September

3  "The Cofield Collection,"
    Martha Cofield, Oxford, Mississippi
    Tom Rankin, Assistant Professor of Art and Southern Studies

10  "The Performing Arts Center for the Delta"
     Sharon Papian, Executive Director, Bologna Performing Arts Center, Delta State University

17  "Civil Rights Chronicle: Letters from the South: An Autobiography"
     Clarice T. Campbell, Tupelo, Mississippi

24  "Faulkner Centennial Celebration: A Panel Discussion"
     Donald Kartiganer, Howry Professor of Faulkner Studies
     Katie McKee, McMullan Assistant Professor of Southern Studies and Assistant Professor of English
     Evans Harrington, Professor Emeritus of English
     Jay Watson, Associate Professor of English

October

1   "Homoerotic Hazing: College Social Fraternities and the Reinforcement of Heterosexuality, 1920-1980"
    Anthony James, Graduate Student, Department of History

8   "Tennessee Williams Festival Dramatic Competition Presentations"
    Oxford High School Drama Students
    Chris Schaeger, Teacher
    Lafayette County High School Drama Students
    Leah Shollenberger, Teacher

15  "Oxford Journal: A Film by Celia Pan"
     Ralph Braseth, Assistant Professor of Journalism

22  "Historic Preservation Projects in Mississippi"
     Stella Gray Bryant, Mississippi Heritage Trust
     Michelle Weaver, Mississippi Department of Archives & History

29 "Rush Is Rite: Southern Sorority Rituals of (the) Feminine Persuasion"
     Beth Boyd, Doctoral Candidate, American Studies, University of Texas

November

5   "Curiosity Bedspread: A Quilt Presentation"
    Shelly Zegart, Collector, Louisville, Kentucky

12   "Uproar at Dancing Rabbit Creek"
     Martha Mullins Blackwell, Macon, Mississippi

19   "A History of Mound Bayou, Mississippi"
     Milburn Crowe, City Clerk, Mound Bayou, Mississippi

December

3 "Mississippi Museum of Art: A Preview of 1998"
    Andy Maass, Director
    Anne Ferris, Marketing & Public Relations
    Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, Mississippi

The Brown Bag Luncheon Series takes place each Wednesday at noon in the Barnard Observatory Lecture Hall during the regular academic year.