Monday, May 19, 2025, 11:30 AM – 1 PM EDT
Ron Schuchard, Goodrich C. White Professor of English Literature, Emeritus
Ron Schuchard, Goodrich C. White Professor of English Literature, Emeritus“How the Irish Village Came to Emory: Distinctive Literary Collections in the Rose Library”Professor Ron Schuchard has been a key player in bringing manuscripts and letters of important Irish writers to the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, & Rare Book Library. The assemblage of these papers—from Nobel Prize winner Seamus Heaney to other renowned poets such as Joan McBreen, Dennis O’Driscoll, Rita Ann Higgins, Paul Muldoon, and many others—form the foundation of what is referred to as the “Irish Village” at Emory. Bringing these collections together has required persistence and imagination over time. We’ll hear stories and strategies as to how these efforts led to such a stellar set of collections coming to Emory.