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
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: 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
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
Brown University Library wants to hear from you! Did you know that the busiest day at the Library last fall was December 12 (over 5,500 people visited the libraries!). And that students consulted with librarians over 1,300 times last semester on research questions? Statistics like these help the Library better understand the needs of the … Library Stats Quest Week – Spring 2024
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.
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”
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
Deputy K-9 Elvy will be visiting our libraries next week to provide comfort and joy to students as they study for finals. Elvy is a service dog who is deputized in the Department of Public Safety. She came to Brown through Puppies Behind Bars. Rockefeller Library Monday, December 11 from 12 – 1 p.m. John Hay … Deputy K-9 Elvy Reporting for Duty!
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.
