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Jennifer Betts Appointed Director of the John Hay Library and University Archivist

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The University Library is pleased to announce that Jennifer Betts has been appointed Director of the John Hay Library and University Archivist. In this senior leadership role at the University Library, she will oversee all staff, programs, and services at the John Hay Library and serve as the chief steward of the University’s priceless assemblage … Jennifer Betts Appointed Director of the John Hay Library and University Archivist

Fashioning Insurrection Exhibit and Opening

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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

Exploring the Mass Incarceration Lab Archive: Lunchtime Conversation & Student Presentations

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“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

New Project with Eleni Sikelianos Selected for Brown University Digital Publications

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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

Trans Archive Salon

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Over the past decade, curators, archivists, and librarians at the Brown University Library and the Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women have been actively collecting, preserving, and making available special collections that shine a light on the complex experiences of transgender and gender diverse people and communities across the world.  In the spirit … Trans Archive Salon

Ask a Conservator Day

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Today is Ask a Conservator Day! To celebrate, we’re announcing the reopening of the John Hay Library’s newly renovated conservation lab, a space designed to enhance the care and preservation of the Library’s special collections. Over the past two years, library conservation staff meticulously planned the renovation to create an environment that supports their vital … Ask a Conservator Day

Divided America: Religious Dissent and Freedom Exhibition 

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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 Call for Applications: Brown-BNU International Research Collaboration

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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

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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