E-Newsletter
Recent Posts
Latest News
-
Exhibit lecture | Behind the Scenes of Elements of Tradition and Change with Rachel Shipps and Abigail Ettelman
|
Join Rachel Shipps AM’14 and Abigail Ettelman AM’14, both graduates of the Public Humanities program at Brown, for a behind the scenes tour of the exhibit “Elements of Tradition and Change: Brown University’s First 250 Years.” Ms. Shipps and Ms. Ettelman, who curated the exhibit under the direction of University Archivist Jennifer Betts, will highlight some of the the challenges involved when creating an exhibit that encompasses many years and topics. In addition, both will discuss their favorite aspects of Brown University history. This event is free and open to the public.
Date: September 18, 2014
Time: 4 p.m.
Location: Lownes Room | John Hay Library -
Upcoming Library Workshops in September 2014
|
The Library is offering a number of workshops this fall including twelve in September. Here’s a look at the upcoming Library workshops this month:
- 9/16 : How to Write a Data Plan for Your Grant Proposals
- 9/19 : How to Write a Data Plan for Your Grant Proposals
- 9/23 : Citing and Publishing Your Research Data
- 9/23 : Grant Finding @ Brown and Beyond
- 9/23 : Introduction to ARTstor and Luna [Faculty/Grads Only]
- 9/24 : Endnote Workshop
- 9/24 : Zotero Workshop
- 9/25 : Introduction to ARTstor and Luna [Faculty/Grads Only]
- 9/25 : NVivo: An Introduction to the Software
- 9/25 : Tableau Workshop
- 9/30 : Managing Your Research Data
- 9/30 : Introduction to ARTstor and Luna [Undergrads/Staff]
-
Guantanamo Bay Museum of Art and History Lecture & Exhibit in the DSL
|
Artist Ian Alan Paul On September 11 at 3 p.m. in the Patrick Ma Digital Scholarship Lab in the Rockefeller Library, artist Ian Alan Paul, a founder of the Guantanamo Bay Museum of Art and History, will give a talk about the Museum and the exhibit installed in the DSL. Part of the Bringing Guantanamo Bay Home event series, the exhibit will be on display and open to the public during certain hours, below, from September 11 – 18. The lecture and exhibit are co-sponsored by the DSL and the John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage.
The exhibit features a digital selection from the Museum’s collection. The fictional Museum, located at the former site of the Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp in Cuba, is an institution dedicated to remembering the U.S. prison which was active between 2002 and 2012 before it was permanently decommissioned and closed.
Ian Alan Paul is a transdisciplinary artist/theorist living between San Francisco and Barcelona, whose projects and writing engage with theories and philosophies of media, social movements, and the cosmopolitical. His work has been featured in The Atlantic, Al Jazeera, Le Monde, Art Threat, Jadaliyya, Art Info, and C Magazine and has been exhibited in galleries in Asia, North America, the Middle East, and Europe.
Click here for more information about the lecture event, artist, and exhibit.
Location: Digital Scholarship Lab (DSL), Rockefeller Library
Dates: September 11 – 18
Times:
3 – 5 p.m. on Thursday, September 11
1 – 3 p.m. on Friday, September 12
1 – 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, September 13 and 14
1 – 3 p.m. on Monday, September 15
5 – 7 p.m. on Tuesday, September 16
1 – 3 p.m. on Wednesday, September 17
5 – 7 p.m. on Thursday, September 18
