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Event | “Retooling the Monograph: The Manifold Scholarship Project” with Matthew Gold and Douglas Armato

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On Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at 12 p.m. in the Digital Scholarship Lab at the Rockefeller Library, Matthew K. Gold and Douglas Armato will discuss “Retooling the Monograph: The Manifold Scholarship Project.” A reception will follow the talk. The event is free and open to the public. Retooling the Monograph: The Manifold Scholarship Project How can we … Event | “Retooling the Monograph: The Manifold Scholarship Project” with Matthew Gold and Douglas Armato

Talk and Workshop | Zines and Radical Librarianship with Jenna Freedman

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On Thursday, February 2, 2017 from 3:30 – 5 p.m. in the Digital Scholarship Lab at the Rockefeller Library, Jenna Freedman, Associate Director of Communications and Zine Librarian at Barnard College, will give a talk on zines and zine history, radical librarianship, zinemaking, and queering publishing. This event is free and open to the public. Jenna Freedman’s … Talk and Workshop | Zines and Radical Librarianship with Jenna Freedman

Exhibit | Works from Architectures of Islam & Architectures and Urbanism of Africa

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The architecture models displayed in the Rockefeller Library’s Finn Reading Room cases were created by students in Professor Sheila Bonde’s lecture course “Architectures of Islam” and in Professor Itohan Osayimwese’s lecture course, “Architecture and Urbanism of Africa.” Professor Bonde’s class looked at case studies of Islamic architecture spanning fourteen centuries and three continents, while Professor Osayimwese’s … Exhibit | Works from Architectures of Islam & Architectures and Urbanism of Africa

EVENT | Annual S. T. Joshi Fellow Presentation : Matthew Beach and “Lovecraft’s Consolation”

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On Thursday, December 8, 2016 at 4:00 p.m. at the John Hay Library, S. T. Joshi Endowed Research Fellow Matthew Beach will give a presentation entitled, “Lovecraft’s Consolation.” Beach is the second recipient of the Joshi Fellowship, which supports research relating to H.P. Lovecraft, his associates, and literary heirs. Working with the H. P. Lovecraft papers … EVENT | Annual S. T. Joshi Fellow Presentation : Matthew Beach and “Lovecraft’s Consolation”

Exhibit | Tricks and Illusions : Selections from the H. Adrian Smith Collection of Conjuring and Magicana

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Magician H. Adrian Smith (Class of 1930) never achieved the fame enjoyed by some of his contemporaries, but his contributions to the world of magic were significant. Smith spent his life studying the history of magic and practicing its art, using the money he earned from his performances to help pay his tuition at Brown … Exhibit | Tricks and Illusions : Selections from the H. Adrian Smith Collection of Conjuring and Magicana

Annmary Brown Painting on Loan to Centre Pompidou, Paris

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Xeusis Choosing Models for his Painting of Helen of Troy The Annmary Brown Memorial Library has lent the painting, “Xeusis Choosing Models for his Painting of Helen of Troy” (1778) by Angelika Kauffmann to the Centre Pompidou in Paris, France for its exhibition La Trahison des images, dedicated to René Magritte’s work. The exhibit will be held from September … Annmary Brown Painting on Loan to Centre Pompidou, Paris

Exhibit | Stephen Mopope Paintings

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A chance discovery returns the color and life to indigenous paintings Ninety years ago, in 1926, a small group of traditional artists from the Kiowa nation—Spencer Asah, James Auchiah, Jack Hokeah, Stephen Mopope, Lois Smoky and Monroe Tsatoke—entered the University of Oklahoma to participate in a specialized art program designed to encourage their development and … Exhibit | Stephen Mopope Paintings

Event | In the Mountains of Madness: A Reading with Author W. Scott Poole

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On Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at 5:30 p.m. in the Lownes Room of the John Hay Library, W. Scott Poole will give a reading from his new book, In the Mountains of Madness: The Life and Extraordinary Afterlife of H. P. Lovecraft. A discussion will follow the reading. This event is free and open to the public. The book will be … Event | In the Mountains of Madness: A Reading with Author W. Scott Poole

Event | Terra Huber on “The Conservation of a 16th Century Papal Bull on Parchment”

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During National Preservation Week on Friday, April 29, 2016 from 2 – 3 p.m. in the Digital Scholarship Lab at the Rockefeller Library, Terra Huber, Assistant Paper Conservator at the Northeast Document Conservation Center, will give a talk entitled, “The Conservation of a 16th Century Papal Bull on Parchment.” This event is free and open to … Event | Terra Huber on “The Conservation of a 16th Century Papal Bull on Parchment”