The John Hay Library will host two research fellows in the coming academic year, with support from the New England Regional Fellowship Consortium. While at the Hay Library, these scholars, whose projects are described in more detail below, will be using little known materials in the holdings of Special Collections in order to further their … New Fellows to Further Research at the John Hay Library in 2017-2018
Last week, an article co-authored by Dr. Justine Allen appeared in the scientific journal The American Naturalist. Dr. Allen received her Ph.D. from Brown University in 2014, completing her graduate work under Professor Roger Hanlon at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA. The article describes the behaviors of two male cuttlefish fighting over … Retweets, Shares, and Likes: Increasing the Impact of Research Through the Preservation and Sharing of Data
It’s that time of year! Pizza Nights are here! Every semester the Library hosts two nights of pizza to fortify your studying. The first (Tuesday) night will be in the Sciences Library. The next night (Wednesday) there will be pizza in the Rock. Students that enjoy studying in a library as well as eating pizza are encouraged to attend. The pizza … Events | Pizza Nights
It’s a busy time for the Library and, of course, Brown students. We wish you luck with your papers and finals! Here are some examples of activity happening around the Library: The Image Collections in the Brown Library looks at The Khmer New Year (the image above is Angkor Thom: Bayon, from the Library’s Architecture Collection). Have a look at … Updates from Around the Library | April 2017
The John Hay Library has a new acquisition on display in the second floor landing case: La conquista dell’Abissinia/ The conquest of Abyssinia Officine dell’Istituto italiano d’arti grafiche/ Office of the Italian Institute of Graphic Arts Board game (paper and ink) Milano: Carlo Erba S.A., 1936 Brown University Library, Special Collections The item will be on display … Exhibit | La conquista dell’Abissinia (The conquest of Abyssinia)
The Library and the Writing Center are teaming up to help you jump start your research project! You can drop into the Writing Center on the 5th Floor of the SciLi on these Fridays from 12 – 3 p.m.: April 21 April 28 May 5 You can talk about your work, ask questions, and get advice … Research Consultations at the Writing Center
The Library is pleased to host three events in the series, Scalar: Writing Digital Scholarship, this April, 2017. All events will be held in the Digital Scholarship Lab at the Rockefeller Library. On Thursday, April 27, 2017 at 12 p.m., Curtis Fletcher, Associate Director of the Polymathic Labs at USC Libraries and Co-PI on Scalar, will give a … Scalar: Writing Digital Scholarship | Curtis Fletcher
On Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at 6:30 p.m. in the Digital Scholarship Lab of the Rockefeller Library, Omer Bartov, John P. Birkelund Distinguished Professor of European History and Professor of German Studies at Brown, will present his new book, The Voice of Your Brother’s Blood: Buczacz, Biography of a Town. A reception will follow the talk. This … Event | Omer Bartov Discusses “The Voice of Your Brother’s Blood: Buczacz, Biography of a Town”
On Tuesday, May 2, 2017 at 5 p.m. in the Lownes Room of the John Hay Library, celebrated French author Anka Muhlstein will deliver the Annual Mel and Cindy Yoken Cultural Series Lecture, entitled, “The Pen and the Brush,” based on Ms. Muhlstein’s recent book, The Pen and the Brush: How Passion for Art Shaped … Annual Yoken Lecture | Anka Muhlstein: The Pen and the Brush
On Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at 6 p.m. in the Digital Scholarship Lab of the Rockefeller Library, Adam Teller, Brown University Associate Professor of History and Associate Professor of Judaic Studies, will give a talk in the Library’s lecture series, The Holocaust: History and Aftermath. This event is free and open to the public. A reception … Event | Adam Teller: The Power of Memory: Thinking about the Holocaust in Poland from 1945 until Today
