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Namwali Serpell, “On Morrison” Book Talk

Join award-winning author Namwali Serpell for a reading and discussion of her new book On Morrison, a critical work on the writings of Toni Morrison. Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2026Time: 4 to 5:30 p.m.Location: Racial Justice Resource Center, 2nd floor, Rockefeller Library, and online Registration Required Free and open to the public. Registration required. REGISTER Namwali Serpell, “On Morrison” Book Talk

First Two Titles in Brown University Digital Publications–MIT Press Book Series Garner Prestigious Prizes

Awards from the American Council of Learned Societies and the American Studies Association recognize excellence and innovation. Providence, R.I. [Brown University] Major prizes spotlight the first two titles in the On Seeing series, a joint venture by Brown University Digital Publications and the MIT Press. Devoted to visual literacy, publications in the series foreground the First Two Titles in Brown University Digital Publications–MIT Press Book Series Garner Prestigious Prizes

New Multimodal Book Project by Tamara T. Chin Selected for Development with Brown University Digital Publications

The University Library and the Dean of the Faculty, together with the Brown University Digital Publications Editorial Board, are pleased to announce the selection of the next scholarly work to be developed by Brown University Digital Publications. Stop Motion Philology, by Associate Professor of Comparative Literature Tamara T. Chin, is an experiment in audiovisually-enhanced close New Multimodal Book Project by Tamara T. Chin Selected for Development with Brown University Digital Publications

Complete a Survey, Help Shape the Library’s Future

Your Brown University Library will be conducting a study to assess how the Library’s services, collections, and other resources are used in order to better understand and document the Library’s impact on research, teaching, and learning at Brown, and to help us improve library services. We appreciate your survey responses! When and how will the survey Complete a Survey, Help Shape the Library’s Future

The Evolution of Cthulhu

In 1933, Howard Phillips (H.P.) Lovecraft published the story “At the Mountains of Madness,” creating a world that has captured imaginations. It is the looming ancient god of the story, Cthulhu, who gives the Cthulhu Mythos its name, both of which have spawned countless works (and nightmares) since. Cthulhu Mythos Stories, films, songs and more The Evolution of Cthulhu

Winners of the Undergraduate Prize for Excellence in Library Research

Brown University Library is pleased to announce that Paulina Gąsiorowska and Amira Haileab are the recipients of the 20th annual Undergraduate Prize for Excellence in Library Research, supported through the Center for Library Exploration and Research. This award, established in partnership with the Office of the Dean of the College, recognizes undergraduate projects that make extensive and Winners of the Undergraduate Prize for Excellence in Library Research

Forging the Future of Digital Scholarship: People, Projects, Priorities

A symposium co-organized by Brown University Digital Publications and the Center for Digital Scholarship on Friday, May 1, 2026. This one-day symposium, held both in-person and virtually, focuses on future directions in the field of digital scholarship, including community-engaged research, uses of AI in the field, the rapidly evolving landscape of multimodal publishing, and more. Forging the Future of Digital Scholarship: People, Projects, Priorities

John Hay’s China Policy Symposium

Join the Brown University Library for a one-day symposium on John Hay’s China Policy on Saturday, May 2, 2026, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Rockefeller Library. The interdisciplinary symposium will feature talks by distinguished participants ranging from historians and a diplomat to musicians who will examine John Hay’s Open Door Policy through John Hay’s China Policy Symposium