Events & Exhibitions
Upcoming Events
Washington University Libraries invite you to a lecture by Ann Lucas Birle, Research Historian at the Thomas
Jefferson Foundation and editor of:
Thomas Jefferson’s Granddaughter in Queen Victoria’s England:
The Travel Diary of Ellen Wayles Coolidge, 1838-1839
Birle will speak on the new book and on the discovery of books once owned by Thomas Jefferson in the Washington University
Libraries’ collections.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.
Wilson Hall, Room 214 on Washington University’s Danforth Campus
A reception, book signing, and exhibition will follow in Olin Library’s Ginkgo Room and Grand Staircase Lobby. The exhibition —
State of the Union: Reconstructing a Thomas Jefferson Family Library — can be viewed during regular library hours through mid-June. Birle’s book will be available for purchase at the reception.
Past Exhibitions
Language, Signs, Meaning, Application:
The Philip Mills Arnold Semeiology Collection
October 25, 2010 -- May 27, 2011
Ginkgo Reading Room & Grand Staircase Lobby
The Philip Mills Arnold Semeiology Collection contains some 2,300 items on cryptography, the decipherment of
ancient languages, languages for the blind and deaf, memory and mnemonics, the philosophy of language, the history
of writing, signs and symbols, and more. Mr. Arnold was a chemical engineer educated at Washington University.
The Washington University Libraries invite you to two presentations on current computer-assisted scholarship in the humanities:
Literary Studies in the Age of Data
Matthew Wilkens, Postdoctoral Fellow, American Culture Studies Program
An introduction to the data-driven techniques that are currently transforming scholarship in the humanities. Examples include text mining, geolocation, data visualization, and network analysis.
From Physical Language to Physical Action: Using Acting Techniques to Improve Human/Robot Interaction
Annamaria Pileggi, Senior Lecturer, Performing Arts Department
This talk will present ongoing research in which actor training techniques are applied to robots in interaction with humans, featuring a short video of a performance piece performed by robotic and human actors.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
4:00 pm
Ginkgo Room, Olin Library, Level 1
Reception to follow
This event is held in conjunction with the exhibition
Language, Signs, Meanings, Applications: the Philip Mills Arnold Semeiology Collection, on view in Olin Library through May 27, 2011. The exhibition features the Philip Mills Arnold Semeiology Collection, which contains some 2,300 items on cryptography, the decipherment of ancient languages, languages for the blind and deaf, memory and mnemonics, the philosophy of language, the history of writing, signs and symbols, and more.
An exhibition catalog will be available, free of charge, at the event. You may also download a PDF version of the catalog at:
http://library.wustl.edu/units/spec/rarebooks/publications.html.
Gallery Talks: March 1 and March 4
To learn more about Arnold, a chemical engineer educated at WUSTL, and his remarkable collection, join an informal gallery tour led by Erin K. Davis, curator of rare books at Olin Library, at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 1, or 4 p.m. Friday, March 4.
For more information, call Special Collections at (314) 935-5495.
Celebrating Women at Washington University
The achievements of women have marked every aspect of Washington University history, in its excellence of teaching, in the depth of its research, and in the lives of so many students.
A new exhibit in Olin Library's Ginkgo Reading Room and Grand Staircase Lobby highlights the accomplishments and contributions of women at Washington University and celebrates the Centennial Anniversary of the Woman's Club. The exhibit is a collaboration between University Archives and The Woman's Club of Washington University.
The exhibition runs April 7 - June 11, 2010.
Past Events
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Rare Books in the Digital Age
Michael F. Suarez, S.J., Director of Rare Book School
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Steinberg Hall Auditorium, 7:00pm
This event is free & open to the public. A reception follows.
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Michael Suarez is uniquely qualified to speak on the topic of Rare Books in the Digital World. He directs Rare Book School—an independent, non-profit institute for the study of books, printing, and related subjects—located at the University of Virginia (UVA), where he is University Professor, Honorary Curator of Special Collections, and Professor of English. He is editor-in-chief of Oxford Scholarly Editions Online, perhaps the largest digital humanities project extant today.
His most recent publication is The Oxford Companion to the Book (2010), a million-word reference work on the history of books and manuscripts, from the invention of writing to the present day. The London Telegraph called it “colossal” and “a paradise for book lovers;” and The Wall Street Journal praised it as “a fount of knowledge where the Internet is but a slot machine.” A Jesuit priest, he is co-general editor of The Collected Works of Gerard Manley Hopkins.
RSVP if you plan to attend. Email or call Joy Lowery, Director of Communications, Washington University Libraries, at jlowery@wustl.edu or 314-935-5418. Leave your name and the number of people in your party.
Modern Graphic History Library Reception
This reception celebrates our facility and student-curated exhibitions from Douglas Dowd's class, Readings in Postwar American Visual Culture 1945-1965.
May 11, 2010; 5-7pm
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