This exhibit features some of the best architectural models submitted as final projects for Professor Dietrich Neumann’s Nineteenth-Century Architecture class. This course surveyed stylistic developments, new building types, and changing social conditions of architectural production for the period covering 1800 to 1900. Students were asked either to write a final paper or construct an architecturally accurate … Exhibit | 19th Century Architectural Models

On Saturday, May 23 at 12:30 p.m. in this, the bicentennial year of Waterloo, curator Peter Harrington will explore the numerous artistic representations of this iconic battle in his talk, “Waterloo 1815: The Image and the Battle.” The talk will take place in the Lownes Room of the John Hay Library. It is free and open to … Commencement Forum | Waterloo 1815: The Image and the Battle

You’ve been waiting all semester for this… Pizza Nights! Every year the Library hosts two nights of pizza. The first (Tuesday) night will be in the Sciences Library. The next night (Wednesday) there will be pizza in the Rock. Students that enjoy studying in a library as well as eating pizza are encouraged to attend. Also, the rock … Event | Pizza Nights

The Center for Digital Scholarship at the Brown University Library presents Digital Cultural Heritage and the Healing of a Nation: Digital Sudan and the Rwanda Gacaca Archive Digitization Project. Speaker Marilyn Deegan from King’s College London will present at 12 p.m., Thursday, May 7, 2015 in the Lownes Room at the John Hay Library. Sudan is one of the most diverse … Event | Marilyn Deegan: Digital Cultural Heritage and the Healing of a Nation: Digital Sudan and the Rwanda Gacaca Archive Digitization Project

On April 29, 2015, a delegation from Beijing Foreign Studies University visited Brown University and the Library. Headed by Professor Peng Long, President of Beijing Foreign Studies University, the delegation included Professors Zhang Jian, Dean of the School of English and International Studies, Li Liwen, Dean of the School of English for Specific Purposes, Wang Lidi, … Beijing Foreign Studies University Delegation Visit to the Brown University Library

On Monday, May 4 at 11 a.m. in the Patrick Ma Digital Scholarship Lab at the Rockefeller Library, Dr. Li Wang will give a talk entitled, “Trends in Chinese Literature Today and the Pamphlets for Allied Information Services in WWII.” A lunch will follow the talk. Attendees must RSVP to attend the talk. Please respond … Event | Li Wang: Trends in Chinese Literature Today and the Pamphlets for Allied Information Services in WWII

S. J. Perelman is the title and subject of the latest book from the Brown Ziggurat Press, part of the Brooke Hunt Mitchell Distinguished Author Series. The book consists of an essay by Daniel Asa Rose ’71, P ’17 and a surprise pop-up on the last page that depicts Perelman’s famous portrait by his friend … S. J. Perelman | Newest Release from the Brown Ziggurat Press

The Library invites students to a guided relaxation session in the Zero Decibel area of the Friedman Center in the SciLi on Thursday, April 30 from 4 – 5 p.m. Work/Life Program Specialist Jen McKay from Brown’s Office of Human Resources will lead the session, which will include diaphragmatic breathing, progressive muscle relaxation, and then … Event | Guided Relaxation Study Break

On April 22, 2015 at 5:30 p.m. in the Lownes Room of the John Hay Library, Richard Minsky will give a talk, “The Art of American Book Covers 1875 – 1930: One Hundred Great Covers from the Brown University Library.” Minsky will look at selections of books from the Library’s holdings that exemplify book cover styles … Event | The Art of American Book Covers 1875 – 1930 with Richard Minsky