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
Your Brown University Library now offers an online option for reserving lockers and carrels at the Rockefeller Library. How do I reserve lockers and carrels online? Find all of the Rockefeller Library’s lockers and carrels in BruKnow, the online library catalog. They are organized by floor and location, making it easy to browse and find … Reserve Library Lockers and Carrels Online
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
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 University Library is pleased to announce that Jennifer Betts has been appointed Director of the John Hay Library and University Archivist. In this senior leadership role at the University Library, she will oversee all staff, programs, and services at the John Hay Library and serve as the chief steward of the University’s priceless assemblage … Jennifer Betts Appointed Director of the John Hay Library and University Archivist
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
[Providence, RI] Brown University Digital Publications has launched the multimodal edition of Black Elegies: Meditations on the Art of Mourning, the second title in the On Seeing series published by the MIT Press. Authored by Kimberly Juanita Brown, inaugural director of the Institute for Black Intellectual and Cultural Life at Dartmouth College, Black Elegies is … Brown University Library Releases New Multimodal Book on Visual Literacy, Extends its Focus on Innovation and Collaboration
