Programs & Events

Fall 2009

Date & Time	Program or Event	Location
9/4 12 - 1:30 p.m.	Beyond the Text: Original Sources and Multi-Media Stephen Railton, Professor of American Literature, U.Va. Join us for the first of a new brown-bag lunch and conversation series entitled ORIGINAL SOURCES.	Byrd Seminar Room, 3rd floor
9/18 12 - 1:30 p.m.	Reading Other People's Mail: Letters as Primary Sources. An ORIGINAL SOURCES event. Jean Bauer, Graduate Student, History, U.Va.	Byrd Seminar Room, 3rd floor
10/2 12 - 1:30 p.m.	When the Original is Ephemeral: The World's Fairs in Italy Project. An ORIGINAL SOURCES event. Cristina Della Coletta, Professor of Italian, U.Va.	Byrd Seminar Room, 3rd floor
10/14	Exhibit Opening On the Origin of Species at 150: The Evolution of an Idea (through January 11, 2010)	Special Collections, 1st floor
10/17 12 - 1 p.m.	Guided Tour (U.Va. Family Weekend) From Village to Grounds: Architecture after Jefferson at the University of Virginia	Main Gallery, 2nd (entry) floor
10/23 12 - 1:30 p.m.	Secret Sounds: Hidden Music Sources in U.Va.'s Special Collections Bonnie Gordon, Associate Professor of Music A brown-bag lunch and conversation event, part of the series, ORIGINAL SOURCES.	Byrd Seminar Room, 3rd floor
10/29 - 30	NAACP at 100 The Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies sponsors a celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the NAACP. Scholars, as well as branch presidents of the NAACP, will be in attendance. Chairman Julian Bond will deliver the keynote address, and President Benjamin Jealous will make a brief presentation.	Auditorium, 1st floor
11/6 12 - 1:30 p.m.	Periodical Cartoons and Questions about Natural Knowledge Benjamin Cohen, Assistant Professor of Science, Technology, and Society, U.Va. A brown-bag lunch and conversation event, part of the series, ORIGINAL SOURCES.	Byrd Seminar Room, 3rd floor
11/10 12 p.m.	A U.Va. Community Briefing "From Village to Grounds: The Changing University Landscape" Richard Guy Wilson, Commonwealth Professor of Architectural History "U.Va.'s New Grounds Plan: Sustaining Jefferson's Intent" David Neuman, Architect for the University After the briefing, guests will be invited to tour the related exhibitions at the U.Va. Art Museum and the U.Va. Library Organized by U.Va.'s Community Relations Office	Newcomb Hall Ballroom
11/13 12 - 1:30 p.m.	Secrets, Secrets: Finding Sources on Private Corporations Bart Elmore, Graduate Student, History, U.Va. A brown-bag lunch and conversation event, part of the series, ORIGINAL SOURCES.	Byrd Seminar Room, 3rd floor
11/16 3 - 4:30 p.m.	Actor Richard Dreyfuss on "The Importance of Teaching Civics" A collaborative event with the Miller Center Forum. Undergraduates are encouraged to attend! Pizza will be provided.	Auditorium, 1st Floor
11/19 7 p.m.	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 Institute	Auditorium, 1st floor
11/20 12 - 1:30 p.m.	Mapping History Max Edelson, Associate Professor, Department of History Co-sponsored by Documents Compass of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities	Byrd Seminar Room, 3rd floor
11/21	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.	Auditorium, 1st floor
12/3 5:30 p.m.	Wendell Berry on "Simple Solutions, Package Deals, and a Fifty-Year Farm Bill" (Brown College Visiting Environmental Writers and Scholars Series) Sponsored by the Brown Residential College, Hereford Residential College, The Bridge Progressive Arts Initiative, and the Harrison Institute	Auditorium, 1st Floor