ROBERT HAMBLIN TO SPEAK AT UNION'S 1997 JONES LECTURE SERIES
Jackson, Tenn. — Robert W. Hamblin, Director of the Center for Faulkner Studies in Cape Girardeau, Mo., will be the featured speaker at the Jones Memorial Lecture Series to be held on Oct. 27-28 at Union University.
Monday Oct. 27, Hamblin will speak on the topic, "Faulkner and Race: The Political and Social Context of Intruder in the Dust." This lecture will examine the way Faulkner anticipated and helped lay the foundation for the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's.
The Tuesday evening program, titled "Monuments and Roads: A White Southerner's Education in Civil Rights," will present Hamblin's recollections and impressions of segregation, the Civil Rights Movement and the integration of the University of Mississippi in 1962.
Robert Hamblin is an internationally recognized Faulkner scholar. He completed a master's thesis and doctoral dissertation on Faulkner. Hamblin has published articles in numerous books and journals, and served as the chief editor of the William Faulkner Encyclopedia.
The Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Jones Memorial Lectureship was established by Mary Lucille Hubbard Jones in 1972 by a bequest to the college. The purpose of the lectureship is to bring outstanding lecturers to the Union's campus to challenge and stimulate the minds of students, faculty and staff.