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The HBCU Library Alliance and Brown Library receive IMLS grant for Leadership Development Program

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Cultural sensitivity and organizational healing will be integral facets of unique partnership program to foster leaders at HBCU libraries and Brown University Providence, R.I. [Brown University] The HBCU Library Alliance and Brown University Library have received a $100,000 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program to … The HBCU Library Alliance and Brown Library receive IMLS grant for Leadership Development Program

Exhibit | Dis/Assemble: Making Meaning from the Minassian Collection

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Dis/Assemble Dis/Assemble is a collaborative effort by graduate students from across ten different humanities disciplines to construct narratives around a continuously moving archive: the Minassian Collection of Persian, Mughal, and Indian Paintings and Calligraphies at Brown University. This collection evokes questions of assemblage and disassemblage, from sifting the extraordinary from the ordinary to practices of … Exhibit | Dis/Assemble: Making Meaning from the Minassian Collection

Exhibit | Intercalary Event 2020

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Works by Katie Bullock, Faculty, Glass, Rhode Island School of DesignJocelyne Prince, Faculty, Glass, Rhode Island School of Design Sean Salstrom, Graduate Study, Glass, Rhode Island School of Design Artists approach research differently than scientists. The freedom through which artists pursue research allows their inquiries to breed multivalent results, often seemingly unconnected results which can … Exhibit | Intercalary Event 2020

Exhibit | Collecting with Distinction: Faculty Insights into Recent Acquisitions

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Peruse the gallery and discover what is new and unique about Special Collections at the Hay Library.  Explore recent acquisitions from the 14th century to the present through the lens of renowned Brown faculty, and gain insight into the place where the past, present and individual connect. Opening reception:  Friday, November 22nd, 4-6 PM Dates: … Exhibit | Collecting with Distinction: Faculty Insights into Recent Acquisitions

Exhibit | Thanksgiving-Day, November 24, 1864, United We Stand

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Created by famous political cartoonist Thomas Nast, these eight vignettes depict a “state of the Union” featuring President Abraham Lincoln during his reelection year. Each rendering touches on a significant factor during the Civil War, which was in its fourth year and with no clear victor at the time. The double-page image, published in Harper’s … Exhibit | Thanksgiving-Day, November 24, 1864, United We Stand

Exhibit | Nineteenth-Century Architecture Course Models

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Examine works created by students in Professor Dietrich Neumann’s lecture course, “Nineteenth-Century Architecture,” which surveys stylistic developments, new building types, and the changing conditions of architectural production through the 19th century. Models on display reflect a building or industrial design object of this time period. Dates: September 16 – December 8, 2019Time: John D. Rockefeller, Jr. … Exhibit | Nineteenth-Century Architecture Course Models

Exhibit | The Malana Krongelb Zine Collection, 1974-2018

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Explore a sampling of this collection consisting of administrative files and zines that focus on social justice and marginalized identities dating from 1974 to 2018. Areas of strength include zines by and about people of color, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and other queer peoples, the disabled, interpersonal violence, sex and relationships, sex work, the prison … Exhibit | The Malana Krongelb Zine Collection, 1974-2018