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The John Nicholas Brown Center for the Study of American
Civilization is Brown University's center for the public humanities.
We support students and faculty who connect the public to history,
art, and culture, and we sponsor programs that consider the ways
in which the humanities enrich everyday life.
The John Nicholas Brown Center is located in the historic Nightingale-Brown
House on the Brown University campus, at 357 Benefit Street.
It was created following the death of John
Nicholas Brown in 1979, when his widow and children established
an educational foundation in his memory to encourage study and
original research in American art, history, architecture, and
historic preservation. In 1995 the Center became a part of Brown
University.
Coming Soon
June 9–11, 2008:
Archaeologies of memory in the global south: uncovering and displaying the remembered and unremembered past
A seminar for the rising generation of scholars, curators, and activists
View the call for proposals to participate in this seminar series.
Happening Now
April 9 – May 23, 2008:
Let’s Talk About Sex!
Students in the public humanities program present a new exhibit centered on the places and spaces of sexual education. Beyond the Birds and the Bees: Sexual Education in the 20th Century runs from April 9 – May 23, 2008 at the John Nicholas Brown Center.
December 11, 2007 – May 30, 2008:
From A.A. to Zouave: Collections at Brown
From A.A. to Zouave: Collections at Brown is an exhibition honoring the treasures of Brown University’s collections. From the coffee pot that launched a thousand Alcoholics Anonymous meetings to a hand-knit cap from a Civil War Zouave regiment, see what Brown’s libraries, museums, and galleries have to offer. Free and open to the public.
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