The Library is thrilled to unveil the new Faculty Publications Collection display in the Sorensen Family Reading Room on the first floor of the Rockefeller Library. The circulating collection consists of print books authored by Brown faculty members as well as digital publications created by Brown faculty members in collaboration with Brown University Digital Publications … New Faculty Publications Collection
Join the Brown University Library and the Center for Middle East Studies for a workshop and conversation with Jana Dambrogio, conservator, author, and editor, on Tuesday, October 21 at 4 p.m. at the John Hay Library (321). Free and open to the public. In-person event. Letterlocking Offering a glimpse into a new collaborative project on … Unlocking History: Tunisian Letterlocking with Jana Dambrogio
The friends and family of Michael Denneny and the Brown University Library will host two symposiums in honor of the life and archive — gifted to the John Hay Library — of the late Michael Denneny, the first openly gay editor at a major publishing house. Both events are free and open to the public. … Celebrating the Life and Archive of Gay Publishing Pioneer Michael Denneny
The summer 2025 cohort of John Hay Library Undergraduate Fellows will present their projects during a showcase on Friday, October 3 at 11 a.m. in the John Hay Library Primary Source Lab (321) and on Zoom at https://brown.zoom.us/j/91641639340. Light refreshments will be served. This year’s cohort consisted of eight incredible students who explored a wide variety of … Hay Undergraduate Fellows Showcase
Join the Library on the College Green for a celebration of National Coming Out Day! We’ll be partnering with Stonewall House / the LGBTQ Center to showcase LGBTQ+ and queer materials from the Rockefeller Library’s collections. Thursday, October 9, 2025 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Score some official Coming Out Day stickers, enjoy snacks and … National Coming Out Day Celebration: Brown University Library x Stonewall House
Join the Brown University Library, the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, and the RISD Ceramics Department for an artist’s talk with Virgil Ortiz, the award-winning Pueblo artist whose work combines innovative pottery, art, décor, fashion, video, and film, on Thursday, October 16 at 6 p.m. at the John Hay Library (321). Free and open to the public. … Virgil Ortiz: Pueblo Revolt 1680/2180
Please join the Library’s Center for Digital Scholarship this fall for the Digital Humanities (DH) Salons! The DH Salon series, hosted by the Center for Digital Scholarship, is a regular, informal presentation series bringing together digital humanities work across the Brown campus. Join us either in the Patrick Ma Digital Scholarship Lab (Room 137) on the first floor of the Rockefeller … DH Salons – Fall 2025
Minimal Computing is a digital humanities practice of creating digital scholarship with the fewest resources possible that will still meet the goals of the project. The Center for Digital Scholarship (CDS) is proud to offer a workshop series for fall 2025 around this topic in order to help researchers understand minimal computing, how to gather … Gathering and Preparing Your Data with Minimal Computing Workshops
Fashioning Insurrection: From Imperial Resistance to American Orientalisms Exhibit Part of the Islamic-American Exchanges Initiative between the Brown University Library and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, the exhibit, “Fashioning Insurrection: From Imperial Resistance to American Orientalisms,” will be on view in the Harriette Hemmasi Exhibition Gallery at the John Hay Library during the 2025-26 … Fashioning Insurrection Exhibit and Opening
Join the Library for the opening reception of Shared Magma: An American and Swedish Collaboration on Sisterhood and Sister Ore, an exhibit, on Wednesday, September 10, 2025 at 4 p.m. EDT at the John Hay Library followed by a screening of the film Ritual at 5 p.m. EDT in the Patrick Ma Digital Scholarship Lab … “Shared Magma” Exhibit Opening & “Ritual” Film Screening
