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Depicting Glory 展現輝煌: Rare Objects from the Late Qing to the Republic of China Symposium

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On Saturday, October 15, 2022 in the Patrick Ma Digital Scholarship Lab at the Rockefeller Library, the Depicting Glory Symposium will bring together the contributors to the digital project Depicting Glory: Rare Objects from the Late Qing to the Republic of China to present and discuss topics related to modern China. Led by Zhuqing Li, … Depicting Glory 展現輝煌: Rare Objects from the Late Qing to the Republic of China Symposium

John Hay Library Receives Grants to Digitize Materials of Dissenting U.S. Politics

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Two grants totaling $1.75M will facilitate access to astonishing materials in the Hall-Hoag Collection of Dissenting and Extremist Printed Propaganda Through its Divided America project, the John Hay Library will digitize and make available material representing extremes of political thought from 1946 through the 1990s in the United States. With a $250,000 grant from the … John Hay Library Receives Grants to Digitize Materials of Dissenting U.S. Politics

Elizabeth Yalkut New Digital Scholarship Front End Developer in the Center for Digital Scholarship

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The Library is excited to welcome Elizabeth Yalkut as the new Digital Scholarship Front End Developer in the Center for Digital Scholarship. First day: August 15 Elizabeth has been a web developer at Columbia University, the socially progressive digital agency Threespot, and (most recently) Harvard Medical School. She brings a passion for accessibility and universal design, component-based design … Elizabeth Yalkut New Digital Scholarship Front End Developer in the Center for Digital Scholarship

Hilary Wang New Digital Archivist at the John Hay Library

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Hilary Wang joins the Library in the role of Digital Archivist within Digital Services at the John Hay Library. First day: August 1. Hilary will be preserving and providing access to born digital and reformatted digital collection materials including websites, social media, email and other digital record types from archival and manuscript collections at the … Hilary Wang New Digital Archivist at the John Hay Library

Christopher West Inaugural Curator of the Black Diaspora

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The Library is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Christopher West as the inaugural Curator for the Black Diaspora at the John Hay Library. He will curate special collections, provide instruction and outreach, contribute to programming, and strengthen relationships with key partners like the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice and the Center for … Christopher West Inaugural Curator of the Black Diaspora

Screening and Discussion of Documentary “Beyond the Mask: Paul Laurence Dunbar”

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Join the Brown University Library for a screening of the documentary film, Beyond the Mask: Paul Laurence Dunbar, followed by Q&A with filmmaker Frederick Lewis AM ‘83 on Tuesday September 13, 2022 at 4 p.m. in the Lownes Room at the John Hay Library. (Note: This room is at the top of a lengthy stairwell. Please … Screening and Discussion of Documentary “Beyond the Mask: Paul Laurence Dunbar”

“Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden” – Talk by Author Zhuqing Li

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Join the Brown University Library for a talk featuring author Zhuqing Li, Visiting Associate Professor of East Asian Studies and Faculty Curator of East Asian Collections at the Library, as she speaks about her book, Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden: Two Sisters Separated by China’s Civil War. The talk will take place in the … “Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden” – Talk by Author Zhuqing Li

Voices of Mass Incarceration in the United States — New John Hay Library Collecting Direction

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Papers of Mumia Abu-Jamal and and Johanna Fernández ‘93 will anchor Voices of Mass Incarceration in the United States, the new collecting direction at the John Hay Library. More Information / Media For information in addition to what is below, please see the New York Times article, “Brown University Acquires the Papers of Mumia Abu-Jamal,” by Jenny … Voices of Mass Incarceration in the United States — New John Hay Library Collecting Direction

Stolen Relations Awarded NEH Digital Humanities Advancement Grant

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Brown University researchers have been awarded a $350,000 National Endowment for the Humanities Digital Humanities Advancement Grant to support Stolen Relations: Recovering Stories of Indigenous Enslavement in the Americas. Stolen Relations is a tribal collaborative database project that seeks to understand settler colonialism and its impact through the lens of Indigenous enslavement and unfreedom. The … Stolen Relations Awarded NEH Digital Humanities Advancement Grant