"The Prophet's Country": A Celebration of the Life and Work of Flannery O'Connor

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	In 2007, Emory brought leading scholars to campus for an all-day symposium—“The Prophet’s Country”: A Celebration of the Life and Work of Flannery O’Connor. Ralph Wood, Professor of Theology and Literature at Baylor University will deliver the keynote address “‘Opposition is True Friendship’: The Correspondence of Elizabeth Hester and Flannery O’Connor.” For more information.
Image:  O’Connor’s Room, View of Her Writing Place, Andalusia, Spring 2007 © Nancy Marshall

Flannery O’Connor’s Private Life Revealed in Letters

Interview on NPR, All Things Considered, May 12, 2007
Steve Enniss of Emory University speaks with Jacki Lyden about the letters.

	Emory University made public Saturday a previously sealed collection of letters from the Southern writer Flannery O’Connor. The letters contained correspondence with a seemingly unremarkable file clerk named Betty Hester. She was, in fact, a passionate, private intellectual who enjoyed a deep friendship with O’Connor. – Emory Wire
Image: O'Connor's Last Letter to Betty Hester, dated July 25, 1964, written just eight days before her death

President of Ireland Visited Emory, Explored Irish Literature Collection
By Rebekah Fitzsimmons

Ireland’s President Mary McAleese visited Emory April 30, 2007 to speak at a reception held in her honor. The visit was part of a daylong tour of Atlanta which included meetings with local business leaders as she expressed hope to “build bridges” that would place Ireland and Atlanta at the “forefront of the knowledge revolution and knowledge economy.” For full story, click here

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The Library and the Production of Knowledge in the Digital Age: A Symposium on the Role of e-Publishing in the Academy

Charles Henry, President of the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR); Rosemary Feal, Professor of Romance Languages and Literature at State University of New York at Buffalo and Executive Director of the Modern Language Association; John Nickerson, Emory University Professor of Ophthalmology and Editor of Molecular Vision; and Allen Tullos, Emory University Professor at the Institute of Liberal Arts and Editor of Southern Spaces explored the interaction of e-publishing and the academy; contributions to e-publishing as considerations in promotions and tenure decisions; and the role of university libraries in hosting and supporting e-publishing. Emory Dean Lisa Tedesco introduced the panelists. "The Library and the Production of Knowledge in the Digital Age: A Symposium on the Role of e-Publishing in the Academy" was held in the Woodruff Library of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, USA on Friday, April 13, 2007. For more Smyposium information, click here.  

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