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Books from the City: Making Meeting in Isfahan (2022) at the Chester Beatty

Join the John Hay Library and the Center for Middle East Studies for a talk by Dr. Moya Carey, Curator of Islamic Collections at the Chester Beatty in Dublin, Ireland. Dr. Carey will discuss the making of the exhibit “Meeting in Isfahan: Vision and Exchange in Safavid Iran.” Tuesday, October 8, 20244 p.m. Primary Sources Books from the City: Making Meeting in Isfahan (2022) at the Chester Beatty

Orwig the Vote

In conjunction with the Brown Votes exhibit at the Rockefeller Library, the Orwig Music Library presents items from our collections related to voting, elections, and political activism in the United States. The material on display runs the gamut from the humorous: an enchanted frog for President; to the serious: songs for the disenfranchised and politically disillusioned. Orwig the Orwig the Vote

Art and the Freedom Struggle – Commencement Forum

Art and the Freedom Struggle: A Workshop on Mumia Abu-Jamal, Art, Incarceration, and Creating Activation Space with Melaine Ferdinand-King Workshop aims to spark engaged activity on the local level related to issues of mass incarceration, and spirited dialogue on the importance of responding creatively in times of political duress. Saturday, May 25 from 11 a.m. Art and the Freedom Struggle – Commencement Forum

Student Presentations: Gardner Fellows’ Research Projects on Chinese Library Materials

Join the Brown University Library on Monday, April 29 from 1 – 2 p.m. in the Hecker Room at the Rockefeller Library or on Zoom for a presentation by the two inaugural Gardner Fellows. This special event showcases the culmination of their intensive research into the rare East Asian materials housed within the University’s distinguished Student Presentations: Gardner Fellows’ Research Projects on Chinese Library Materials

Pizza Nights

Olive this time of year 🫒 Students: Enjoy free pizza for studying sustenance. Pizza nights are brought to you by the Library and Campus Life. Best of luck with finals! This is your Library. You belong here.

On Seeing Series Launches with “Mortevivum”

Join Brown University Library as we host a cross-disciplinary panel discussion centered on Kimberly Juanita Brown’s Mortevivum: Photography and the Politics of the Visual (Paperback from MIT Press, February 2024). Open access digital edition by Brown University Digital Publications; full digital release June 2024). Speakers include the author, Kimberly Juanita Brown, Associate Professor, Department of English On Seeing Series Launches with “Mortevivum”

New Directions in Digital Scholarship Lecture Series

Join the Brown University Library’s Center for Digital Scholarship as we host a three-part lecture series on new directions in digital scholarship. Free and open to the public. Archipelagos of Marronage: Black Femme Freedom– Jessica Marie Johnson Tuesday, February 4, 2024 at 4 p.m.Churchill House Living Room, 155 Angell Street This talk is sponsored by New Directions in Digital Scholarship Lecture Series

Pizza Nights

Let’s get saucy. Students: Enjoy a reprieve from your studies with some free pizza. Pizza nights are brought to you by the Library and Campus Life. Best of luck with finals! This is your Library. You belong here.