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“From Paris to Omaha Beach: A European Education” – An Evening with Professor Victor Brombert
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A Friends of the Library event — Join the Friends!
Monday, May 7, 2007, 7 p.m.
List Art Center Auditorium, Brown University
Following Professor Brombert’s talk, a reception and book signing will be held in the John Hay Library. Guests will have an opportunity to visit the Yoken Archives located on the 3rd floor of the John Hay Library. Professor Brombert’s visit to Brown is part of the Mel and Cindy Yoken Cultural Series.
A specialist in French and comparative literature of the 19th and 20th centuries, Professor Brombert was chairman of the Department of Romance Languages at Yale, then a member of the Princeton University faculty from 1975 to his retirement in 1999. Raised and educated in Paris, Professor Brombert came to the United States in 1941. His publications include The Intellectual Hero: Studies in the French Novel, 1880-1955, The Hidden Reader, In Praise of Antiheroes, Trains of Thought and books on Stendahl, Flaubert and Hugo, as well as many articles in edited volumes and scholarly journals. He is a former president of MLA (Modern Language Association).
For further information contact fol@brown.edu
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Extended Library Hours: Reading & Exam Period
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From Friday 4/27 until the end of final exams on Friday 5/18, the Rockefeller Library is open 45 additional hours —
(7:30am – 2am Monday – Saturday and 10am – 2am Sunday). The John Hay Library will be open 10-5pm on Saturday 4/28, 5/5 and 5/12. The John Hay Library will be open from 9 to 5 on three Saturdays during reading period
and final exams: April 28, May 5 and 12.
The Friedman Study Center is *continuously open* from 10am Sunday 4/22 until 5pm on Friday 5/18. The Sciences Library’s tower floors and all other Brown libraries will maintain usual hours. For library hours during exam period, see:
http://dl.lib.brown.edu/hours/spring_exams.pdf -
New Minority Groups Data Page
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To assist research of minority issues, the Library has posted a new Minority Groups data page at
http://dl.lib.brown.edu/gateway/ssds/minorities.htm. This page presents data relevant for research on African-American, Asian-American, disabled, elderly, Hispanic/Latino, LGBT, Native American, and women’s issues. These datasets deal with topics such as health, education, discrimination, rights, poverty, economics, etc.
Please contact Thomas_Stieve@brown.edu for further help with minority groups’ data.