UPDATED 11/25/2008

Brown Bag Lunches for public humanities students Seminar Room

W, 9/10/08: Peter Hocking: RISD (12–1:30 p.m.)

W, 9/17/08: Art+History Project introduction (12–1:30 p.m.)

W, 9/24/08: David K. Blackburn, chief of cultural resources and programs at Lowell (12–1:30 p.m.)

M, 9/29/08: Carla Herrera-Prats, Art+History artist. JNBC, Library (12–1:30 p.m.)

W, 10/1/08: Rick Nagele: Nonprofit marketing (12–1:30 p.m.)

W, 10/8/08: J Hogue: Art In Ruins (12–1:30 p.m.)

Th, 10/16/08: Jill Slosburg-Ackerman, Art+History artist. JNBC, Library (12–1:30 p.m.)

W, 10/15/08: Tehani Collazo, director of education outreach, Brown University (12–1:30 p.m.)

W, 10/22/08: Ju-Pong Lin, director of Neighbor to Neighbor (12–1:30 p.m.)

W, 10/29/08: Practicums!: Second-Year Sharing and First-Year Q&A (12–1:30 p.m.)

W, 11/5/08: Kianga Ford, Art+History artist. JNBC, Library (12–1:30 p.m.)

M, 11/10/08: Doug and Dale Miles, prominent contemporary Apache artist and the former tribal historian of the San Carlos Apache. JNBC, Library (12–1:30 p.m.)

T, 11/18/08: Creative Providence Focus Group (12–1:30 p.m.) LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED

W, 11/19/08: Robb Dimmick, actor and creator of "A Lincoln Portrait" (12–1:30 p.m.)

M, 11/24/08: Stephanie Fortunato, Creative Providence. JNBC, Library (12–1:30 p.m.)

Workshops

Th, 9/18/08: Betty Neal Crutcher: Mentoring. Student-only workshop. JNBC, Seminar Room (10 a.m.–12 p.m.)

F, 9/26/08: Dan Hunter: Cultural Advocacy. JNBC, Library (10 a.m.–3 p.m.)

M, 10/20/08: John Speck: Web 2.0 for Nonprofits. JNBC, Library (1 p.m.–5 p.m.)

F, 10/31/08: Ron Potvin: Historic House Museums. JNBC, Library (10 a.m.–3 p.m.)

Th, 11/6/08: American Association of Museums Web Conference: Excellence and Equity–Then, Now, Next: Education and the Public Dimension of Museums. http://www.aam-us.org/getinvolved/learn/excellenceandequitythennownext.cfm (Part 1: 1-2:30 p.m.; Part 2: 3-4:30 p.m.)

M, 11/17/08: Grant Writing. Student-only workshop. JNBC, Library (10 a.m.–12 p.m.)

Th, 12/4/08: Adam Weiss: Podcasting. JNBC, Library (10 a.m.–3 p.m.)

Brown Lectures, Conferences and Symposia

Th, 11/6/08: Stephanie Yuhl, associate professor of history at Holy Cross and author of “A Golden Haze of Memory: The Making of Historic Charleston”. JNBC, Library (5:30-8:00 p.m.)

Th, 11/20/08: Keynote Lecture by James Sturm for Jews and American Comics Exhibition. Solomon Center, Room 001. (5:00-6:30 p.m.)

T, 12/2/08: Lecture by James T. Campbell, The Other Immigrants: History, Geography, and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. JNBC, Library (4:30–6:00 p.m.)

Exhibits

Th, 11/20/08: Jews and American Comics Opening Reception. JNBC, Carriage House Gallery (6:30–8:30 p.m.)

Fieldtrips

S, 8/30/08: Providence Arts and Culture Outing. Meet at the RISD Museum Benefit Street Entrance (10 a.m.-7:30 p.m.)

Graduate Student Meetings

Th, 9/11/08: General meeting. JNBC, Library (12-1:30 p.m.)

Other Events

Th, 8/28/08: Public Humanities / AmCiv Ph.D. Orientation Breakfast (9:30 a.m.)

F, 8/29/08: Graduate School Orientation

T, 9/2/08: AmCiv Welcome Back Party. JNBC, Garden (4–7 p.m.)

F, 12/12/08: Nick Shepherd Book Signing and Reception: New South African Keywords. JNBC, Library (4–6 p.m.)

Conferences of Interest

9/19-20/08: New England American Studies Association 2008 Conference. "Infectious Democracy: Histories and Cultures of American Politics" http://www.neasa.org/

10/2–10/4/08: Imagining America Conference: Layers of Place, Movements of People: Public Engagement in a Diverse America. http://www.imaginingamerica.org/

10/24–10/25/08: Roger Williams and America's Journey Towards Religious Freedom. http://www.nps.gov/BLAC

11/6/08: American Association of Museums Web Conference: Excellence and Equity–Then, Now, Next: Education and the Public Dimension of Museums. http://www.aam-us.org/getinvolved/learn/excellenceandequitythennownext.cfm

11/12–11/14/08: New England Museum Association Annual Meeting: Sustaining Communities: The Power of Museums. http://www.nemanet.org/conf08/index.htm

11/15/08: Inaugural Conference of the Institute of Museum Ethics. "Defining Museum Ethics" http://www.museumethics.org/content/2008-conference/agenda

4/4/09: Locating Public(s) at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.