Spring 2012 Programs

Lectures & Other Events

"The Interface: IBM and the Transformation of Corporate Design, 1945-1976,"Talk by John Harwood, Associate Professor of Modern and Contemporary Architectural History
Wednesday, February 29, 4:30 p.m., Moffett Auditorium, Mudd 050

"Antebellum Women: Private, Public, Partisan," Talk by Carol Lasser, Professor of History
Wednesday, March 21, 4:30 p.m., Moffett Auditorium, Mudd 050

"Claiming Citizenship: African Americans and New Deal Photography," Talk by historian Rickie Solinger
Tuesday, April 3, 4:30 p.m., Moffett Auditorium, Mudd 050

           
Commencement / reunion reception for Friends of the Library, alumni authors, former library student assistants, alumni librarians, and anyone else who loves libraries and books
Saturday, May 26, 4:30 - 6:00 p.m., Azariah's Café, Mudd Center  

Book in East Asia Public Events

"Formats of East Asian Books," Talk by Jesse Munn, Retired Conservator of East Asian Books, Library of Congress
Thursday, April 12, 7:00 p.m., Classroom 1, Art Building

"Using Getty Digitization of Asian Books in Research and Teaching," Talk by Anne Yonemura, Curator, Freer Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Friday, April 20, 4:45 p.m., Classroom 1, Art Building

"History of the Book in China," Lecture by Cynthia Brokaw, Professor of History, Brown University
Friday, April 20, 7:30 p.m., Craig Lecture Hall, Science Center

"History of the Book in Japan," Lecture by Jonathan Zwicker, Assistant Professor of Japanese Literature, University of Michigan
Saturday, April 21, 11:45 a.m., Craig Lecture Hall, Science Center

Exhibitions

Claiming Citizenship: African Americans and New Deal Photography
Monday, March 12 - Friday, April 27, Lemle Academic Commons, Main Level, Mudd Center

The Ainsworth Collection of Japanese Artists' Books
Monday, April 16 - Friday, April 27, Goodrich Room, Fourth Floor, Mudd Center