Join the Charles Babbage Institute and CBI Archives on Friday, Nov. 14 for a presentation by Lisa Messeri, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Yale University, about her new book, In the Land of the Unreal: Virtual and Other Realities in Los Angeles.
Join us for the 2025-2026 season of First Fridays as we explore the things you can see, hear, touch, taste or smell in Archives and Special Collections. This November program in the First Fridays season features presentations from the Givens Collection of African American Literature & Life, the James Ford Bell Library, and the Historical Ethnomusicology department.
Join Dr. John S. Wright, Emeritus Professor of African American and African Studies, and Davu Underwood Seru, Curator of the Givens Collection, as they discuss their personal paths as interdisciplinary scholars working in the academy and in communities off-campus and within the broader Black Studies tradition.
Please join us Oct. 28 to celebrate 50 years of the Kerlan Award, while honoring illustrator Jim McMullan!
Join the Center for Premodern Studies on Friday, Oct. 24 for a lecture by printmaker Rebecca Gilbert. A light lunch will be served at this event. Participants are encouraged to RSVP for this event to help plan the catering needs.
Join us on Thursday, Oct. 23, to celebrate the exhibit, “The Circle Unbroken: Celebrating 40 Years of Community Stewardship and the Givens Collection.”
Please join us for the 2025 James Ford Bell Lecture, “Hearing African Music Across the Early Modern Atlantic World,” presented by Professor Mary Caton Lingold, Department of English, Virginia Commonwealth University. This hybrid event is free and open to all. Please register if you plan to attend in person or online.
Join us for an Archives and Special Collections pop-up exhibit for Banned Books Week. See books, maps, newspapers, and other materials that have been restricted, censored, challenged, and banned across the last 500 years!
Join us for the 2025-2026 season of First Fridays as we explore the things you can see, hear, touch, taste or smell in Archives and Special Collections. This first program in the First Fridays season features presentations from the University of Minnesota Archives and Archival Processing.
Join three archivists from University Libraries Archives and Special Collections for an engaging and collaborative interactive session. Learn more about the Archives at the University of Minnesota, the underground storage caverns and more.
Join the Sherlock Holmes Collections on Sept. 8 for a riveting book talk with award-winning author, screenwriter, and director, Nicholas Meyer. Meyer will discuss his new book, “Sherlock Holmes and the Real Thing.” The plot follows Holmes and Watson as they delve into the cut-throat world of art forgery in 1890s London.
Join us on Aug. 14 for a special lunch-hour discussion of the recently published book “Legacy Lost: Passing Across the Color Line.” The author, S. Barbara Hilyer, is a descendant of Andrew Franklin Hilyer, the first African American graduate of the University of Minnesota and the first of three generations of University of Minnesota graduates. While the Hilyers once had deep connections to famous mill town families like the Pillsburys and Gales, they would eventually leave the Twin Cities and part with their African American heritage. Until now.
Join us on June 25 for an exhibit opening that celebrates 100 years of the University of Minnesota Press. The program begins with remarks at 6 p.m., followed by a reception and exhibit-viewing. The event is free and open to all. Please register if you plan to attend!
Let’s talk about love! From love letters to break up letters, the course of true love never did run smooth. Join us for the 2024-2025 season of First Fridays as we share matters of the heart from collections across Archives and Special Collections. This final program in the First Fridays season features presentations from the Charles Babbage Institute Archives and the Givens Collection of African American Literature and Life.
Please join us for an in-person screening of the documentary “Change the Subject,” on April 21, 3-4 p.m. Light refreshments will be served! The documentary is also available online to view for free any time at the Change the Subject website. After the screening, from 4 to 5:30 p.m., a panel of U of M librarians will discuss the film and their social justice work from. The panel discussion will be streamed in the screening room space for in-person attendees and on Zoom webinar for remote attendees.
Take a study break on Friday, April 11 from 3:15-4:30 p.m. and learn about the unique archival collections in Andersen Library. Take this opportunity to get an introduction to these collections, Andersen Library and more. We will start in Andersen Library room 120 for an overview then, go on a short Cavern tour and next explore the current exhibits.
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