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Dissertation Writing Retreat January 9-13 from the Writing Center, Graduate...

Advanced PhD students are invited to apply now to participate in a Dissertation Writing Retreat in January 2017. The writing-intensive retreat, to be held January 9-13, will provide 16 participants...

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Special Collections | Hubert Jennings Papers on Fernando Pessoa

Hubert Jennings at enlistment for World War I In October 2015, Christopher Jennings and Bridget Winstanley, son and daughter of British and South African scholar Hubert Dudley Jennings, donated their...

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The Gregory Corso Papers – the unpublished poetry of a Beat poet

Gregory Corso in a hotel room, circa 1983 The Gregory Corso papers, a collection of unpublished poetry, writings, photographs and original oil paintings, are now available for research at the John Hay...

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Event | Pizza Nights

It’s that time of year! Pizza Nights are here! Every semester the Library hosts two nights of pizza to fortify your studying. The first (Tuesday) night will be in the Sciences Library. The next night...

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2016 Library Innovation Prize | The Winning Game and More

Emma Gleeman ’15 describing her winning game, “Ruckus at the Rock” The Library is pleased to announce that Emma Gleeman ‘15 is the winner of this year’s Library Innovation Prize. This year, the Prize...

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Exhibit | Works from Architectures of Islam & Architectures and Urbanism of...

The architecture models displayed in the Rockefeller Library’s Finn Reading Room cases were created by students in Professor Sheila Bonde’s lecture course “Architectures of Islam” and in Professor...

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Talk and Workshop | Zines and Radical Librarianship with Jenna Freedman

On Thursday, February 2, 2017 from 3:30 – 5 p.m. in the Digital Scholarship Lab at the Rockefeller Library, Jenna Freedman, Associate Director of Communications and Zine Librarian at Barnard College,...

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Event | THE HOLOCAUST: HISTORY AND AFTERMATH with Roger Brooks

On Friday, March 17, 2017 at noon in the Digital Scholarship Lab of the Rockefeller Library, Roger Brooks, President and CEO of Facing History and Ourselves, will give a talk as part of the Library’s...

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Nathaniel Philbrick to Receive Library’s Harris Collection Literary Award

Nathaniel Philbrick On Thursday, March 2, 2017 at 7 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching, the Brown University Library and Friends of the Library will present the Harris Collection Literary Award to...

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Event | Omer Bartov Discusses “The Voice of Your Brother’s Blood: Buczacz,...

Omer Bartov, John P. Birkelund Distinguished Professor of European History and Professor of History and Professor of German Studies On Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at 6:30 p.m. in the Digital Scholarship...

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Event | Matthew Gold and Douglas Armato Discuss “The Future of Scholarly...

On Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at 12 p.m. in the Digital Scholarship Lab at the Rockefeller Library, Matthew K. Gold and Douglas Armato will speak as part of the Library’s Mellon-funded “The Future of...

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Special Collections | Hubert Jennings Papers on Fernando Pessoa

Hubert Jennings at enlistment for World War I In October 2015, Christopher Jennings and Bridget Winstanley, son and daughter of British and South African scholar Hubert Dudley Jennings, donated their...

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The Gregory Corso Papers – the unpublished poetry of a Beat poet

Gregory Corso in a hotel room, circa 1983 The Gregory Corso papers, a collection of unpublished poetry, writings, photographs and original oil paintings, are now available for research at the John Hay...

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Event | Pizza Nights

It’s that time of year! Pizza Nights are here! Every semester the Library hosts two nights of pizza to fortify your studying. The first (Tuesday) night will be in the Sciences Library. The next night...

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2016 Library Innovation Prize | The Winning Game and More

Emma Gleeman ’15 describing her winning game, “Ruckus at the Rock” The Library is pleased to announce that Emma Gleeman ‘15 is the winner of this year’s Library Innovation Prize. This year, the Prize...

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Exhibit | Works from Contemporary Architecture: A Course with Professor...

  The works displayed in this exhibit were created by students in Professor Dietrich Neumann’s lecture course, “Contemporary Architecture,” which surveys stylistic, technological, and theoretical...

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Special Collections Reading Room Closing Early June 22nd

The Special Collections Reading Room of the John Hay Library will close at 3pm on Wednesday June 22nd. Library services will resume at 10am on Thursday June 23rd.

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Exhibit | WWII Japanese Incarceration Swing Bands

WWII Japanese Incarceration Swing Bands shines a light on the 75th Anniversary of the Japanese American Incarceration. On February 19th, 1942, President Roosevelt bowed to racist, anti-Japanese...

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Alumni Resources Currently Unavailable

Due to the changeover to the new Alumni/Giving website, Library eresources for Alumni are currently unavailable. We are working to fix the problems and hope to have the eresources up and running by the...

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Events | Bamboula! Black Music Before the Blues with John Davis

On March 14, 2017, the Brown University Library will host three events related to the exhibition entitled, Bamboula! Black Music Before the Blues, conceived and curated by Brown graduate, pianist John...

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