THE FOURTH ANNUAL

  ABBEVILLE INSTITUTE SCHOLAR=S CONFERENCE

             ATHE MEANING OF THE SOUTHERN TRADITION@

  Crowne Plaza Atlanta Airport Hotel

Atlanta, Ga. (404) 768-6660

    February 17-19, 2006

PROGRAM

(Registration and seminars will be in the Crawford Room; supper, Friday and Saturday, in The Private Dining Room)

Friday, February 17

3:00-3:30                                 Registration

3:30-4:30                                 “The Origin and Meaning of I’ll Take My Stand,”  Bill Wilson, University of   Virginia

4:30-5:00                                  Coffee

5:00-6:30, Seminar I                “Introduction” and “Reconstructed but Unregenerate,” John Crowe Ransom

6:30-8:00 Supper

8:00-                                       “The Meaning of the Southern Tradition,” Clyde Wilson, University of South  Carolina

Saturday, February 18

9:00-10:30, Seminar II            “The Irrepressible Conflict,” Frank Laurence Owsley, and Memoriam, But in Defense,”  Stark Young

10:30-11:00, Coffee

11:00-12:30, Seminar III           “The Briar Patch,” Robert Penn Warren , and  “The Hind Tit,” Andrew Lytle

12:30- Dinner                               (On your own)

2:30-3:00 Coffee

3:00-4:30, Seminar IV            “Remarks on the Southern Religion,” Allen Tate, and “A Mirror for Artists,”   Donald Davidson

4:30-5:00, Coffee

5:00-6:30, Seminar V            Open Discussion on  I’ll Take My Stand

6:30- Supper and Conviviality

Sunday, February 19                 Departure