2011: Faulkner's Geographies

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 Z78321135 2015.

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Schedule
2011
Sunday, July 17th
1:00 PM

Photographs from the Dain, Cofield, and Cartier-Bresson Collections of the University Museums and the University Archives

Martin Dain
Jack Cofield
Henri Cartier-Bresson

University Museums

1:00 PM

2:30 PM

Places and Spaces in Faulkner

Barbara Ladd, Emory University

Nutt Auditorium

2:30 PM

4:00 PM

Designs, Spaces, and the Limits of Yoknapatawpha

Scott Romine, University of North Carolina, Greensboro

Nutt Auditorium

4:00 PM

5:30 PM

Buffet Supper

Conference Attendees

Howorth Home/910 Old Taylor Rd.

5:30 PM

7:30 PM

Welcome Session with Award Presentations

Daniel W. Jones, University of Mississippi
George "Pat" Patterson, City of Oxford
Jay Watson, University of Mississippi
Ted Ownby, University of Mississippi
Howard Bahr
Keith Fudge, University of Arkansas, Fort Smith
William Griffith, University of Mississippi
Cynthia Shearer, Texas Christian University

Nutt Auditorium

7:30 PM

Monday, July 18th
8:30 AM

Teaching Faulkner I: Boundaries. Reading Faulkner Reading Geography

Charles A. Peek, University of Nebraska, Kearney
Terrell L. Tebbetts, Lyon College

Nutt Auditorium

8:30 AM

10:30 AM

Panel I

Benjamin S. Child, University of Mississippi
Peter Alan Froelich, The Pennsylvania State University
Bart Welling, University of North Florida

Nutt Auditorium

10:30 AM

12:00 PM

Collecting Faulkner

Seth Berner

Nutt Auditorium

12:00 PM

1:30 PM

South by Southwest: Faulkner and Greater Mexico

José E. Limón, University of Notre Dame

Nutt Auditorium

1:30 PM

3:00 PM

Panel II

Eric Matthew Bledsoe, Florida State University
Lori Watkins Fulton, William Carey International University
Kita Douglas, University of Victoria

Nutt Auditorium

3:00 PM

8:00 PM

Faulkner on the Fringe

Conference Attendees

Southside Gallery

8:00 PM

Tuesday, July 19th
8:30 AM

Teaching Faulkner II: Teaching Intertextually. Faulkner's Map of Yoknapatawpha

James B. Carothers, University of Kansas
Theresa M. Towner, University of Texas, Dallas

Nutt Auditorium

8:30 AM

10:30 AM

A Daughter's Geography: Faulkner, Hurston, Brodber, and the Cosmopolitan Black South

Farah Jasmine Griffin, Columbia University

Nutt Auditorium

10:30 AM

1:30 PM

Faulkner's French Quarter Circle

John Shelton Reed, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Nutt Auditorium

1:30 PM

3:00 PM

Panel III

Lisa Klarr, Duke University
Jena Grace Sciuto, Northeastern University
Erin Sweeney, University of California, Irvine

Nutt Auditorium

3:00 PM

5:00 PM

Clark/Kullman Party

Conference Attendees

604 Tyler Place

5:00 PM

Wednesday, July 20th
9:00 AM

Faulkner's Caribbean Geographies

Valerie Loichot, Emory University

Nutt Auditorium

9:00 AM

10:30 AM

William Faulkner, Ambassador. Or the Man of Letters as Man of Diplomacy

Harilaos "Harry" Stecopoulos, University of Iowa

Nutt Auditorium

10:30 AM

1:30 PM

Thomas Sutpen's Geography Lesson: Environmental Obscurities and Racial Remapping in Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom!

Ryan Heryford, University of Califorina, San Diego

Nutt Auditorium

1:30 PM

3:00 PM

Panel IV

Patrick Mooney, University of California, Santa Barbara
Scott Ortolano, Florida State University
Stefan Solomon, University of New South Wales

Nutt Auditorium

3:00 PM

5:00 PM

Walk through Bailey's Woods

Conference Attendees

Bailey's Woods

5:00 PM

5:30 PM

Picnic at Rowan Oak

Conference Attendees

Rowan Oak

5:30 PM

8:00 PM

Teaching Faulkner Wrap-Up

James B. Carothers, University of Kansas
Charles A. Peek, University of Nebraska, Kearney
Terrell Tebbetts, Lyon College
Theresa M. Towner, University of Texas, Dallas

Nutt Auditorium

8:00 PM

Thursday, July 21st
9:00 AM

Guided Tours of North Mississippi

Various Guides

Various Locations

9:00 AM

4:30 PM

Closing Party

Conference Attendees

Off Square Books

4:30 PM