Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at 1 p.m. CHINESE CUISINE: ITS HISTORY, ART, AESTHETICS & CULINARY APPEAL by Dr. Jacqueline M. Newman Dr. Jacqueline M. Newman founded, and for nineteen years, has edited the award-winning magazine Flavor and Fortune. It is the first and the only American English-language quarterly about Chinese
Special Collections and the Three Village Historical Society collaborated on a private grant sponsored by the New York Council for the Humanities. The project was awarded full funding ($3,000) and will support “Rebels, Resistors, and Rioters,” a public program of lectures on the American Revolution and the Civil War. Confirmed presenters are Natalie S. Bober,
“The Beginning of Video Games”, a special event at the Museum of the Moving Image on Saturday, October 1, features Cultural Studies professor Raiford Guins, University Archivist and Head of Special Collections Kristen Nyitray, and Librarian Helene Volat. The program will include the first public demonstration outside of Brookhaven National
The Long Island Historical Journal (LIHJ), a peer-reviewed, scholarly journal founded by Roger Wunderlich at Stony Brook University (SBU), is now available online. Thirty-two issues were published by the Department of History and the Center for Regional Policy Studies at SBU between 1988 and 2008. The journal contains substantive, original
Stony Brook University Libraries is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Dr. Margot Ammann Durrer. Dr. Durrer was one of the university’s most loyal and philanthropic supporters. In addition to establishing several student scholarships, she also made a significant financial contribution to the University Libraries and founded the
One of Stony Brook University’s George Washington letters (1779) made a special trip off-campus and was viewed by over 500 children and their parents at Setauket Elementary School on Monday, September 13. The event was covered by News 12 Long Island and the Three Village Patch. Visit Special Collections &
A special event sponsored by the Three Village Historical Society in cooperation with Special Collections of the University Libraries and the Center for Global and Local History. Monday, October 4th from 8:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. “The American Revolution on Long Island and in New York” Student Activities Center, Room
Using the Internet for Historical Research More and more valuable historical information can now be found on the internet, especially primary source material being digitized by libraries and research institutions around the world. This workshop will highlight some of the most interesting web sites and web tools, and discuss search
Graduate Students in History have tremendous resources available to them through the library and on the open web. Find out what’s available through the library’s online databases, the internet, in print, and in microforms, as well as how to access material in other libraries. In this session, you will learn
WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2009 FROM 12:30 – 2 p.m. at the Charles B. Wang Center, Room 301 “Cooking from China’s Fujian Province” special lecture featuring food historian and scholar Dr. Jacqueline M. Newman. Reception follows with Fujianese food tasting. Fujian, a province in southeastern China, boasts a distinct culinary tradition
