O'Connor Institute

Announcement    Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Come, celebrate the National Endowment for the Humanities Oral History grant "Flannery O'Connor and Milledgeville: Collecting the Past" and Georgia College & State University students on April 24 from 12 p.m. until 1 p.m.at the Sallie Ellis Davis House. Georgia College students, with the assistance of the Flannery O’Connor Institute for the Humanities, have been conducting interviews in the spring 2024 semester that focus on expanding the existing historical narrative of Milledgeville...
Event    Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Come, celebrate the National Endowment for the Humanities Oral History grant "Flannery O'Connor and Milledgeville: Collecting the Past" and Georgia College & State University students on April 24 from 12 p.m. until 1 p.m.at the Sallie Ellis Davis House. Georgia College students, with the assistance of the Flannery O’Connor Institute for the Humanities, have been conducting interviews in the spring 2024 semester that focus on expanding the existing historical narrative of Milledgeville...
Event    Thursday, June 6, 2024
This hybrid symposium showcases project results from the Writing for Success grant with the focus on creative writing in the K12 classroom. Educators, writers, scholars and students are invited to attend presentations about implementing an author study in fifth grade classrooms, creative writing and podcasting workshops for students and digital humanities connections to teaching literacy.    During the symposium, the Flannery O’Connor Institute for the Humanities will release the newly...
Event    Thursday, June 6, 2024
This hybrid symposium showcases project results from the Writing for Success grant, focusing on the theme "Creative Writers & Writing in the K12 Classroom." Educators, writers, scholars, and students are invited to attend presentations about implementing an author study in 5th grade classrooms, creative writing and podcasting workshops for students, and digital humanities connections to teaching literacy.    During the symposium, the Flannery O’Connor Institute for the Humanities will...
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Event    Thursday, June 6, 2024
This hybrid symposium showcases project results from the Writing for Success grant, focusing on the theme "Creative Writers & Writing in the K12 Classroom." Educators, writers, scholars, and students are invited to attend presentations about implementing an author study in 5th grade classrooms, creative writing and podcasting workshops for students, and digital humanities connections to teaching literacy.    During the symposium, the Flannery O’Connor Institute for the Humanities will...
notecard background with symposium information
Announcement    Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Georgia College & State University’s Andalusia Institute is now the “Flannery O’Connor Institute for the Humanities.” The O’Connor Institute – the public arts and humanities center of Georgia College – supports Flannery O’Connor scholarship, nourishes writing and the creative arts, and engages community members with public events centered on literary and creative works by O’Connor and other authors, scholars and artists. The renaming of the institute coincides with what would have...
Announcement    Thursday, March 28, 2024
On Tuesday, April 2 - 7-8 p.m. (Eastern) Rosemary Magee and Amy Alznauer - the two O'Connor curators of the Emory exhibit "At the Crossroads with Benny Andrews, Flannery O'Connor, and Alice Walker" - will share the passions and curiosities that drew them to this archival work and shaped their curation. They will share images from the archive and touch on O'Connor's juvenilia, correspondence and views on race. Craig Martell will serve as the emcee.
Event    Tuesday, April 2, 2024
On Tuesday, April 2 - 7-8 p.m. (Eastern) Rosemary Magee and Amy Alznauer - the two O'Connor curators of the Emory exhibit "At the Crossroads with Benny Andrews, Flannery O'Connor, and Alice Walker" - will share the passions and curiosities that drew them to this archival work and shaped their curation. They will share images from the archive and touch on O'Connor's juvenilia, correspondence and views on race. Craig Martell will serve as the emcee.
Announcement    Friday, May 3, 2024
We are pleased to announce that Andalusia Institute is hosting a series of spring Zoom events, primarily to share the results of NEH Summer Institutes on Flannery O'Connor. Dr. Bruce Gentry will be the emcee on all events. On Thursday, May 9 -7-8 p.m. (Eastern): Ashley Massey and Tim Vande Brake will lead a discussion on O'Connor and Andalusia.  To sign-up for this Zoom discussion, please click HERE.
Event    Thursday, May 9, 2024
We are pleased to announce that Andalusia Institute is hosting a series of spring Zoom events, primarily to share the results of NEH Summer Institutes on Flannery O'Connor. Dr. Bruce Gentry will be the emcee on all events. On Thursday, May 9 -7-8 p.m. (Eastern): Ashley Massey and Tim Vande Brake will lead a discussion on O'Connor and Andalusia.  To sign-up for this Zoom discussion, please click HERE.