It was great to see so many of you for Family Weekend! Special thanks to Bertie Mandelblatt for giving tours of the Library and the exhibit that she curated. If you missed out, don't worry! The JCB and our current exhibit are open all week! Details at jcblibrary.org.

Join us Friday for a talk by writer David Grann! This event is part of the Expansive Histories of the Early Americas program series, in partnership with the Providence Athenaeum. Use promo code JCB for free tickets to the virtual event! providenceathenaeum.org/calendar/ex-li…

Join us on November 14 and 22 as we celebrate recent publications by Brown University faculty! Details at jcblibrary.org.

This week is Bat Appreciation Week! Learn more about these fantastic creatures at batweek.org and on Americana, the JCB's digital platform! Source: Martyn, William Frederic A new dictionary of natural history D785 M388n / 2-SIZE Details at americana.jcblibrary.org/search/object/….

We've released our newsletter a little early this time around so that we can promote our November 1 event with David Grann at the The Providence Athenæum. Details at conta.cc/4e7O8F2 Interested in subscribing? Be sure to click the button at the top of that page!

Wishing you and yours a happy and safe Halloween!

HAPPENING SOON! Join us today for a talk by writer David Grann. Use promo code JCB for free tickets to the virtual version of this event! Details here: providenceathenaeum.org/.../ex-libris-…

Join us in person or online on November 14 and 22 for faculty book launches! Details at jcblibrary.org.

The JCB is closed today, November 5. Visit us online at jcblibrary.org for information on Library programs and more. We hope to see you soon!

Our new exhibit is open! Stop by the JCB or visit our website to learn more. jcblibrary.org

Join us on November 14 and 22 for Brown faculty book launches! Details at jcblibrary.org.

New JCB blog post: "When we examine the faded words we cannot fail to see the violent power of White enslavers in faded black ink on yellowed paper, but it is Kitty Thomson’s fierce independence and resistance that echoes loudest across the centuries." jcblibrary.org/news/resisting…

$20,000 Hodson Trust–John Carter Brown Library Fellowship includes housing and university privileges, open to filmmakers, novelists, creative and performing artists, deadline 2/1 Washington College Starr Center John Carter Brown Library washcoll.edu/learn-by-doing…

Tomorrow! Join us for a book launch at the JCB! We will be celebrating Professor Andrew Laird's latest book, Aztec Latin: Renaissance Learning and Nahuatl Traditions in Early Colonial Mexico. Details at jcblibrary.org!

Hodson Trust-John Carter Brown Library Fellowship: Funding for work by academics, independent scholars and writers working on significant projects relating to the literature, history, culture, or art of the Americas before 1830. Deadline: Feb. 1, 2025 washcoll.edu/learn-by-doing…

Presentation on The Constitution of American Colonialism from last spring at the John Carter Brown Library. It was a rich and generative visit with their faculty, students, and board members. Now available online, and much shorter than the original! m.youtube.com/watch?v=w741X9…