Calendar
February 8, 2012 (Wednesday)
Lunch at 12 noon. Talk begins at 12:30 p.m.
FELLOWS LUNCH
BROWN|RISD HILLEL
80 BROWN STREET
Ken Ward, John Carter Brown Library. Maury Bromsen Curator of Latin American Books. "Conjectures on the Origins of Printing in Puebla."
February 11, 2012 (Saturday)
WATTS | HISTORY OF THE BOOK 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
STUDIO VISIT (Undergraduate only)
Assemble first at the RISD Design Center
30 NORTH MAIN STREET
Dan Wood, DWRI Letterpress, Printmaker. Touring Dan's studio is a magical adventure in the history and wonder of printing. Limit 16 undergraduates.
February 13, 2012 (Monday)
Galletti Lecture 5:30 p.m.
LECTURE
MACMILLAN READING ROOM
JOHN CARTER BROWN LIBRARY
Charles C. Mann, journalist and author of 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created, will talk about his book. This evening will also honor Alfred W. Crosby, author of the seminal 1972 work, The Columbian Exchange.
February 15, 2012 (Wednesday)
Lunch at 12 noon. Talk begins at 12:30 p.m.
FELLOWS LUNCH
BROWN|RISD HILLEL
80 BROWN STREET
Robert Geake, Brown University. "Early Rhode Island Ordinaries and Houses of Publick Entertainment."
February 22, 2012 (Wednesday)
Lunch at 12 noon. Talk begins at 12:30 p.m.
FELLOWS LUNCH
BROWN|RISD HILLEL
80 BROWN STREET
Jordana Dym, Skidmore College, National Endowment for the Humanities, and David Geggus, University of Florida, InterAmericas Fellow, funded by The Reed Foundation. "Declaring Independence in the Revolutionary Atlantic: Haiti and Central America."
February 25, 2012 (Saturday)
WATTS | HISTORY OF THE BOOK 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
LIBRARY VISIT (Undergraduate only)
PROVIDENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY, Special Collections
150 EMPIRE STREET
Jordan Goffin, Librarian. A behind-the-scenes tour of PPL Special Collections. Limit 12 undergraduates.
February 29, 2012 (Wednesday)
Lunch at 12 noon. Talk begins at 12:30 p.m.
FELLOWS LUNCH
BROWN|RISD HILLEL
80 BROWN STREET
Christian Hausser,Universidad de Talca, CHILE, Center for New World Comparative Studies Fellow. "Latin American Independence and the formation of imperial states: Brazil and Mexico."
March 15, 2012 (Thursday)
WATTS | HISTORY OF THE BOOK 6 p.m.
LECTURE
MACMILLAN READING ROOM
JOHN CARTER BROWN LIBRARY
Angela Lorenz, an American artist who has been living and producing artist's books in Bologna, Italy, since 1989. "On the Making of Artist's Books."
April 5, 2012 (Thursday)
WATTS | HISTORY OF THE BOOK 6 p.m.
LECTURE
MACMILLAN READING ROOM
JOHN CARTER BROWN LIBRARY
Will Noel, Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, The Walters Art Museum. "The Archimedes Palimpsest." |
