Reconsidering Flannery O'Connor

FAIN: EH-288088-22

Georgia College and State University (Milledgeville, GA 31061-3375)
Bruce Gentry (Project Director: February 2022 to September 2023)
Jordan Cofer (Project Director: September 2023 to July 2024)
Katie Simon (Project Director: July 2024 to present)
Robert E. Donahoo (Co Project Director: February 2022 to present)

A four-week residential institute for 25 higher education faculty members to study the works and life of author Flannery O’Connor (1925-1964).

Twenty-five (25) participants will engage in a four-week, Level II, residential program at Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville, Ga, from June 1 to June 29, 2023 on “Reconsidering Flannery O’Connor.”

Associated Products

“Flannery O’Connor’s Second Century: Looking Forward, Looking Back (Conference/Institute/Seminar)
Title: “Flannery O’Connor’s Second Century: Looking Forward, Looking Back
Abstract: As mentioned before, most of our products are in the works. We know of a conference presentation overseas and a forthcoming publication by our participants, but we don’t yet have the details. We are confident that the Flannery O’Connor Review and other journals will be publishing articles that result from work done at the NEH Summer Institute on O’Connor. We expect books to come out of the Summer Institute as well, and a call for papers is already circulating to address the significant topic of race and O’Connor. We expect many products to be inspired by our hosting “Flannery O’Connor’s Second Century: Looking Forward, Looking Back, on 12-15 Sept. 2024. We have arranged for keynote presentations by Mark Jarman, Mab Segrest, and Lisa Hinrichsen, and we are working to invite for one of the architects who created the plans for the Andalusia Interpretive Center. We hope that one function of the conference will be to form connections between our 2007, 2014, and 2023 NEH Summer Institute participants.
Date Range: 12-15 Sept. 2024

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