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Rhode Island Slavery and the University
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September 3 – October 5, 2012
John Hay LibraryAn exhibit in support of the First Readings 2012 program for the Class of 2016, which focuses on Charles Rappleye’s Sons of Providence.
Using materials from the Brown University Archives and the Hay Library’s extensive holdings of primary sources on Rhode Island history, the exhibit provides an overview of how slavery, the slave trade and emancipation functioned in the politics and social life of early Rhode Island, and the manner in which attitudes toward slavery shaped the founding and growth of Brown University in its first century.
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Jude Ciccolella ’69 at Brown for 9th Annual Don Wilmeth Endowed Lectureship in American Theatre
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] – Brown University Library will host actor Jude Ciccolella ’69 at 7pm on Monday, October 15, 2012, for the 9th Annual Don Wilmeth Endowed Lectureship in American Theatre in Leeds Theater. The program will be followed by a reception in Lyman Hall foyer. The event and reception are free and open to the public.Jude Ciccolella graduated from Brown University in 1969 with a BA in Philosophy. After two years of social work with the Albany County Department of Social Services in New York State, he earned his MFA in Acting at Temple University in 1973. In 1981, he became a member of the Ensemble Studio Theater, studied with Artistic Director Curt Dempster, and performed in a number of their productions. Jude was invited into the Actors Studio in 1995. He has worked with several well-known film directors: Sidney Lumet, Jonathan Demme, Oliver Stone, John Sayles, Joel Schumacher, Carl Franklin, Frank Darabont, Chris Rock, and Robert Rodrigues. His films include Shawshank Redemption, Glengarry Glen Ross, World Trade Center, Beloved, The Manchurian Candidate, City of Hope, Mad Love, Sin City, Julia, and Premonition. On stage in New York, Jude starred in “Those the River Keeps”, written and directed by David Rabe, in two critically acclaimed productions of “Curse of the Starving Class” by Sam Shepard, playing “Ellis”, and later playing “Weston” at the Signature Theater Company, in Brown graduate Richard Dresser’s “Below the Belt”, and in Gary Richard’s “The Root”. In an award winning short, “Last Call”, produced and directed by his friend Robert Bailey (class of 1970), Ciccolella received best actor awards at the Hermosa and Breckenridge Film Festivals. With Co-Artistic Director Bill Bolender, Jude founded the Eumenides Group in LA. They have staged Steve Tesich’s “ The Speed of Darkness”, John Tuttle’s “Drift”, and Richard Dresser’s “ The Pursuit of Happiness”. He is probably best known for his TV work on 24 as chief of staff to two presidents—–from opposing parties—-Mike Novick. He has also appeared on NCIS, Law and Order, Monk , Cold Case, The Guardian, Prison Break, Medium, the Mentalist, Life, House, CSI, Burn Notice, Touch, and many other shows. Jude has produced and performed on four albums of original music, and the Jude Ciccolella Band plays regularly in Burbank. Jude is married to the wonderful actress Sylva Kelegian.
The Don Wilmeth Endowed Lectureship was established in honor of Professor Don Wilmeth and his monumental contribution to the study of theatre at Brown. The lectureship supports an annual lecture series on American theatre. Past visiting lecturers have included Laurence Maslon (2005), Jim Steinmeyer (2007), Christopher Bigsby (2008), Laura Linney (2008), Lynn Nottage (2010), and Bill Irwin (2011).
The Brown University Library is home to more than 6.8 million print items, plus a multitude of electronic resources and expanding digital archives serving the teaching, research, and learning needs of Brown students and faculty, as well as scholars from around the country and the world. http://library.brown.edu/
This event is supported by Brown University Library and Friends.
Contact: Jennifer Braga | 401-863-6913
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Chinese Collections Brochure Now Available in Mandarin Chinese
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] —The Brown University Library is pleased to announce the availability of a Mandarin Chinese version of the Chinese Collections brochure, produced this past spring as part of the Year of China initiative. The University Library’s first foreign language collections brochure, this publication is the result of collaborative efforts by Library and University staff, faculty, and students.The brochure’s chief translator is Dong Li 11′, who received his A.B. (magna cum laude, with honors) in Comparative Literature (Literary Translation Track), and is currently a graduate student in Brown’s MFA program. Li has served as research assistant to author and Professor C.D.Wright, worked as a Chinese language teaching assistant under Prof. Longhua Hu in the East Asian Studies Department, and translated two academic essays in Professor Lingzhen Wang’s forthcoming film studies anthologies. Li grew up in Suzhou, China.
The Mandarin Chinese version of the Chinese Collections brochure is sponsored by the Library’s Richard and Edna Salomon Publications Fund. Most recently, the Salomon Fund also supported the print and digital publication of a revised Special Collections of the Brown University Library: A History and Guide, an English language brochure about Brown’s Chinese collections, and a publication about issues related to data description, management, and preservation, data visualization and the importance of data in research and teaching: Dealing with Data. These publications and more are available free online and in hard copy through the University Library.
The Brown University Library is home to more than 6.8 million print items, plus a multitude of electronic resources and expanding digital archives serving the teaching, research, and learning needs of Brown students and faculty, as well as scholars from around the country and the world. http://library.brown.edu/
Contact: Jennifer Braga | 401-863-6913
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