The Brown University Library invites the Brown community to the opening of the Racial Justice Resource Center on Tuesday, February 28, 2023. The RJRC is located in the southeast corner of the second floor of the Rockefeller Library, near the graduate student study rooms. Open House from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Stop by to … Opening of the Racial Justice Resource Center
The John Hay Library will host its first celebration of Black Joy Day on Wednesday, February 15. The Hay invites the Brown community and members of the public to enjoy the full day of activities. Schedule of events:
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
What happens when Mama goes to jail? Artist and illustrator Bianca Diaz will discuss her career and most recent book, See You Soon (written by New York Times best-selling author Mariame Kaba), a poignant, beautifully illustrated children’s book about a little girl named Queenie who worries when her Mama gets sick and goes to jail. Will Mama have a warm bed … Bianca Diaz Book Talk and Signing | Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration
Join the John Hay Library on Tuesday, October 11, 2022 for a book talk by Maia Weinstock ’99, author of Carbon Queen: The Remarkable Life of Nanoscience Pioneer Mildred Dresselhaus (MIT Press, 2022). The talk will take place from 1 – 1:45 p.m. in the Lownes Room* of the John Hay Library, followed by Q&A … Maia Weinstock ’99 Presents CARBON QUEEN: The Life of Mildred S. Dresselhaus, Nanoscience Innovator
On Saturday, October 15, 2022 in the Patrick Ma Digital Scholarship Lab at the Rockefeller Library, the Depicting Glory Symposium will bring together the contributors to the digital project Depicting Glory: Rare Objects from the Late Qing to the Republic of China to present and discuss topics related to modern China. Led by Zhuqing Li, … Depicting Glory 展現輝煌: Rare Objects from the Late Qing to the Republic of China Symposium
Join the Brown University Library for a screening of the documentary film, Beyond the Mask: Paul Laurence Dunbar, followed by Q&A with filmmaker Frederick Lewis AM ‘83 on Tuesday September 13, 2022 at 4 p.m. in the Lownes Room at the John Hay Library. (Note: This room is at the top of a lengthy stairwell. Please … Screening and Discussion of Documentary “Beyond the Mask: Paul Laurence Dunbar”
On View: John Hay Library, Willis Reading Room (May 26 – December 16, 2022) For centuries the Akan people of West Africa used gold dust as a primary form of currency in everyday transactions and as part of an extensive trade with the North African Muslim states. To measure precise amounts of gold dust, an … Exhibit / Akan Gold Weights: Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology Collection
The John Hay Library by Jill Armstrong, n.d. “Artistic Impressions of Brown University,” features a collection of over 30 drawings, watercolors, etchings, and architectural plans depicting the Brown campus and East Side of Providence created by local architects, students, and international artists. Curated by Ray Butti, Senior Library Expert Dates: May 26 – August 15, … Exhibit l Artistic Impressions of Brown University
Commencement Forum Willis Reading Room, John Hay Library20 Prospect St, Providence, RISaturday, May 2811 a.m. – 12 p.m. Join via livestream on YouTube In 2006 Brown released its groundbreaking “Report of the Brown University Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice,” confronting and publicly documenting the University’s complex history with the transatlantic slave trade and its … Commencement Forum | Brown University’s Slavery and Justice Report with Commentary on Context and Impact: Presenting the Revised and Expanded Second Edition
