Author Salman Rushdie will continue his stay at this school year in an expanded roll as a professor, according to an announcement made by the university Wednesday.
Rushdie’s teaching role will expand with his new position as University Distinguished Professor. He will continue to give public lectures and be involved with the university libraries, which house an archive of his work.
He came to Emory as a distinguished writer in residence in 2006.
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“I am delighted to be continuing my relationships with Emory,” Rushdie said in a news release. “The students have been bright and fun, the faculty engaging and stimulating, and the librarians exceptionally helpful in processing and cataloguing my archive. I very much look forward to these next few years with Emory.”
He will continue to be based in the Department of English in Emory College of Arts and Sciences.
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