Ahoy, Mateys! Do you have a passion for treasure maps? Do you love talking like a pirate? Then this is your day! Join the Children's Literature Research Collection, the James Ford Bell Library, the Music Library, the Upper Midwest Literary Archive, and the Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine for a pop-up exhibit featuring all things piratical!  Arrr!

Join us on Saturday, Sept. 28 for a poetry reading and book launch event with author Emilie Buchwald. Her new book of poems, Incandescent, will be published by Nodin Press this fall and will be available for purchase at the event.

Join us for a lively conversation between “comadres”, (among friends), Paloma Barraza, History Iberian & Latin American Studies Librarian, Dr. Jessica Lopez-Lyman, Chicano Latino Studies, and Latine acclaimed author Sandra Cisneros!

Please join us for the 49th annual Kerlan Award, honoring Lisa Yee, the award-winning author of more than 20 books for children and young adults including her recent titles, Maizy Chen's Last Chance and The Misfits. The child of two public school teachers, Lisa Yee is a third-generation Chinese American. Born and raised in Los Angeles, her groundbreaking book, Millicent Min, Girl Genius, features one of the first Asian American protagonists in contemporary children's literature.

Join the University of Minnesota Center for Premodern Studies and the James Ford Bell Library on Thursday, Oct. 24 for the 2024 Carl Sheppard Memorial Lecture in Medieval Art History. Professor Elina Gertsman presents, “The Secret of Creation: Bestial Humanity in the Worms Mahzor.” Please register if you plan to attend.

Join us on Oct. 30 for a talk on climate narratives in Finnish-American history by Lotta Leiwo, University of Helsinki PhD Candidate in History and Cultural Heritage. Leiwo’s research focuses on Finnish American socialist women’s history and the cultural history of climate. Additionally, Daniel Necas, Archivist at the Immigration History Research Center Archives, will present the IHRCA records available both on-site and online, as well as provide guidance on how to access them.