Join the Brown University Library for a one-day symposium on John Hay’s China Policy on Saturday, May 2, 2026, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Rockefeller Library. The interdisciplinary symposium will feature talks by distinguished participants ranging from historians and a diplomat to musicians who will examine John Hay’s Open Door Policy through … John Hay’s China Policy Symposium
View the online exhibit: library.brown.edu/exhibits/birri/ This digital exhibition, fully accessible in both English and Spanish, celebrates the centennial of Fernando Birri (1925–2017), the pioneering Argentine filmmaker, artist and theorist of the New Latin American Cinema. Featuring drawings, paintings, collages and writings from his personal archive he gifted to Brown University Library in 2008, this selection … A Pictorial Dragon, the Work of Fernando Birri: A Bilingual Online Exhibit
Join the Brown University Library for a presentation of original research by Brown students exploring the global impact of John Hay’s China Policy — and Brown University’s role in this history — drawing on rare special collections materials from Brown and beyond. Hybrid Event Wednesday, December 10, 2025, from 2:30 to 5 p.m. In person: … John Hay’s China Policy: Student Research from Brown’s Special Collections
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 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
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
“History is not only in the past — it is being made as researchers look for stories to tell.” – Benzecry et al. 2020 Want to learn more about the Mass Incarceration Lab Archive and how you can use it in your own projects and research? Come explore the archives with Brown University Seniors Anna … Exploring the Mass Incarceration Lab Archive: Lunchtime Conversation & Student Presentations
