Event |“Whither the Scholarly Monograph” with Laura Mandell
The Library and the Cogut Center for the Humanities are pleased to welcome Laura Mandell, Professor of English and Director of the Initiative for Digital Humanities, Media, and Culture at Texas...
View ArticleEvent |“Raising the Impact of Research and Education through Openness” with...
As part of our celebration of International Open Access Week, the Brown University Library is pleased to welcome Nick Shockey, who will deliver a talk entitled, “Raising the Impact of Research and...
View ArticleEvent |“Space, Place, and the Humanities: The Emergence of the GeoHumanities”...
The Brown University Library is proud to be a co-sponsor of the Spacial Humanities Lecture Series, along with Spacial Structures in the Social Sciences (S4) and the M. B. Mandeville Lectureship Fund....
View ArticleEvent | Publishers Address the Academic Book of the Future
Brown University is pleased to participate in an international, multi-centered conversation regarding the future of the academic monograph to be held during Academic Book Week, November 9-16, 2015....
View ArticleExhibit |“Trash of the Veriest Sort”: Challenges to Adventures of Huckleberry...
Mark Twain published Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in the United States in 1885 to mostly — but not entirely — favorable reviews. While the nature of the criticism has changed, there has always been...
View ArticleRecap: International Workshop-Forum on China’s Publishing Soft Power
Photo by Ben Tyler On Friday, August 14, 2015, the Brown University Library hosted a workshop and forum about China’s Publishing Soft Power. Below is a list of the presentations. Opening Speech:...
View ArticleEvent |“What If We Design a Digital Edition and Invite Everyone?: Infinite...
The Library and the Cogut Center for the Humanities are pleased to welcome Amanda Visconti, Digital Humanities Specialist and Assistant Professor in the Libraries at Purdue University, who will present...
View ArticleEvent | Carberry Day, Carberry Talk, Carberry Dinner, Carberry Cookies,...
Each Friday the 13th and February 29th, Professor Josiah S. Carberry celebrates his birthday, and the Brown University Library celebrates with him. On Friday, November 13 at 4 p.m. in the Digital...
View ArticleOpportunity | Undergraduate Prize for Excellence in Library Research
Beatrice Senocak ’15 receives the 2015 Undergraduate Prize for Excellence in Library Research Are you an undergraduate who is working on an interesting research project? Consider submitting it to this...
View ArticleEvent | The Spatial History Project at Stanford University with Erik Steiner
The Brown University Library is proud to be a co-sponsor of the Spacial Humanities Lecture Series, along with Spacial Structures in the Social Sciences (S4) and the M. B. Mandeville Lectureship Fund....
View ArticleConstruction at the Rock | Normal Operations, New Café Location
The Rock is undergoing several projects to update key spaces and improve the Library’s overall functionality and safety. All core services and operations will proceed as normal during all phases of the...
View ArticleExtended Hours through Exams
The Library is extending its hours of operation through exam period to accommodate student study needs. The Rock: Opens 8 a.m. on Monday, December 7 Open 24 hours a day until closing at 9 p.m. on...
View ArticleExhibit | Christmas Seals
The Brown University Library is celebrating the holiday season with an exhibit of Christmas Seals, installed in three cases in the Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection Gallery at the John Hay...
View ArticleEvent | Pizza Nights
They’re baaaaaack…. Pizza Nights! Every semester the Library hosts two nights of pizza to fortify your studying. The first (Wednesday) night will be in the Sciences Library. The next night (Thursday)...
View ArticleLibrary Hours and Closures During Winter Break
All campus libraries will be closed effective Wednesday, December 23 at 5 p.m. The John Hay Library will be open 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.on Monday, December 28, Tuesday, December 29, and Wednesday, December...
View ArticleExhibit | Vestiges of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Thomas Clarkson, History of the Rise, Progress & Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade, by the British Parliament (Philadelphia: James P. Parke, 1808), First American Edition,...
View ArticleWhat to Expect in the Digital Studio
Scheduled to open in February, the Rockefeller Library’s Digital Studio will offer flexible work stations, 3D modelling equipment, and an audio/video recording suite. As University Librarian Harriette...
View ArticleWilmeth Lecture & Exhibit |“Actors and Other Monsters: Graphic Satire As...
“Crowding to the Pit,” print by Theodore Lane, 1821 (after Robert Dighton). On Monday, March 21, 2016 at 7 p.m. at the John Hay Library, Joseph Roach, the Sterling Professor of Theater at Yale...
View ArticleExhibit | Works from Modern Architecture: A Course with Professor Dietrich...
The works displayed in this exhibit were created by students in Professor Dietrich Neumann’s lecture course, “Modern Architecture,” which surveys the “classic” period of European and American modern...
View ArticleEvent | Celebrate the New Sidney E. Frank Digital Studio with Open Studios
Join the Brown University Library for “Open Studios” on Friday, March 11, 2016, to celebrate the opening of the new Sidney E. Frank Digital Studio, located on the first floor of the John D....
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