Brown University

Brown University Library News

Posts by Jennifer Braga

Coming Out Day @ The Hay

Join the John Hay Library for two events spotlighting LGBTQ+ history in celebration of National Coming Out Day! Hands-on LGBTQ+ exhibition Wednesday, October 11, 2023 @ 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Explore pulp fiction, photographs, activist ephemera, meeting records, and more from the Library’s special collections. Plus enjoy refreshments and take home a button featuring Coming Out Day @ The Hay

“Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Portrait of Mass Incarceration” Exhibit

Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Portrait of Mass Incarceration exhibit Opening: Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 4:30 p.m.Runs through July 19, 2024John Hay Library, 20 Prospect St., Providence RIHours Mumia Abu-Jamal is a poet, writer, musician, scholar, historian, archivist, public radio producer, journalist, painter, and public intellectual, who has been incarcerated for 40-plus years. His story, collections, “Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Portrait of Mass Incarceration” Exhibit

Brown University Digital Publications Joins the Association of University Presses

Providence, R.I. [Brown University] Brown University Digital Publications (BUDP) has been invited to join the Association of University Presses, an organization of nearly 160 international nonprofit scholarly publishers. Since 1937, AUPresses advances the essential role of a global community of publishers whose mission is to ensure academic excellence and cultivate knowledge. The Association holds intellectual Brown University Digital Publications Joins the Association of University Presses

Announcing Brown Library’s Gardner Fellowship

The Brown University Library is now accepting proposals for the Gardner Fellowship, aimed at fostering in-depth and creative research using rare East Asian materials. Application deadline extended to November 6! This initiative aims to: We invite student fellows to explore our collections and create original scholarship by going beyond traditional linguistic and subject boundaries. Their Announcing Brown Library’s Gardner Fellowship

Voices of Mass Incarceration: A Symposium

VOICES OF MASS INCARCERATION: A SYMPOSIUM Wednesday, September 27 – Friday, September 29, 2023 Please note that registration has closed for in-person attendance at the symposium. You can register to join the waitlist, and register to attend virtually. No registration is required to attend the exhibit opening. Registration required @ voicesofmassincarceration.eventbrite.com NOTE: In-person attendance on Voices of Mass Incarceration: A Symposium

Doctoral Certificate Program in Digital Humanities – Fall 2023 Workshops

The Doctoral Certificate Program in Digital Humanities offers an opportunity to currently enrolled Ph.D. students interested in adding expertise in digital methodologies and techniques to their research portfolio. Brown University Library’s Center for Digital Scholarship and the Cogut Institute for the Humanities are pleased to partner together to offer the doctoral certificate, which will provide Doctoral Certificate Program in Digital Humanities – Fall 2023 Workshops

DH Salons – Fall 2023

The DH Salon series is a regular, informal presentation series bringing together digital humanities work across the Brown University campus.  Fall 2023 Schedule Select Tuesdays at noon on Zoom or in the Digital Scholarship Lab (room 137) at the Rockefeller Library. Lunch and refreshments are provided. September 12 – Register here “Ro(u)ted By Our Stories: DH Salons – Fall 2023

Library Early Closure on August 23, 2023

The Brown University Library will close at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, August 23 for our annual summer staff celebration. This includes the Rockefeller, John Hay, and Orwig Libraries. The Sciences Library building will remain open but no library services will be available after 12:30 p.m. Thank you for your understanding. View all Library hours