Dr. Robert Hamblin, English professor and director of Southeast Missouri State University's Center for Faulkner Studies, will present the annual Dr. H.O. Grauel Memorial Lecture on May 2.

The lecture is slated for 3 p.m. in Robert A. Dempster Hall's Glenn Auditorium.

Hamblin will lecture on "A Casebook on Mankind: Faulkner's Use of Shakespeare."

The lecture was established in 1996 in tribute to the late Southeast scholar. Grauel taught at Southeast from 1928 to 1971. He chaired the English department for many years in addition to heading the English division, foreign languages, philosophy and speech.

Grauel died on Nov. 15, 1995, at age 94. Southeast's language arts building is named for him.

Dr. Jennie Cooper, Southeast English professor, said Grauel enjoyed working with talented students.

In light of this, Cooper said faculty members are encouraged to attend and invite outstanding students to accompany them. The students will be recognized during the event.

Hamblin has directed the Center for Faulkner Studies at Southeast since 1989. Hamblin has taught a wide variety of courses at Southeast.