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Summer 2012

The 2012 RBS Summer Lecture Series

4 June
Jeff Peachey
Conservator and Maker of Conservation Tools

6 June
Sören Edgren
East Asian Studies Department, Princeton University

11 June
Ed Hirschland
President, The Landhardt Corporation

13 June
Anne-Marie Eze
Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow, Courtauld Institute of Art

2 July
Johan Kugelberg
Author/Curator/Archivist

16 July
Stuart Bennett
Owner, Stuart Bennett Rare Books

18 July
Sue Gosin
Co-founder of Dieu Donné Press & Paper

23 July
Matthew Carter
Type Designer and 2010 MacArthur Fellow

25 July
Ezra Greenspan
Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Chair in Humanities, Brown University

Location: Auditorium of the Harrison Institute/Small Special Collections Library

Spring 2012

Virginia Festival of the Book Events, March 21 - 25

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Poetry: Laurels and Laureates
4:00 PM, Auditorium
Reading with John Casteen (For the Mountain Laurel), Virginia Poet Laureate Kelly Cherry (Hazard and Prospect), and Paul Guest (My Index of Slightly Horrifying Knowledge).
Featuring: Carolyn Cades (moderator), John Casteen, Kelly Cherry, Paul Guest

Poetry: A Reading with Homero Aridjis
8:00 PM, Auditorium
Homero Aridjis, Mexican journalist and poet, reads from his work in Spanish. Rita Dove reads translations.
Hosted by U.Va. Department of English.
Featuring: Homero Aridjis, Rita Dove (moderator)

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Explorers Who Changed Our Understanding of the World
10:00 AM, Auditorium
Ivor Noel Hume (Belzoni: The Giant Archaeologists Love to Hate) and Larrie Ferreiro (Measure of the Earth: The Enlightenment Expedition that Reshaped Our World).
Featuring: Larrie D. Ferreiro, Ivor Noel Hume, Joel Kovarsky (moderator)

Shakespeare Censored: What We Might Learn
2:00 PM, Auditorium
This talk begins with the Spanish Inquisition and is rich with historical and modern examples, leading to conclusions about what censorship means for the history of reading--and for our understanding of the power of the printed page today.
Hosted by Rare Book School, UVA.
Featuring: Barbara Heritage (moderator), Michael F. Suarez

The Many Faces of American Slavery
4:00 PM, Auditorium
Bruce Carveth (Crusade Against Slavery), Kevin Lowther (The African American Odyssey of John Kizell), Michael Plunkett and Edward Gaynor (Rambles of a Runaway from Southern Slavery), and Elizabeth Taylor (A Slave in the White House).
Featuring: Bruce G. Carveth, Edward Gaynor, Kevin G. Lowther, Michael Francis Plunkett, Elizabeth Dowling Taylor, Brendan Wolfe (moderator)

The Education of Andy Warhol
6:00 PM, Auditorium
Andy Warhol was the last of the major Pop artists to appear. He didn't invent Pop; Pop had already happened. Louis Menand discusses why Warhol took so long to emerge as an important artist, and why his work is distinctive and historically important.
Sponsored by Gladys S. Blizzard Lecture and U.Va. Institute of the Humanities and Global Cultures.
Featuring: Matthew Affron (moderator), Michael Levenson (moderator), Louis Menand

Fiction: Harbach, Henderson, Preston--Highly Recommended!
8:00 PM, Auditorium
Chad Harbach (The Art of Fielding), Eleanor Henderson (Ten Thousand Saints), and Caroline Preston (The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt) read from and discuss their notable books.
Featuring: Chad Harbach, Eleanor Henderson, Caroline Preston, Christopher Tilghman (moderator)

Friday, March 23, 2012

Science: What We Know vs. What We Think We Know
10:00 AM, Auditorium
Cedar Reiner (Brainworks: The Mind-Bending Science of How You See, What You Think, and Who You Are) and Edmund Russell (Evolutionary History: Uniting History and Biology to Understand Life on Earth) discuss their work on perception in the body and in the world of science.
Featuring: Cedar Riener, Edmund Russell, Michael Sims (moderator)

Innovation and the Internet of Things
12:00 PM, Auditorium
Kevin T. McDonald (Above the Clouds: Managing Risk in the World of Cloud Computing) and Jean and Sean Westcott (The Complete Idiot's Guide to Electronics 101) explore how new technology creates new possibilities.
Featuring: Kevin T. McDonald, Trey Mitchell (moderator), Jean Riescher Westcott, Sean Westcott

Memoirs: Artists at Home and Abroad
2:00 PM, Auditorium
Gary Geddes (Drink the Bitter Root: A Writer's Search for Justice and Redemption in Africa), Gordon Ball (East Hill Farm: Seasons with Allen Ginsberg), and Susan Gardner (Drawing the Line).
Featuring: Gordon Ball, Robert Earle (moderator), Susan Gardner, Gary Geddes

Bibliographical Society: From the Middle Ages to T.S. Eliot
4:00 PM, Auditorium
Bibliographical presentations by U.Va. graduate students Tess Goodman (mid-nineteenth-century publishers' bindings and the books' contents), Margaret Marshall (an investigation of the first edition of Eliot's The Waste Land) and Christine Schott (a digital presentation of medieval annotations).
Hosted by Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia.

Poetry: An Evening with Nikki Giovanni, Nikky Finney, and Kwame Alexander
8:00 PM, Auditorium
Readings by Nikki Giovanni (Bicycles: Love Poems), Nikky Finney (Head Off & Split), and Kwame Alexander (Crush: Love Poems).
Sponsored by Miller School of Albemarle.
Featuring: Kwame Alexander, Nikky Finney, Nikki Giovanni, Robert Vaughan (moderator)

Fall 2011

Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Explorations on Black History
Interview with Julian Bond and Bill T. Jones
Auditorium

In an exclusive interview with Bill T. Jones, artist in residence at the University of Virginia, Julian Bond will discuss African-American leadership, American culture, and leadership in the arts. This event is open to the public; however, participants must arrive by 9:45 a.m. and departures are not permitted until the end of the interview at 11:30 a.m.
Website

Wednesday, October 19, 2011
4 p.m. , Auditorium
A Conversation with Senator Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.
A conversation with Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., on "Controversy and Leadership: The Senatorial Papers and Oral History Project of Lowell P. Weicker, Jr."
Auditorium
The program includes a preview of the oral history website that will be available in 2012. The Senator's papers will be available to researchers October 20. The archive chronicles Senator Weicker's work during the Watergate hearings and his efforts in support of the National Institutes of Health, disabilities laws, constitutional rights, small business, and anti-apartheid legislations.

The event will be followed by a reception, and is free and open to the public.

Spring 2011

Friday, January 28
Cossacks, Coasts, and Cucumbers: Introducing Russia to American K-12 Teachers
Kelly Miller, Head of Programs, Harrison Institute, and Lecturer, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
12 p.m. – 1 p.m.
Byrd/Morris Seminar Room
Sponsored by the U.Va. Library Travelogue Series and Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures

Monday, February 7
Dexter Palmer reads from his debut novel, The Dream of Perpetual Motion (St. Martin’s Press/Picador, 2010)
7 p.m. - 8:15 p.m.
Auditorium
Sponsored by the Harrison Institute, Scholars' Lab, and U.Va. Department of English and Creative Writing MFA Program

Virginia Festival of the Book Events, March 16 - 18

Wednesday, March 16, 2 p.m., Auditorium
The Future of the Book in a Digital World
UVa Rare Book School Director Michael Suarez, S.J., asks, "What are books for in the digital age?" His answers come from art history, medical education, museum studies, and literary history.
Hosted by Rare Book School

Wednesday, March 16, 4 p.m., Auditorium
Maryse Conde: Itinerary of a Caribbean Woman Writer
French Caribbean writer Maryse Conde, author of the novels Victoire: My Mother's Mother and Segu, as well as sixteen other books, speaks in English about her writing.
Hosted by Department of French, UVa.
Sponsored by College of Arts & Sciences, Dept. of French, UVa.

Thursday, March 17th, 2 p.m., Auditorium
The Other Voice: French Women Writers of the Renaissance and Reformation
How can we hear the suppressed voices of women writing 450 years ago? Their editors and translators introduce three authors from the remarkable Other Voice in Early Modern Europe series: Pernette Du Guillet, Louise Labe, and Marie Dentiere.

Thursday, March 17th, 6 p.m., Auditorium
Daniel Mendelsohn: Cavafy at the Margins: Geography, History, Desire
Author, critic, essayist and translator Daniel Mendelsohn (The Lost; How Beautiful It Is and How Easily It Can Be Broken) speaks on "Cavafy at the Margins: Geography, History, Desire."

Thursday, March 17th, 8 p.m., *U.Va. Culbreth Theatre*
Headliner: New Fiction from Alan Cheuse, Mark Childress, Myla Goldberg, and Jaimy Gordon
Featuring Mark Childress (Georgia Bottoms), Myla Goldberg (The False Friend), Alan Cheuse (Song of Slaves in the Desert), and Jaimy Gordon (Lord of Misrule).

Friday, March 18th, 10 a.m., Auditorium
Mapping the World: Past, Present and Future
Carl Mehler, Director of Maps for the Book Publishing Group of the National Geographic Society will give a brief history of maps, different kinds of maps, how they are used, different styles and the transition and evolving nature of digital maps.

Friday, March 18th, 12 p.m., Auditorium
Classical Wars of Greece and Rome
J. E. Lendon (Song of Wrath: The Peloponnesian War Begins), Jenny Strauss Clay (Homer's Trojan Theater), and Robert O'Connell (The Ghosts of Cannae: Hannibal and the Darkest Hour of the Roman Republic).

Friday, March 18th, 4 p.m., Auditorium
Rare, Unique, and Special: Current Highpoints and Future Directions for Special Collections @ the U.Va. Library
Nicole Bouché, Director of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, will highlight recent collecting and discuss future directions for special collections at the University of Virginia Library.
Hosted by the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia

Friday, March 25, 2 p.m. Byrd/Morris Seminar Room
Created Equal: How a Polish General Tried to Liberate Thomas Jefferson's Slaves
Dariusz Tolczyk, Associate Professor, U.Va. Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Byrd/Morris Seminar Room
An "Original Sources" program sponsored by the Harrison Institute, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, and Office of the Vice Provost of International Programs.

Monday - Wednesday, April 4 - 6
The Thomas Jefferson Foundation Distinguished Lecture Series
Annette Gordon-Reed on “Writing the Life of Thomas Jefferson”
Auditorium
Sponsored by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation and the University of Virginia

Lecture 1: Monday, April 4, 7 p.m., “Writing the Life of Thomas Jefferson”
Lecture 2: Tuesday, April 5, 4 p.m., “Revisiting Malone’s Jefferson the Virginian”
Lecture 3: Wednesday, April 6, 4 p.m., “Revisiting Malone’s The Sage of Monticello”

Thursday, April 7
Discussion of On the Maltese Falcon led by Peter Baker, Professor, U.Va. Department of English
Jefferson-Madison Regional Library "Big Read" Program
7 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Byrd/Morris Seminar Room
Sponsored by the Harrison Institute, Jefferson-Madison Regional Library, and U.Va. Department of English

Saturday, April 9
Carter G. Woodson Institute 30th Anniversary: African-American and African Studies at Work in the World
Panel Presentation: Documenting the Civil Rights Movement: New Research Opportunities
9:45 a.m.

Moderated by Kelly Miller, Harrison Institute, U.Va. Library

“Black Arts and Civil Rights: New Research Opportunities at the Amistad Research Center”
Laura Thomson
Director of Processing
Amistad Research Center

“Eateries, Educators, and Executives: Documenting Civil Rights Intellectual” History
Cheryl Oestreicher
Project Archivist, Andrew J. Young Papers and NAACP-Atlanta Branch Records
Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History

“Unsung and Unseen: Documenting the Foot Soldiers of the Civil Rights Movement”
Sarah Quigley
Project Archivist
Southern Christian Leadership Conference records
Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library
Emory University

“From SNCC to Pop Icon: Exploring Student Use of the Julian Bond Papers”
Petrina Jackson
Head of Instruction and Outreach
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia

Tuesday, April 19
Anne Spencer’s World of Poetry and Gardening: A Presentation by Shaun
Spencer-Hester
Historic Garden Week
2 p.m. , Auditorium

Wednesday, April 20
The MOST of Special Collections: Wolfe Undergraduate Docent Program
5 - 7 p.m., Auditorium
Sponsored by the Harrison Institute, Small Special Collections Library, and the Library's Preservation Program as prelude to National Preservation Week in May

Friday, April 22
Anya Ulinich on her Novel Petropolis (2007):  Writing the Immigrant Experience
2 p.m. , Byrd/Morris Seminar Room
Sponsored by the Harrison Institute and U.Va. Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures

 

Fall 2010

Making History Strange: Holding the Dragon's Tail
Canadian Poet and Writer, Gary Geddes, on terracotta warriors and the 12th-century Chinese scroll painting, Spring Festival along the River.  A facsimile of the painting may be viewed in the U.Va. Library’s newest exhibition, “Global Collections at the U.Va. Library: Engaging the World.”
Friday, October 8, 2010, 12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Byrd Seminar Room
An "Original Sources" program sponsored by the the East Asia Center, Office of the Vice Provost of International Programs, and the U.Va. Library.

Kwaidan (1964): A Film Showing
2010 Japan Film Festival
Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 7 p.m., Newcomb Hall Theatre
Works by Lafcadio Hearn, the author of the book on which the film is based, are currently on view in the "Global Collections" exhibition at the U.Va. Library.

"Global Collections at the U.Va. Library: Engaging the World"
Exhibition Open House with the Curators
Wednesday, October 20, 2010 , 5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Auditorium & Main Gallery

The Good Earth (1937): A Film Showing  
23rd Virginia Film Festival (2010)
Friday, November 5 , 6:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Auditorium
Directed by Sidney Franklin and starring Paul Muni and Luise Rainer, The Good Earth (1937) is an Academy award-winning film about the life of a Chinese peasant family. It is based on the eponymous bestselling 1931 novel by American author and West Virginia native, Pearl S. Buck.  A first edition of the novel – with a signed inscription by the author – will be on display in the Library’s newest exhibition, “Global Collections: Engaging the World.”  (The film runs 138 mins.)

South Asian Original Sources in Special Collections
Daniel Ehnbom
Friday, November 12 , 12 – 1 p.m.
Byrd Seminar Room
An "Original Sources" program sponsored by the Office of the Vice Provost of International Programs and the U.Va. Library.  Highlights of South Asian art and literature in Special Collections are on display in the Library’s newest exhibition, “Global Collections at the U.Va. Library: Engaging the World.”

Looking for Lady Justice: Researching the Rhetoric of Female Figures in Nineteenth-Century America
Melissa Lingle-Martin, U.Va. Taylor Fellow in American Literature
Tuesday, November 30 , 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Byrd Seminar Room
An "Original Sources" program sponsored by the U.Va. Library

The State of Postcolonial Studies
New Literary History Mini-Conference
Friday, December 3, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
See program
Auditorium

Spring 2010

Discovering Mark Twain in Special Collections
A gallery talk followed by an “Original Sources” discussion. Presented by U.Va. English graduate students: Jenny Braun, Jean Franzino, Lisa McGunigal, and Kenny Williams. In conjunction with the exhibit, “The Making of Mark Twain and American Culture: A Commemoration of the Centennial of His Death."
Friday, 1/29, 12 p.m.
Lower Gallery (1st Floor), followed by a discussion in the Byrd Seminar Room (3rd Floor)

What Happened to Jefferson’s Legacy?
A gallery talk by Richard Guy Wilson, Commonwealth Professor Of Architctural History. In conjunction with the exhibition: “From Village to Grounds: Architecture After Jefferson at the University of Virginia”
Wednesday, 2/10, 1:30 p.m.
Main Gallery

Big Read - Small Town
Join local residents and U.Va. students and faculty to hear Dr. Deborah E. McDowell, Director of the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies, discuss the book, A Lesson Before Dying, by Ernest Gaines. For more information, see:
http://www.virginiafoundation.org/bookcenter/bigread/index.html
Wednesday, 2/17 5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Auditorium (1st Floor)

The Flowerdew Hundred Collection at the University of Virginia
An “Original Sources” presentation by Flowerdew Hundred Curator Karen Shriver and undergraduate students, Rebecca Grist and Hayden Bassett.
Friday, 2/19, 12:00 p.m.
Byrd Seminar Room (3rd Floor)

Literary Editions: A View from NINES
A presentation by Andrew Stauffer, Associate Professor, Department of English. An Electronic Editors meeting co-sponsored by Documents Compass of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities.
Friday, 2/26
12:00 p.m.
Byrd Seminar Room (3rd Floor)

Virginia Festival of the Book
The Harrison Institute/ Small Special Collections Library is one of the venues for this annual festival. Go directly to the Festival website for more information: www.vabook.org
3/17 - 21
Auditorium (1st Floor)

Online Humanities Scholarship: The Shape of Things to Come (A Mellon Foundation Conference at the University of Virginia)
Friday – Sunday, 3/26 - 28
Auditorium (1st Floor)

Building on Jefferson’s Foundation
A gallery talk by Garth Anderson, Resource Center Manager, U.Va. Facilities Management. In conjunction with the exhibition: “From Village to Grounds: Architecture After Jefferson at the University of Virginia.”
Wednesday, 3/31
1:30 p.m.
Main Gallery

Colloquium: Digital Encyclopédie
An interdisciplinary colloquium on recent research on one of the most prominent works of the French Enlightenment, Diderot and d'Alembert's Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, known as the Encyclopédie. Researchers and graduate students will discuss the text, especially in its digitized format created by the ARTFL database of the University of Chicago.
Sponsored by the Department of French with the generous support of the René Müller Endowment and the Page-Barbour Lecture Endowment.
Friday, 4/2-3
Auditorium (1st Floor)

Keeping it Original: Selection and Decision-Making as Part of Conservation Treatment
An "Original Sources" presentation by Eliza Gilligan, Conservator for the University of Virginia Library.
Wednesday, 4/7
2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Byrd Seminar Room (3rd Floor)

New Literary History: Symposium on “The State of American Studies”
The Symposium is sponsored by the journal, New Literary History, which publishes essays on topics of theoretical significance within and beyond literary studies. New Literary History is published by Johns Hopkins University Press.
Friday, 4/9
Auditorium (1st Floor)

Müller Colloquium (French Department):
" 'When Freedom Returns . . .' ": Exile for Victor Hugo and Other Engagé Writers"
Sponsored by the Page-Barbour Lecture Endowment; Departments of French; Spanish, Italian & Portuguese; History; and Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages & Cultures.
Thursday, 4/15 - Saturday, 4/17
Byrd Seminar Room (3rd Floor)

Historic Garden Week of Virginia: “Pavilion X: Inside and Out”
Brief presentations by Brian Hogg, the University’s Senior Preservation Planner, and Mary Hughes, the University’s Landscape Architect, on the recent restoration of Pavilion X and the current restoration of its garden. During the day, the PBS Documentary Film Showing: "The Garden as Classroom, Thomas Jefferson's Academical Village in Charlottesville, Virginia" will be shown continuously in the auditorium. The film is a coproduction by Reuben M. Rainey, William Stone Weedon Professor Emeritus, School of Architecture, and Rebecca T. Frischkorn.
Tuesday, 4/20, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Documentary film showing throughout the day. Presentation at 2 p.m.No admission charge.
Auditorium (1st Floor)

Unearthing the Gardens: Researching the University of Virginia Landscape in Special Collections
An "Original Sources" presentation by Lily Bruguiere and Lydia Brandt, graduate students in Architectural History.
Friday, 4/23, 12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Byrd Seminar Room (3rd Floor)

Treasure Trove: Exploring U.Va. History in Special Collections
Come see rare manuscripts, books, photographs, and other fascinating artifacts documenting U.Va. history! This program will be led by Wolfe Undergraduate Docents, Katie Croghan, Natalie Eller, Michelle Rahman, Michelle Rehme, and Alexandra Shaw.
Wed., 4/28, 5 p.m. - 7 p.m., Catered Reception from 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Auditorium (1st Floor)

Symposium: Thomas Jefferson and the Soundscapes of Early America
An interdisciplinary symposium and series of performances based on the collection of music owned by Thomas Jefferson and his children. Scholars and performers will explore music making and soundscapes in 18th-century America. Showcasing the work of U.Va. graduate students in conjunction with scholars of national reputation in an interdisciplinary context follows Jefferson’s own commitment to intellectual interactions among faculty and students.
Sponsored by the University of Virginia Departments of History, English, and Music; American Studies Program; Harrison Institute; College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences; and the Robert H Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies.
Friday, 4/30
Auditorium (1st Floor)

You Travel to Make Sure Something's Still There
Reading by acclaimed Polish writer Andrzej Stasiuk on his first visit to the United States. Stasiuk will read from his work in Polish and in English translation, and he will also discuss his work in the context of present-day Poland and Central and Eastern Europe.
Co-sponsored by the Center for Russian and East European Studies Polish Studies Fund and the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures.
Tuesday, 5/4 , 3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m., Reception to follow.
Byrd Seminar Room (3rd Floor)

Fall 2009

Beyond the Text: Original Sources and Multi-Media
Stephen Railton, Professor of American Literature, U.Va.
9/4, 12 - 1:30 p.m.
Byrd Seminar Room

Reading Other People's Mail: Letters as Primary Sources
Jean Bauer, Graduate Student, History, U.Va.
9/18, 12 - 1:30 p.m.
Byrd Seminar Room

When the Original is Ephemeral: The World's Fairs in Italy Project
Cristina Della Coletta, Professor of Italian, U.Va.
10/2, 12 - 1:30 p.m.
Byrd Seminar Room

Exhibit Opening: “On the Origin of Species at 150: The Evolution of an Idea”
Reception with Guest Curator Mary Anne Andrei
10/14, 3 p.m.
Lower Gallery

Guded Tour (U.Va. Family Weekend) of Exhibition: “From Village to Grounds: Architecture after Jefferson at the University of Virginia”
10/17, 12 - 1 p.m.
Main Gallery

Secret Sounds: Hidden Music Sources in U.Va.'s Special Collections
Bonnie Gordon, Associate Professor of Music
10/23, 12 - 1:30 p.m.
Byrd Seminar Room

NAACP at 100
The Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies sponsors a celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the NAACP, attended by scholars, as well as branch presidents of the NAACP. Chairman Julian Bond delivered the keynote address, and President Benjamin Jealous made a brief presentation.
10/29 – 30
Auditorium

Periodical Cartoons and Questions about Natural Knowledge
Benjamin Cohen, Assistant Professor of Science, Technology, and Society, U.Va.
11/6, 12 - 1:30 p.m.
Byrd Seminar Room

A U.Va. Community Briefing (Newcomb Hall Ballroom):  "From Village to Grounds: The Changing University Landscape" by Richard Guy Wilson, Commonwealth Professor of Architectural History, and "U.Va.'s New Grounds Plan: Sustaining Jefferson's Intent” by David Neuman, Architect for the University.
Followed by tours of the related exhibitions at the U.Va. Art Museum and the U.Va. Library. Organized by U.Va.'s Community Relations Office.
11/10, 12 p.m.

Secrets, Secrets: Finding Sources on Private Corporations
Bart Elmore, Graduate Student, History, U.Va.
11/13, 12 - 1:30 p.m.
Byrd Seminar Room

Actor Richard Dreyfuss on "The Importance of Teaching Civics”
A collaborative event with the Miller Center Forum.
11/16, 3 - 4:30 p.m.
Auditorium, 1st Floor

Claire Messud, 2009 Rea Visiting Writer, on “Reading Fiction”
Sponsored by the Dungannon Foundation, the University of Virginia's Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, and the Harrison Institut.
11/19, 7 p.m.
Auditorium

Mapping History
Max Edelson, Associate Professor, Department of History
Co-sponsored by Documents Compass of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
11/20, 12 - 1:30 p.m.
Byrd Seminar Room, 3rd floor

Jefferson, Palladio, Art and Architecture at the University of Virginia
An interdisciplinary symposium held in conjunction with the exhibition, "From Village to Grounds: Architecture after Jefferson at the University of Virginia" at the Harrison Institute/Small Special Collections Library.
11/21
Auditorium, 1st floor

Wendell Berry on "Simple Solutions, Package Deals, and a Fifty-Year Farm Bill"
Brown College Visiting Environmental Writers and Scholars Series
12/3, 5:30 p.m.
Sponsored by the Brown Residential College, Hereford Residential College, The Bridge Progressive Arts Initiative, and the Harrison Institute
Auditorium

 

Fall 2008 - Summer 2009

Welcome Reception for UrduFest 2008: A conference devoted to Urdu Literature and hosted by the U.Va. Library's Harrison Institute.
All members of the university community and public are invited!
For more information, please see the full schedule:
http://www.virginia.edu/mesa/UrduFest.html
Friday, September 12
4 p.m., Auditorium of the Harrison Institute / Small Special Collections Library

Lecture by Kimberly Dozier, "Breathing the Fire"
A collaborative event sponsored by the Miller Center Forum and the Mary and David Harrison Institute for American History, Literature, and Culture.
The event is free and open to the public.
Monday, September 29
1:30 p.m., Auditorium of the Harrison Institute / Small Special Collections Library

"New Technologies, Traditional Media and Medieval Saints"
Harrison Common Hour with Amy V. Ogden, Associate Professor, Department of French, University of Virginia
The event is free and open to the public.
Tuesday, October 21
12 p.m. - 1 p.m., Byrd/Morris Seminar Room

Video Presentation by Michael Klare, Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America's Growing Dependency on Imported Petroleum
Followed by live Q & A with the author.
Sponsored jointly by the Miller Center Forum and the Harrison Institute.
The event is free and open to the public.
Wednesday, October 22
1:15 p.m., Auditorium of the Harrison Institute / Small Special Collections Library

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: Celebration and Musical Performance by Black Voices
As part of Black History Month, the University of Virginia Library celebrates the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. with a series of video screenings, exhibit and a musical performance by the Black Voices at 3 p.m. Light refreshments will be served.
1 p.m. - 5 p.m., Monday, January 19, 2009, Auditorium

2009 Presidential Inaugural Event Coverage
You are invited to watch the inaugural festivities with us!
10 a.m. until 5 p.m., Tuesday, January 20, 2009, Auditorium

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration
Panel discussion: "King and Obama: The Dream The Promise, The Fulfillment."
Claudrena Harold (History/University of Virginia)
Andrea Y. Simpson ( Political Science/University of Richmond)
Corey Walker (Africana Studies/Brown University)
Sponsors: Office of African-American Affairs, Office of the Vice President for Diversity and Equity, Carter G. Woodson Institute, University of Virginia Library, and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
4 p.m., Wednesday, January 21, 2009, Auditorium

Conversation with Patrick Oliphant, P. J. O'Rourke and William Dunlap
An event organized in conjunction with the U.Va. Art Museum's current exhibition: Leadership: Oliphant Cartoons and Sculpture from the Bush Years
5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m., Friday, January 23, Auditorium

Faculty Reception at the Harrison Institute/Small Special Collections Library
Carol Hunter  (Associate University Librarian) and Michael Plunkett (Director of Special Collections) will welcome you to the Library and introduce three faculty members who will briefly discuss their use of Special Collections in teaching and research.
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., Friday, January 30th, Auditorium

Barton Gellman: Obama's Inheritance from the Bush-Cheney Years
Video Presentation and Live Q & A
Sponsored jointly by the Miller Center Forum and the Harrison Institute
The event is free and open to the public.
2 p.m. - 3 p.m., Friday, February 6, Auditorium

Lecture: The Place of Their Eyes Were Watching God in the African American Literary Tradition
Lisa Woolfork, English, University of Virginia
Sponsored by The Big Read, a program of the Virginia Center for the Book.
7 p.m., Monday, February 16th, Auditorium

Gallery Talk: T. Catesby Jones: An Art Lover's Book Collection
Matthew Affron, Curator of Modern Art, University of Virginia Art Museum
Associate Professor of Art History, McIntire Department of Art, University of Virginia
In conjunction with the U.Va. Art Museum's current exhibition:
Matisse, Picasso, and Modern Art in Paris: The T. Catesby Jones Collections at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and the University of Virginia Art Museum (January 30 - April 2)
12 p.m. - 1 p.m., Wednesday, February 18, Byrd/Morris Seminar Rooms & Lower Galleries