John Carter Brown Library – RISD Academic Affairs

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Gourlay Lecture on Engraver/Entrepreneur John Boydell

Written on November 5, 2012. Posted in Liberal Arts.

Alexander Gourlay (Professor, Literary Arts & Studies) presented “Two Lost Leaves from John Boydell’s Account Book: An Old Hand and a New Man” at the John Carter Brown Library on November 1. Gourlay discussed how leaves from a...

Christina Connett to speak on Qatari Collections

Written on April 30, 2012. Posted in Liberal Arts, Uncategorized, Updates from & for Faculty.

Christina Connett (Lecturer, History of Art and Visual Culture) will give a talk titled “Defining Doha: Qatari Collections and Resources for Scholars” on Wednesday, May 2 as part of the John Carter Brown Library Fellows Lunches. Brown...

Margot Nishimura appointed 1st Deputy Director, JCB

Written on June 10, 2011. Posted in Liberal Arts, Uncategorized, Updates from & for Faculty.

Margot Nishimura (Director, Academic Planning and Assessment and Lecturer, HAVC) will leave RISD Academic Affairs at the end of June to become the first Deputy Director and Librarian of the John Carter Brown Library (JCB) at Brown University. As chief...