Beinecke Library welcomes all to a special display of materials from Yale Library collections related to Roger Sherman, America 250, Connecticut, New Haven, and Yale History on Sherman’s birthday. The display will be on Saturday, April 19, from 12 noon to 4pm in the Beinecke Library reading room, 121 Wall Street.
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Michael Morand, Beinecke Library Director of Community Engagement and New Haven City Historian, will be in conversation with CT Humanities Executive Director Jason Mancini and Board Chair Frank Mitchell about plans and aspirations for America 250 in Connecticut and the work of the America 250 | CT Commission, which is administered by CT Humanities.
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A new exhibition on view from March 24 at the Yale Schwarzman Center, “Shining Light on Truth: Black Lives at Yale & in New Haven,” illuminates ongoing research that recovers the essential role of Black people throughout Yale and New Haven history. It celebrates Black community building, resistance, and resilience on campus and in New Haven.
A conversation with a co-curator of Beinecke’s current exhibition: Agnieszka Rec, curator at the Beinecke Library.
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A conversation with a co-curator of Beinecke’s current exhibition Özgen Felek, a lector of Ottoman in the department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations.
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A conversation with a co-curator of Beinecke’s current exhibition: Roberta L. Dougherty, Yale Library’s librarian for Middle East studies.
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Jennifer Rycenga recovers a pioneering example of antiracism and Black-white cooperation. Founded in 1833 by white teacher Prudence Crandall, Canterbury Academy educated more than two dozen Black women during its eighteen-month existence. Racism in eastern Connecticut forced the teen students to walk a gauntlet of taunts, threats, and legal action to pursue their studies, but the school of higher learning flourished until a vigilante attack destroyed the Academy.
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A conversation with the co-curators of Beinecke’s latest exhibition: Roberta L. Dougherty, Yale Library’s librarian for Middle East studies, Özgen Felek, a lector of Ottoman in the department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, and Agnieszka Rec, curator at the Beinecke Library.
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A special community day at the New haven Museum, 115 Whitney Avenue, will be held Saturday, February 15, 2025, offering tours and conversation around the New Haven Museum’s exhibition, “Shining Light on Truth: New Haven, Yale, and Slavery,” prior to its closing on Saturday, March 1, 2025. Presented by the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale Library, the exhibition highlights the essential role of enslaved and free Black people in New Haven and at Yale.
All are welcome to attend the opening reception for the new exhibition, Taught by the Pen: The World of Islamic Manuscripts. The reception is on Wednesday evening, February 26, from 5pm to 7pm. The exhibition is on view at Beinecke Library beginning on Monday, February 24, through August 10.
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