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The John Carter Brown Library community is celebrating the life of Clinton I. Smullyan, Jr., who passed away in October. Clint was a vital force for the JCB, having served for over four decades --and through four directors. He served on various committees during his...
Over the past few years the JCB’s team has grown exponentially, increasing our capacity to do the work of supporting research about the early Americas through our extraordinary collections. This growth has been especially intense over the past few months, as we have added three...
Summer is a bittersweet season at the John Carter Brown Library (JCB) this year, as our inaugural Associate Director for Digital Asset Management Dr. Pedro Germano Leal will be leaving at the end of July to take up a new position at University of Glasgow...
You are sitting down in the reading room of the JCB, an open text resting on book cradles in front of you. The book is the 1504 edition of Margarita Philosophica, Gregor Reisch’s textbook on the trivium and the ...
The Southwest Seminar on Colonial Latin America invites proposals for 2025 meeting hosted at the John Carter Brown Library in Providence, Rhode Island on November 13 and 14, 2025. For more than a decade, the Southwest Seminar has brought together scholars of all ranks...
Please note that the deadline for this opportunity has passed.
The John Carter Brown Library aims to redefine its digital presence with a website that embodies its mission, leverages new and emerging technologies and web tools, and supports its diverse audiences.
We invite qualified...