On March 7th, students and faculty members met in the University Libraries’ Center for Scholarly Communication for an hour of literary karaoke in honor of Women’s History Month. Participants read excerpts from texts written by female authors. Selections included texts published from the seventeenth through the twenty-first century, as well
On March 1st, four Stony Brook University faculty members participated in a panel held at the Libraries in honor of Women’s History Month. The four scholars– Peg Christoff (Asian American Studies), Lisa Diedrich (Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies), Victoria Hesford (Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies), and Tracey Walters (Africana Studies)–
On February 16th the University Libraries hosted the second event in this semester’s Colloquium Series. Two library faculty members presented their current work. Victoria Pilato, Digital Projects Librarian, discussed her recent trip to Nairobi, Kenya as part of a project to digitize the Leakey family papers. Her talk provided
On February 7th, graduate students from the Department of Hispanic Languages & Literature hosted a screening of Nueve Reinas, followed by a discussion. This event is part of a film series to be held at the University Libraries in the Center for Scholarly Communication, on the second floor of the North
On Monday, February 13th, the University Libraries hosted Dr. Zebulon Vance Miletsky, who gave a lecture in honor of Black History Month. Entitled, “Obama, Post-Racialism and the New American Dilemma,” this talk explored the historical antecedents of racial crisis in America, and how the past can be seen to repeat
We are pleased to announce the next event in the Stony Brook University Libraries Colloquium Series. All are welcome to attend. Please mark your calendars and come join the library faculty and staff as we share our current research, initiatives, and professional development activities. Thursday, February 16, 2017 Special
On February 6th, Dr. Abena Ampofoa Asare presented a lecture at the Stony Brook University Libraries in honor of Black History Month. Her talk, “Fear & Angelic Troublemaking,” was a deeply insightful and inspiring treatment of key issues surrounding the Black Lives Matter movement. Dr. Asare stimulated discussion by placing
In honor of Black History Month, the University Libraries will hold two events showcasing the research of Stony Brook University faculty members. Please join us for a talk by Dr. Abena Ampofoa Asare on February 6th at 2:00 in the Special Collections Seminar Room, on the 2nd floor of Melville
Yesterday afternoon the University Libraries hosted faculty members from a variety of disciplines in a conversation about the 2017 Modern Language Association Convention in Philadelphia. Faculty members discussed their conference presentations and shared their thoughts on the value and changing role of the MLA Convention in the profession. This
SBU Libraries will offer on-site reference and consultation services in the Humanities Building lobby November 29th (2-3). All members of the campus community are invited to learn more about how the Libraries support research, teaching, and learning in the Humanities at Stony Brook University. Look for us at the table
