Events
Please note that although John Carter Brown Library events are free and open to the public, registration is required unless otherwise noted. Kindly complete the registration form linked in the event description.
Past
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Printers' Devils and Printers' Delights: The Book in Spanish America
March 2015
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The Empire of Necessity: Slavery, Freedom, and Deception in the New World
May 2014
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Off to College: Higher Education in the Americas, 1551-1825
October 2014
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The Mortal Sea: Fishing the Atlantic in the Age of Sail
February 2014
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The Other Revolution: Haiti, 1789-1804
May 2014
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Sugar and the Visual Imagination in the Atlantic World, circa 1600-1860
December 2013
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New World, New Eyes: America in Early Children's Books
October 2013
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![Book in German describing the New World. Jesuits. Letters from missions Allerhand so lehr- als geist-reiche Brief Schrifften und Reis Beschreibungen, welche von denen Missionariis der Gesellschafft Jesu aus beyden Indien un andern ... Ländern ... Erster Bund Augpurg und Grätz [Augsburg & Graz]; In Verlag Philips, Martins, und Joh. Veith seel. Erben Buchhändlern JA726 J58a vol. 1 /1-SIZE](https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/americanaplatform/media/images/Der_Neue_Welt-Bott_mi.790af2cd.fill-465x262.format-webp.webp)
Neue Welt: Germans and the Americas, 1493-1830
September 2013
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Classical Myth on Stage: Theater from Imperial Propaganda to Creole Project in Colonial Lima
April 2013
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George Washington's America: A Biography Through His Maps
February 2013
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![Map of Florida. Duval, P (Pierre), 1619-1682 [Monde. German] Geographiae universalis pars prior. Das ist der allgemeinen Erd-Beschreibung erster Theil ... Nürnberg : In Verleg. Johann Hoffman[n]s Buch- und Kunsthändlers, : gedruckt daselbst bey Christian Siegmund Froberg., M. DC. LXXXI. [1681] E681 D983g](https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/americanaplatform/media/images/Florida.2e16d0ba.fill-465x262.format-webp.webp)
The Florida Story: Reconnaissance and Rivalry on a Maritime Periphery
April 2013
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Mind Your Business: Records of Early American Commerce at the John Carter Brown Library
December 2012
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![Map of the Caribbean. Source: O'Doria, Hercules, fl. 1586-1592 [Manuscript portolan atlas of Europe, Africa, and America] Marseilles [1592] Codex Z 5 / 2-SIZE](https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/americanaplatform/media/images/Map_of_the_Caribbean.2e16d0ba.fill-465x262.format-webp.webp)
Voyage to the Islands: Hans Sloane, Slavery, and Scientific Travel in the Caribbean
August 2012
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The Illustrated Colonial Printer: An Exhibition to Accompany The Colonial Printer by Lawrence Wroth
April 2012
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Drugs from the Colonies: The New American Medicine Chest
December 2011
![Book in German describing the New World. Jesuits. Letters from missions Allerhand so lehr- als geist-reiche Brief Schrifften und Reis Beschreibungen, welche von denen Missionariis der Gesellschafft Jesu aus beyden Indien un andern ... Ländern ... Erster Bund Augpurg und Grätz [Augsburg & Graz]; In Verlag Philips, Martins, und Joh. Veith seel. Erben Buchhändlern JA726 J58a vol. 1 /1-SIZE](https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/americanaplatform/media/images/Der_Neue_Welt-Bott_m.790af2cd.fill-1292x728.format-webp.webp)
![Map of Florida. Duval, P (Pierre), 1619-1682 [Monde. German] Geographiae universalis pars prior. Das ist der allgemeinen Erd-Beschreibung erster Theil ... Nürnberg : In Verleg. Johann Hoffman[n]s Buch- und Kunsthändlers, : gedruckt daselbst bey Christian Siegmund Froberg., M. DC. LXXXI. [1681] E681 D983g](https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/americanaplatform/media/images/Florida.2e16d0ba.fill-1292x728.format-webp.webp)
![Map of the Caribbean. Source: O'Doria, Hercules, fl. 1586-1592 [Manuscript portolan atlas of Europe, Africa, and America] Marseilles [1592] Codex Z 5 / 2-SIZE](https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/americanaplatform/media/images/Map_of_the_Caribbean.2e16d0ba.fill-1292x728.format-webp.webp)
