1995: Faulkner in Cultural Context

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 Z78321185 1997 and as an e-book.

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Schedule
1995
Sunday, July 30th
9:00 AM

Registration

Conference Attendees

Barnard Observatory

9:00 AM

1:00 PM

Square Art: Images of a Town

Multiple Artists

University Museum

1:00 PM

1:30 PM

The Culture of Sexuality

Anne Goodwyn Jones, University of Florida

Education Auditorium

1:30 PM

2:30 PM

Opening Session: Welcome, Award Presentation, Dramatic Readings

Robert C. Khayat, University of Mississippi
William Ferris, University of Mississippi
Evans Harrington, University of Mississippi

Education Auditorium

2:30 PM

3:00 PM

Knowing William Faulkner

J. M. Faulkner

Education Auditorium

3:00 PM

5:00 PM

Faux Faulkner Contest: Background and Announcement of Winners

William Boozer
Barry Hannah, University of Mississippi
Dean Faulkner Wells
Lawrence Wells

Rowan Oak

5:00 PM

5:30 PM

Buffet Supper

Conference Attendees

Howorth Home/Old Taylor Road

5:30 PM

8:00 PM

A Literary Approach to Cultural Study: The Example of Faulkner

Sacvan Bercovitch, Harvard University

Education Auditorium

8:00 PM

8:00 PM

The Wild Palms and the Great Migration: History in Black and White

Cheryl Lester, University of Kansas

Education Auditorium

8:00 PM

9:30 PM

Party

Conference Attendees

Square Books

9:30 PM

Monday, July 31st
9:00 AM

Faulkner and Proletarian Fiction

John T. Matthews, Boston University

Education Auditorium

9:00 AM

10:00 AM

The Social Psychology of Paternalism: Sanctuary's Cultural Context

Kevin Railey, Buffalo State College

Education Auditorium

10:00 AM

Tuesday, August 1st
9:00 AM

Guided Tours of North Mississippi

Various Guides

Multiple Locations

9:00 AM

5:00 PM

Noyes/Smith/Kullman Party

Conference Attendees

Tyler Place

5:00 PM

8:00 PM

Peacefare: Faulkner, Military Culture, and the Second Thirty Years War

Warwick Wadlington, University of Texas

Education Auditorium

8:00 PM

Wednesday, August 2nd
8:30 AM

Teaching Faulkner

James B. Carothers, University of Kansas
Robert W. Hamblin, Southeast Missouri State University
Arlie E. Herron, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
Charles A. Peek, University of Nebraska, Kearney

Multiple Locations

8:30 AM

10:30 AM

Not Listening to the Best of All Possible Talk: Generation X Goes to the Luxembourg Gardens

Dawn Trouard, University of Akron

Education Auditorium

10:30 AM

1:30 PM

Small Group Discussions

Multiple Speakers

Multiple Locations

1:30 PM

3:00 PM

Faulkner in Oxford

M. C. Falkner
Howard Duvall
Mildred Murray Hopkins
Chester McLarty
Patricia Young

Education Auditorium

3:00 PM

4:40 PM

Walk Through Bailey's Woods

Conference Attendees

Bailey's Woods

4:40 PM

5:30 PM

Picnic at Rowan Oak

Conference Attendees

Rowan Oak

5:30 PM

8:00 PM

Faulkner and the Post-Confederate

Neil Schmitz, State University of New York, Buffalo

Education Auditorium

8:00 PM

Thursday, August 3rd
9:00 AM

Faulkner's History: Sources and Interpretations

Don H. Doyle, Vanderbilt University

Education Auditorium

9:00 AM

10:30 AM

Light in August: A Novel of Passing?

M. Gena McKinley, University of Virginia

Education Auditorium

10:30 AM

8:00 PM

A Reading

Marilynne Robinson, University of Iowa

Education Auditorium

8:00 PM

Friday, August 4th
8:30 AM

Teaching Faulkner

James B. Carothers, University of Kansas
Robert W. Hamblin, Southeast Missouri State University
Arlie E. Herron, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
Charles A. Peek, University of Nebraska, Kearney

Multiple Locations

8:30 AM

10:30 AM

Faulkner and Frontier Grotesque: The Hamlet as Southwestern Humor

Peter Alan Froehlich, University of Mississippi

Education Auditorium

10:30 AM

1:30 PM

Technologies of Removal: The Filming of Intruder in the Dust

Charles Hannon, West Virginia University

Education Auditorium

1:30 PM

3:00 PM

Discussion Session. Faulkner in Cultural Context: A Review

Don H. Doyle, Vanderbilt University
Peter Alan Froehlich, University of Mississippi
Charles Hannon, West Virginia University
Cheryl Lester, University of Kansas
M. Gena McKinley, University of Virginia
Neil Schmitz, State University of New York, Buffalo

Education Auditorium

3:00 PM

5:00 PM

Closing Party

Conference Attendees

Gary Home/910 Buchanan

5:00 PM