A video and transcript of University Distinguished Professor Salman Rushdie's commencement address was featured.
Author and Emory University Distinguished Professor Salman Rushdie delivers the keynote address during Emory's 2015 commencement ceremony.
Acclaimed author Salman Rushdie, Emory's 2015 Commencement speaker, looks back on his years as University Distinguished Professor and Distinguished Writer in Residence.
From University Courses to digital scholarship, innovations in pedagogy are occurring in many different forms all across campus.
As author Salman Rushdie concludes his role as University Distinguished Professor, it is his warm, generous classroom presence that many will remember most fondly.
In a conversation hosted by the Coalition of the Liberal Arts, author Salman Rushdie joined a diverse group of students, faculty and alumni to share personal stories reflecting the impact of a liberal arts education.
"Disability Rights as Human Rights," a public conversation, will feature University Distinguished Professor Salman Rushdie and Eva Kittay, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at State University of New York - Stony Brook, on Tuesday, Feb. 24.
Acclaimed author Salman Rushdie returned to Emory University in February as University Distinguished Professor for a public lecture on human rights.
Acclaimed author and human rights advocate Salman Rushdie will be the keynote speaker at Emory University¿s spring commencement ceremony on May 11.
In his last public lecture as University Distinguished Professor, acclaimed author Salman Rushdie examines worldwide threats to freedom of expression, from terrorist attacks to "a new kind of timidness."
Emory University's Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library has acquired the archive of iconic American writer Flannery O'Connor from the Mary Flannery O'Connor Charitable Trust in Milledgeville, Georgia.
In 2006, the Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL), at Emory University, acquired the archive of Salman Rushdie. The collection included the usual papers and letters along with a trove of Rushdie's digital materials, including his personal computers (one desktop and three laptops, as well as a hard drive), and an agreement to donate all his subsequent digital effects to the library. As Benjamin Moser noted in his post about the Susan Sontag archives, the influx of digital written material has presented a challenge to archivists: Outside of just setting a computer on a table like some sort of oversized paperweight, how does one present a writer's computer to the public?
Dedication and perseverance in cultivating its literary strengths has helped Emory emerge as a top destination for writers and literary scholars and students.
In classroom conversations across the Emory campus, Salman Rushdie links the power of literature and the liberal arts with the world beyond.
Salman Rushdie's talk at the India Summit was dominated by concern over the attack on a scholarly book about Hinduism.
Renowned epidemiologist William Foege, celebrated author Salman Rushdie, and newly-appointed ambassador of India to the United States Subrahmanyam Jaishankar are among the speakers at the fifth annual India Summit Feb. 17-18 at Emory University.
The movie is based on the Booker prize-winning early novel by Rushdie, a University Distinguished Professor at Emory University. Rushdie wrote the screenplay and it was directed by Deepa Mehta.
"I actually have taught a course in that at Emory University, where I have a part-time professorship," Salman Rushdie said in an interview with CNN about his recent work.
Speaking on topics spanning literature, film, violence, and religion, Salman Rushdie visits Emory classrooms, bringing unique opportunities for student engagement.
Acclaimed author Salman Rushdie, Indian Ambassador to the United States Nirupama Rao, and tech entrepreneur Vivek Wadhwa are among the speakers at the fourth annual India Summit Feb. 21-22 at Emory.
Acclaimed author Salman Rushdie will participate in an advance screening of "Midnight's Children" on Feb. 27 and other film events at Emory.