Elena Valli is a PhD researcher and Irish Research Council postgraduate fellow at Trinity College Dublin (Ireland) working on mid twentieth-century American and British poetry. Her thesis explores the use of Renaissance affective prayer and religious meditation in the poetry of Elizabeth Bishop, Anthony Hecht, and Geoffrey Hill. Elena received the Rose Visiting Research Fellowship Read More …
Dr. Christina J. Thomas is the 2023-2025 Andrew W. Mellon Visiting Scholar at the Margaret Walker Center at Jackson State University. Her current research projects explore Black women’s intellectual history, biography, and early childhood education. I met Alice Walker in November 2023 at the Phillis Wheatley Poetry Festival hosted by the Margaret Walker Center in Read More …
By Gaby Hale, Outreach Archivist at Rose Library Ready to get deep into the Halloween spirit this October? You have some great opportunities at Emory’s Libraries, including a blood drive! Blood Drive on October 30th Emory Libraries and Museum Wellness Committee is sponsoring a blood drive with the American Red Cross on Oct. 30 from Read More …
by Robinson Ensz and Katie Lanning. Katie Lanning is an assistant professor of English at Wichita State University, with research and teaching interests in 18th century British media & culture and in the history of the book. Katie is a 2024 Rose Visiting Research Fellow for English-Language Poetry and Literature. Her research partner, Robinson Ensz Read More …
by Shanna Early, Instruction Archivist Congratulations to all students who submitted research projects for consideration for the 2024 Schuchard and Rackoff Undergraduate Research Prizes. The submissions this year show the efficacy of undergraduate humanities education at Emory, and we are thrilled that we get to be a part of it. Schuchard Prize Named for Goodrich Read More …
By Gaby Hale, Outreach Archivist Are you eagerly awaiting the second part of season 3 of Netflix’s Bridgerton? Us too! To tide us all over, I have selected twelve of Rose Library’s rare books that were published during or near the regency period. But first – what is the regency period? The regency Read More …
Kyler Schubkegel is 2nd-year Ph.D. student in English at the University of Notre Dame with a focus on 20th-century American literature. He was a recipient of the Rose Library Short-Term Award Fellowship, which he used to research in the Marie Ponsot papers. I had the great privilege of spending three weeks at the Rose Library Read More …
By Gaby Hale, Outreach Archivist at Rose Library. The John Moore Bram Stoker collection at Rose Library is a vast archive dedicated to the life and legacy of Irish author Bram Stoker (1847-1912). Put simply, the Stoker collection is big. It contains nearly 4,000 items and approximately 1,500 books (mostly 19th and early 20th century Read More …
by Jennifer Gunter King, Director of the Rose Library. The Rose Library remembers Nobel-prize winning poet Seamus Heaney – an extraordinary poet and friend – on the 10th anniversary of his death. At the center of the Rose Library’s modern literature and poetry holdings are the papers of Seamus Heaney, whose poetry and influence as Read More …
By Randy Gue, Kayla Annan, Jonathan Coulis, and Jennifer Gunter King. The new school year has arrived, and the Rose Library has a variety of new collections available for use, research, and teaching. These exciting acquisitions span our collecting strengths—African American history and culture, Emory Oral History Program, Emory University Archives, literary and poetry collections, Read More …
by Shanna Early, Instruction Archivist at Rose Library Congratulations to all students who submitted research projects for consideration for the 2023 Schuchard and Rackoff Undergraduate Research Prizes. The work we received reflected the academic excellence of Emory’s undergraduate humanities programs, and The Rose Library is proud to be a part of educating scholars and leaders Read More …
Audrey Florey is a Ph.D. candidate in Visual Studies at the University of Missouri with an emphasis in American art history. Her dissertation examines the work of women artist-educators who dedicated their life to establishing and cultivating a diverse array of art programs within numerous cultural institutions across the United States. Beginning in the late Read More …
