From April 3 – 30, 2017, the image, Preparing John Bull for General Congress (1813), will be on display in the second floor landing case of the John Hay Library. Shown above, the Napoleonic caricature depicts John Bull backed against a tree, which is being hacked to pieces by malevolent pygmies representing Britain’s many pressing domestic and foreign … Exhibit | Preparing John Bull for General Congress
The Bamboula! Symposium has been rescheduled for Tuesday, April 11 from 2 – 3:30 p.m. in Petteruti Lounge, second floor, Robert Campus Center/Faunce House. A reception will follow in the lobby of the John Hay Library. The exhibit, Bamboula! Black Music Before the Blues, was conceived and curated by Brown graduate, pianist John Davis ’79. It … Symposium | Bamboula! Black Music Before the Blues with John Davis ’79
On Thursday, March 23, 2017 at 12 p.m. in the Digital Scholarship Lab of the Rockefeller Library, writer and historian Abby Smith Rumsey will discuss “Digital Memory: What Can We Afford to Lose?” A reception will follow the talk. This event is free and open to the public. Digital Memory: What Can We Afford to Lose? … Event | Abby Smith Rumsey: “Digital Memory: What Can We Afford to Lose?”
The John Hay Library has two new acquisitions on display in the second floor landing case: manuscript trial notes and a report related to the State vs Francis Leach, 1833. They will be on display until April 3, 2017. In February 1833, forty-eight-year-old Frances (nicknamed “Fanny”) Leach of Providence was called on to attend Sally Burdick, … Exhibit | Court Documents from the State vs Frances Leach, 1833
On Friday, March 17, 2017 at noon in the Digital Scholarship Lab of the Rockefeller Library, Roger Brooks, President and CEO of Facing History and Ourselves, will give a talk as part of the Library’s lecture series, The Holocaust: History and Aftermath. This event is free and open to the public. A reception will follow … Event | The Holocaust and Human Behavior: Facing History to Build the Future with Roger Brooks
On Thursday, March 2, 2017 at 7 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching, the Brown University Library and Friends of the Library will present the Harris Collection Literary Award to renowned author and historian, Nathaniel Philbrick ’78, P’08. A brief awards ceremony will kick off the event, followed by an interview with Philbrick, led by … Nathaniel Philbrick to Receive Library’s Harris Collection Literary Award
Spend two evenings with author Artemis Joukowsky III P’14, P’16, who tells the incredible story of his grandparents, Martha Ingham Dickie (Brown 1926) and Rev. Waitstill Hastings Sharp in his new book, Defying the Nazis: The Sharps’ War (Beacon Press, 2016), also a film by Ken Burns of the same name. On Tuesday, February 21, 2017 … Events | DEFYING THE NAZIS: THE SHARPS’ WAR – Discussions with Artemis Joukowsky
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
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
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”
