“Hedera Mutante”, or “Changing Ivy”, is a new exhibition in the Special Collections Instruction Gallery (Sawyer 408). This display of botanical illustrations of ivy, largely from the collections of the Chapin Library, was researched and written by Graduate Art History student intern Brandon Scott. It will be on view… Continue reading »
Featuring artwork by Wyndom Chace '21, this display can be viewed in the stacks display area on Level 3 of Sawyer Library. Continue reading »
Professor of History of Aparna Kapadia will discuss researching and writing her book In Praise of Kings. Rajputs, Sultans and Poets in Fifteenth-Century Gujarat. Continue reading »
Pardon the disruption! On Tuesday, April 9, electrical work will commence in Schow Gallery (Sawyer 455). We expect that access to the exhibit “For Such a Time as This”: 50 Years of Africana Studies at Williams may be disrupted until the end of the work, which is scheduled to be… Continue reading »
This guest post is written by Katherine M. Leo, a 2018-2019 Paul Whiteman Collection Fellow. Learn about the Fellowship and find out how to apply here. We often think of Paul Whiteman (1890-1967) in his public persona as the beloved “King of Jazz.” The Paul Whiteman Collection at… Continue reading »
The University of California System ended negotiations to renew their license to the Elsevier ScienceDirect service and all the attendant access to the scholarly journals published by Elsevier. UC is the first big academic library system to walk away from this kind of negotiation in the United States. Why should we at Williams be concerned with what happens in a large, public, statewide, research-intensive consortium a continent away? Continue reading »
The Paul Whiteman collection began its tenure at Williams College in the 1930s, with initial donations from Paul Whiteman himself. Throughout the years, Whiteman and his family added to the collection, as did Whiteman admirers and scholars. The result is the 586-linear foot Paul Whiteman collection, which is… Continue reading »
The Library Tuesday Teas will host professors Julie Cassiday (April 9), Chad Topaz (April 16), Aparna Kapadia (April 23) and Neil Roberts (April 30). 4PM. Sawyer Library Stetson Reading Room. All Welcome. Detailed Schedule and Program Continue reading »
Dr. Teddy Pozo develops new terms for queer videogame studies drawn from haptic game design aesthetics including consent, cuteness, and radical softness through close readings of several contemporary queer and trans indie games. Friday, February 22, 4-5:30pm, Class of '87 Forum Continue reading »
Abraham Lincoln: American Icon, in the Chapin Gallery (Sawyer 406) through August 2, celebrates Lincoln’s 210th birthday and the publication of Monument Man, Harold Holzer’s biography of Daniel Chester French, sculptor of the seated Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial. Books, broadsides, letters, and prints – and a life mask… Continue reading »
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