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Brown University Digital Publications Wins Silver EPIC Award

Brown University Digital Publications has won SILVER at the EPIC Awards presented by the Society for Scholarly Publishing in the Diversity, Equity, Inclusivity, or Accessibility (DEIA) Initiatives category. Providence, R.I. [Brown University] Launched this year by the Society for Scholarly Publishing, the EPIC Awards (Excellence in Publishing, Information Technology & Communications) celebrate the remarkable achievements Brown University Digital Publications Wins Silver EPIC Award

New Project with Eleni Sikelianos Selected for Brown University Digital Publications

The University Library and the Dean of the Faculty, together with the Digital Publications Faculty Advisory Committee, are pleased to announce the selection of the next scholarly work to be developed by Brown University Digital Publications. Rehearsal Is at Dawn by Professor of Literary Arts Eleni Sikelianos is a multivalent, multimodal ancestral encounter that reaches New Project with Eleni Sikelianos Selected for Brown University Digital Publications

DH Salons – Spring 2025

Please join us for the Digital Humanities (DH) Salon! 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 Library (with lunch!) or on Zoom (https://brown.zoom.us/j/94514112608).  DH Salons – Spring 2025

Divided America: Religious Dissent and Freedom Exhibition 

Divided America: Religious Dissent & FreedomOn view starting October 21, 2024 in the Harriette Hemmasi Exhibition Gallery at the John Hay Library20 Prospect St., Providence, RIHours Online exhibition Through The Divided America Project, the John Hay Library is digitizing and making freely available the bulk of the Hall-Hoag Collection, the country’s largest research compilation of Divided America: Religious Dissent and Freedom Exhibition 

Brown Library’s Second Born-Digital Publication Named Finalist for ACLS Open Access Book Prize and Arcadia Open Access Publishing Award

Shadow Plays shortlisted for new book prize that recognizes innovative, equitable, and inclusive access to humanities scholarship Providence, R.I. [Brown University] The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) has announced the finalists for the 2024 ACLS Open Access Book Prizes and Arcadia Open Access Publishing Awards. Open access publishing offers exciting new opportunities for scholars Brown Library’s Second Born-Digital Publication Named Finalist for ACLS Open Access Book Prize and Arcadia Open Access Publishing Award

New Project with Michelle Clayton Selected for Brown University Digital Publications

The University Library and the Dean of the Faculty, together with the Digital Publications Faculty Advisory Committee, are pleased to announce the selection of the next scholarly work to be developed by Brown University Digital Publications. Articulations: Dancing Across Modernities, by Michelle Clayton, Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies and Comparative Literature, explores the place of New Project with Michelle Clayton Selected for Brown University Digital Publications

Commencement Forum | Nicholas Brown and the Roman Revolution of 1848-1849

Join the Brown University Library for “Nicholas Brown and the Roman Revolution of 1848-1849,” a Commencement Forum presented by Professor David Kertzer on Saturday, May 27 from 9 – 10 a.m. in the Digital Scholarship Lab at the Rockefeller Library. Free and open to the public. Hybrid event: in-person and live streamed at http://bit.ly/library-forum-23-Kertzer. Nicholas Commencement Forum | Nicholas Brown and the Roman Revolution of 1848-1849

Nicholas Brown and the Roman Revolution of 1848 – 1849 with David Kertzer

Join David Kertzer, Paul R. Dupee, Jr. University Professor of Social Science, Professor of Anthropology, and Professor of Italian Studies; Allison Levy, Director of Brown University Digital Publications; Massimo Riva, Professor of Italian Studies; and Deidre Lynch, Ernest Bernbaum Professor of Literature at Harvard University, for a born-digital book presentation on Tuesday, April 25 from Nicholas Brown and the Roman Revolution of 1848 – 1849 with David Kertzer

Digital HISTORY AND THEORY, ​​​​an open conversation on the future of digital scholarship

Zoom link to join symposium: https://brown.zoom.us/j/96716984347 On March 3 – 4, 2023, History and Theory, partnering with Brown University Library, will bring the contributors to the December 2022 theme issue, “Digital History and Theory: Changing Narratives, Changing Methods, Changing Narrators,” together for an open exchange inspired by their contributions but focused on the ways to Digital HISTORY AND THEORY, ​​​​an open conversation on the future of digital scholarship

Digitization and Special Collections: Access, Equity, and Preservation

Providing digital access to distinctive scholarly materials in our collections continues to grow in importance as part of the Library’s mission. For example, as reported previously, recent grants are enabling us to digitize a significant portion of the vast Hall-Hoag Collection of Extremist and Dissenting Propaganda, which provides critical insights for understanding our times. Indeed, Digitization and Special Collections: Access, Equity, and Preservation