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Event Information:

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    2023

    49th Annual Faulkner & Yoknapatawpha Conference

    University of Mississippi

    The University of Mississippi 49th Annual Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference is sponsored by the Department of English and the Center for the Study of Southern Culture and coordinated by the Division of Outreach and Continuing Education.

    Conference Schedule

    Walk-up onsite conference registration opens Sunday, July 23, 2023, at 12:00 p.m. at Nutt Auditorium. A reception at the University Museum is set for 1:00 p.m., followed by the first keynote speaker at 2:30 p.m. The conference will conclude with the closing party scheduled for the afternoon of Thursday, July 27. A detailed program will be provided with the conference registration packet.

    UNIVERSITY MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS

    During the conference week the University Museum is hosting several temporary exhibits to complement its permanent collection. One of the exhibits, Blurred Lines, features works from the W. Forrest and Joan Stevens Collection, including Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso, and Alexander Calder, that disrupted the status quo in art, from modernism into the postmodernism movement.

    LIBRARY DISPLAYS

    The Department of Archives and Special Collections is hosting The Southern Plate: An Archival Exhibition on Food of interest during the conference week. The department is located on the third floor of the J. D. Williams Library and is open Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. For more information, please contact Greg Johnson at gj1@olemiss.edu or 662-915-1595.

    ANNUAL DISPLAY OF UNIVERSITY PRESS BOOKS

    Books published by the University Press of Mississippi and select other members of the American Association of University Presses will be exhibited from Sunday, July 23 through Wednesday, July 26, in Music Building 148.

    For more information concerning the conference, contact:
    Division of Outreach and Continuing Education
    Office of Professional Development and Lifelong Learning
    P.O. Box 1848 • The University of Mississippi
    University, MS 38677
    Telephone 662-915-7283
    Fax 662-915-5138