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8th Annual Don Wilmeth Endowed Lectureship in American Theatre
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] – On Monday, December 12, Brown University Library will host The 8th Annual Don Wilmeth Endowed Lectureship in American Theatre. For “Two Great Plays–a Clown’s View,” actor Bill Irwin will explore his experiences performing Samuel Beckett’s Endgame and Waiting for Godot, interlaced with performance examples–both Beckett and non-Beckett. The event will be held from 7 to 9pm in the Leeds Theater in Lyman Hall followed by a reception.Bill Irwin is a director and choreographer, playwright, distinguished actor, dancer, and extraordinary clown. A graduate of Oberlin College and Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey’s Clown College, he has been rewarded for his artistry and contributions to the performing arts with numerous recognitions, including Tonys for both his acting and his clowning, NEA Fellowships (in choreography), and Guggenheim and Fulbright Fellowships. A major player in the revitalization of the circus arts in the 1970s, he was the first performance artist to be awarded a MacArthur Fellowship (1984). In his various clown shows, he has established the stage persona of the beleaguered but resilient all-American, versions of which appear in much of his work. In 2010 New York’s New Victory Theater presented Irwin with the first ever New Victory Arts Award for “bringing the arts to kids and kids to the arts.”
The Don Wilmeth Endowed Lectureship was established in honor of Professor Don Wilmeth and his monumental contribution to the study of theatre at Brown. The lectureship supports an annual lecture series on American theatre. Past visiting lecturers have included Laurence Maslon (2005), Jim Steinmeyer (2007), Christopher Bigsby (2008), Laura Linney (2008), and Lynn Nottage (2010).
This event is supported by Brown University Library and Friends.
Contact: Jennifer Braga | 401-863-6913
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University History: Founding of Brown University
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Brown University traces its origins to 1764 with the granting of the Charter by the Rhode Island General Assembly. The founding was promoted by Reverend Morgan Edwards, moderator of the Philadelphia Baptist Association, in 1762. Under Edward’s leadership, Rhode Island was selected as a likely site, since the colony had been settled by Baptists, was still largely governed by Baptists, and had no college. A representative of the Association, James Manning, visited Newport in July 1763, where he met with “about 15 gentlemen of the same denomination” at the home of Deputy Governor John Gardner. The plan for a college was immediately accepted and in August, 1763, a Charter was presented to the General Assembly in Newport. After postponement, a different charter was presented at subsequent sessions and granted on March 2 and 3, 1764, for the “College or University in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.” James Manning went on to become the first president of Brown University, often referred to as “Rhode Island College” until 1804.
Primary sources:
Rhode Island College miscellaneous papers, MS-1C-1 (contains digitized materials)
James Manning papers, MS-1E-1 (contains digitized materials)
Secondary sources:
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Open Access Week: Learn. Share. Advance. (Oct. 24-30)
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Open Access Week is a global event, now in its 5th year, promoting Open Access as a new norm in scholarship and research. LEARN MORE at openaccessweek.org
A Very Brief Introduction to Open Access
by Peter Suber
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/brief.htm
Open-access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. What makes it possible is the internet and the consent of the author or copyright-holder.OA is entirely compatible with peer review, and all the major OA initiatives for scientific and scholarly literature insist on its importance. Just as authors of journal articles donate their labor, so do most journal editors and referees participating in peer review.
OA literature is not free to produce, even if it is less expensive to produce than conventionally published literature. The question is not whether scholarly literature can be made costless, but whether there are better ways to pay the bills than by charging readers and creating access barriers. Business models for paying the bills depend on how OA is delivered.
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