O'Connor Institute

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.
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. Thursday, May 9 -7:00-8:00pm (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  
Announcement    Friday, April 12, 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. Thursday, April 18 - 7:00-8:00pm (Eastern): Bill Gonch, Matt Bryant Cheney, and Will Murray will lead a discussion on O'Connor and Race To sign-up for this Zoom discussion, please click HERE 
Event    Thursday, April 18, 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, April 18 - 7 p.m. - 8 p.m. (Eastern): Bill Gonch, Matt Bryant Cheney, and Will Murray will lead a discussion on O'Connor and Race. To sign-up for this Zoom discussion, please click HERE. 
Announcement    Friday, March 8, 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. Thursday, March 14 - 7-8 p.m. (Eastern): Carmine Palumbo and Jack Love will lead a discussion on O'Connor and other authors.   To sign-up for this Zoom discussion, please click HERE.
Event    Thursday, March 14, 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. Thursday, March 14 - 7-8 p.m. (Eastern): Carmine Palumbo and Jack Love will lead a discussion on O'Connor and other authors.   Carmine Palumbo is a Professor of English at East Georgia State College in Swainsboro, Georgia, where he has taught and served as an academic...