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Brown Library Call for Applications: Gardner Fellowship

The Library’s Gardner Fellowship is now accepting applications. This program is designed to promote in-depth and creative research using the Library’s rare East Asian materials, with goals to: The fellowship offers a stipend of $2,500 per fellow. Both graduate and undergraduate students at Brown University are eligible to apply. The deadline for submission is October Brown Library Call for Applications: Gardner Fellowship

Brown Library Call for Applications: Brown-BNU International Research Collaboration

Brown University Library is excited to announce the new Brown-Beijing Normal University International Research Collaboration Program to support research on China that uses the materials in the BNU library system in Beijing. While not required, collaborations with the BNU scholars can also be covered by the fellowship. Successful applicants will receive up to three months Brown Library Call for Applications: Brown-BNU International Research Collaboration

Books from the City: Making Meeting in Isfahan (2022) at the Chester Beatty

Join the John Hay Library and the Center for Middle East Studies for a talk by Dr. Moya Carey, Curator of Islamic Collections at the Chester Beatty in Dublin, Ireland. Dr. Carey will discuss the making of the exhibit “Meeting in Isfahan: Vision and Exchange in Safavid Iran.” Tuesday, October 8, 20244 p.m. Primary Sources Books from the City: Making Meeting in Isfahan (2022) at the Chester Beatty

Orwig the Vote

In conjunction with the Brown Votes exhibit at the Rockefeller Library, the Orwig Music Library presents items from our collections related to voting, elections, and political activism in the United States. The material on display runs the gamut from the humorous: an enchanted frog for President; to the serious: songs for the disenfranchised and politically disillusioned. Orwig the Orwig the Vote

Gwendolyn Collaço: Anne S.K. Brown Curator for Military and Society

The Library is pleased to announce the appointment of Gwendolyn Collaço as the Anne S.K. Brown Curator for Military and Society. In this role, Gwendolyn will grow and develop the renowned Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection. She will focus on expanding its use by the Brown community and to enhancing its prominence among scholars.  Gwendolyn Gwendolyn Collaço: Anne S.K. Brown Curator for Military and Society

Art and the Freedom Struggle – Commencement Forum

Art and the Freedom Struggle: A Workshop on Mumia Abu-Jamal, Art, Incarceration, and Creating Activation Space with Melaine Ferdinand-King Workshop aims to spark engaged activity on the local level related to issues of mass incarceration, and spirited dialogue on the importance of responding creatively in times of political duress. Saturday, May 25 from 11 a.m. Art and the Freedom Struggle – Commencement Forum

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

Student Presentations: Gardner Fellows’ Research Projects on Chinese Library Materials

Join the Brown University Library on Monday, April 29 from 1 – 2 p.m. in the Hecker Room at the Rockefeller Library or on Zoom for a presentation by the two inaugural Gardner Fellows. This special event showcases the culmination of their intensive research into the rare East Asian materials housed within the University’s distinguished Student Presentations: Gardner Fellows’ Research Projects on Chinese Library Materials

Rediscovering Forgotten Stories: Unraveling the Lives of African Heritage Women in Rhode Island

Article by Christopher D. West, PhD, Curator of the Black Diaspora at the John Hay Library; excerpted from “The Origins Newsletter” from the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society. The Rhode Island Black Heritage Society (RIBHS) is the living vessel of the hopes, dreams, desires, aspirations and vernacular culture of African Heritage communities of Rhode Island.  Rediscovering Forgotten Stories: Unraveling the Lives of African Heritage Women in Rhode Island