faulkner's Awareness of History

Michael Millgate, University of Toronto

University of Mississippi. Center for Continuation Study

1:00 PM

3:00 PM

Faulkner's Depiction of the Planter Aristocracy

Shelby Foote

University of Mississippi. Center for Continuation Study

3:00 PM

8:00 PM

Film Screening: Faulkner's Mississippi: Land into Legend

Evans Harrington, University of Mississippi
Robert Oesterling

University of Mississippi. Center for Continuation Study

8:00 PM

Tuesday, August 3rd
9:30 AM

Guided Tour of Oxford and Lafayette County

Conference Attendees

Various locations

9:30 AM

8:00 PM

The Image of the Past: Faulkner and Historical Fiction

Louis D. Rubin Jr., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

University of Mississippi. Center for Continuation Study

8:00 PM

Wednesday, August 4th
9:00 AM

Faulkner and Slavery

Darwin Turner, University of Iowa

University of Mississippi. Center for Continuation Study

9:00 AM

10:30 AM

Faulkner and Race

Shelby Foote
Darwin Turner, University of Iowa
Evans Harrington, University of Mississippi

University of Mississippi. Center for Continuation Study

10:30 AM

4:30 PM

Walk Through Bailey's Woods

Conference Attendees

Bailey's Woods

4:30 PM

5:30 PM

Picnic at Rowan Oak

Conference Attendees

Rowan Oak

5:30 PM

8:00 PM

Nature's Legacy to William Faulkner

John Pilkington, University of Mississippi

University of Mississippi. Center for Continuation Study

8:00 PM

Thursday, August 5th
9:30 AM

Knowing William Faulkner

J. M. Faulkner

University of Mississippi. Center for Continuation Study

9:30 AM

8:00 PM

Dramatic Presentation

(Names not indicated in printed program)

University of Mississippi. Center for Continuation Study

8:00 PM

Friday, August 6th
10:00 AM

Faulkner and Southern Women

Linda Wagner, Michigan State University
Victoria Black
Dean Faulkner Wells

University of Mississippi. Center for Continuation Study

10:00 AM

1:00 PM

Faulkner and War

Shelby Foote

University of Mississippi. Center for Continuation Study

1:00 PM

3:00 PM

Faulkner and the Land

Louis D. Rubin Jr., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

University of Mississippi. Center for Continuation Study

3:00 PM

8:00 PM

Faulkner and the South

Michael Millgate, University of Toronto

University of Mississippi. Center for Continuation Study

8:00 PM