Dr. Kreyling will present three lectures in the Medical School Auditorium on the University’s Macon campus. Dr. Kreyling is the author of six books, including The South that Wasn’t There: Postsouthern History and Memory,Inventing Southern Literature and Eudora Welty’s Achievement of Order. He was Fulbright Professor of American Studies at University of Naples in 1994. Dr. Kreyling is a member of the Modern Language Association and the American Literature Association and past president of the Society for the Study of Southern Literature. He received his Bachelor of Arts from Thomas More College and his Master of Arts and Ph.D. from Cornell University.

The Lamar Lecture Series is the most prominent lecture series on Southern culture and history. Over the years, the series has welcomed presentations by renowned historians, sociologists and literary scholars.