As Brown’s Cogut Institute for the Humanities prepares to move into Andrews House, the institute engaged two undergraduates in a semester-long research internship to explore the building’s history and significance.
Musicians from the New York Classical Players provided expert insights and performed Brown students’ original works as part of a Seminar in Composition course.
Students and faculty in Brown’s Department of Visual Art opened their studios and classrooms to display and converse about their creative work at an open-to-the-public event.
The open-to-the-public Festival of Ibero-American Literature of Providence, organized by Brown’s Department of Hispanic Studies, will feature prominent novelists, poets and short-story writers, from April 5 to 7.
“Art and the Freedom Struggle: The Works of Mumia Abu-Jamal,” on view at Brown’s Ruth J. Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice, underscores the impact of creation during incarceration.
Providence K-12 students took to the stage at Brown’s new Lindemann Performing Arts Center for a collaborative performance of the composition “Anthem.”
Appointed by the governor, Colin Channer looks forward to expanding opportunities for writers and enabling more literary experiences for Rhode Islanders, including K-12 students, during his five-year term.
As part of an enduring scholarly focus, Nancy Jacobs celebrates the exceptional characteristics of the grey parrot and examines complex ties between trade of the species and historical eras including the transatlantic slave trade.
Through a dynamic, multi-part residency with the Brown Arts Institute through mid-June, Kentridge and artists from his Johannesburg-based arts incubator are engaging with the University community and beyond.
A $1 million Mellon Foundation award will support “Racing the Classics,” a project co-founded by Brown assistant professor Sasha-Mae Eccleston, to impact scholarship in ancient Greek and Roman studies.
A series of paintings by Mahnoor Hussain, a Rhode Island-based artist whose work focuses on themes related to women’s mental health, infertility and loss, is on display through May 31.
Acclaimed classical singer Julia Bullock was the first artist to grace The Lindemann stage in its recital configuration, one of five dramatically different arrangements available in its main hall.
A first-year student in Brown’s English Ph.D. program, Chen recently received the 2023 American Library in Paris Book Award for her novel about Joan of Arc.
A large-scale satellite mapping project, co-founded by Brown researcher Parker VanValkenburgh, is helping archaeologists identify sweeping climate and cultural changes that occurred in the Andes Mountains over the last millennium.
A leading thinker on race and democracy, the Brown University professor spoke about her new book, which explores race, democracy and expectations about whose losses matter.
Using a technique that preceded the photographic camera, Brown Arts Institute staff projected a live image of the outside world, including the University’s stunning new Lindemann Performing Arts Center, inside a darkened room.
After seven years of excavation at the former site of a 19th-century Providence family home, Brown students have begun searching for artifacts at a new location on campus.
Professor Elizabeth Fussell discussed the Fifth National Climate Assessment, for which she co-authored a chapter, as part of the report’s expanded focus on the social impacts of climate change.
The anthropology museum’s move to Providence’s Jewelry District, slated for Fall 2025, will open new possibilities for scholarship, community outreach and partnership with Indigenous communities worldwide.
Alumni and community members celebrated the newly transformed home of Africana Studies and Rites and Reason Theatre as part of a weekend of lectures and events focused on the Black experience at Brown.
As a graduate student in Brown’s music department, Haruta hopes to spark inspiration and reflection through her interactive piece, "Piano (de)composition."
Packed with building tours, family activities, a ribbon-cutting and the center’s inaugural public performance, the weekend offered countless opportunities for community members to celebrate the arts at Brown.
“Open again a turn of light,” written by Brown faculty members Eric Nathan and Sawako Nakayasu, will premiere on Saturday, Oct. 21, part of the inaugural public performance at The Lindemann Performing Arts Center.
Student, faculty and community artists, violinist Itzhak Perlman and countless other creators will take part in a day of performances, discussion and tours to celebrate the opening of the unique performing arts center in Providence.
“Vampire Nation,” composed in prison in 2009 by Mumia Abu-Jamal and arranged by Brown Ph.D. student Marcus Grant, had its world premiere at a symposium focused on mass incarceration.
University leaders hosted a special celebration to recognize key project partners, skilled craft workers who dedicated hundreds of thousands of hours to the planning, design and construction of the state-of-the-art venue.
“Momentum,” an art exhibition at the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America, features thought-provoking work by a diverse set of artists in the Providence area and beyond.
A series of detailed landscapes and other nature-inspired prints by regional artist and educator Andrew Nixon, on display at Brown’s Watson Institute, merges the worlds of old-world etching, contemporary digital image-making and traditional printmaking technology.
Unbeknownst to some passersby, the Brown University building is a unique mausoleum, museum and memorial that opened in 1907 — an in-progress restoration will enable public access again in 2025.
Musician Jon Batiste, violinist Itzhak Perlman and countless creators from Brown will take part in a day of performances, discussion, tours and a parade to celebrate the unique performing arts center in Providence.
“What I Know About Magic,” now on display on the first floor of Friedman Hall, shows books about magic and the occult artfully arranged in clever, humorous and thought-provoking ways.
Traditionally an intensive one-year degree program, a master’s in urban education policy will now be available to part-time students, including Rhode Island teachers, education administrators, full-time caretakers and more.
“Infinite Composition,” an engaging LED light sculpture designed by artist Leo Villareal, will illuminate the Nelson Atwater Lobby inside The Lindemann, which will open at Brown in Fall 2023.
The JCB, an independent research library on the Brown University campus, has refreshed its entryway and online collections access, further opening its physical and digital doors to scholars researching the history of the Americas.
Taught by Laura Colella, a writer and director, the course gave eight undergraduates a rare opportunity to bring their own screenwriting to life in collaboration with professional actors.
Brown University’s contemporary art gallery launched a new web-based database where scholars, curators and the public can explore a dynamic collection of photographs, paintings and more.
Launching with the opening of the Lindemann Performing Arts Center in October 2023, the IGNITE series will include performances, exhibitions and events that demonstrate how art can be a powerful vehicle for change.
As part of his senior thesis, Aaron Castillo partnered with PPL to present an exhibition that delves into the food cultures of Providence communities displaced by redevelopment and gentrification.
For a decade, a committee of faculty, students and staff has brought more than 40 diverse exhibitions to Brown’s Watson Institute, amplifying the institute’s mission of promoting a just and peaceful world.
The prestigious fellowship will fund a year of research and writing time for Bonnie Honig’s new book, which aims to reclaim the term ‘performativity’ and acknowledge the power of words to transform societies.
The Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice, founded in the 2012-13 academic year, has become a leading force for original research, international engagement and public conversation on the legacies of racial slavery.
Created by Brown faculty and library staff, the digital publication “Shadow Plays” won a prestigious Professional and Scholarly Excellence Award from the Association of American Publishers.
“The Listening Takes,” opening Feb. 9 at the Bell Gallery, exposes the film industry’s decades-long tendency to silence women who speak up about sexism and sexual assault on set.
Professor of Philosophy Bernard Reginster argues that the key to well-being isn’t a new meditation routine or a tropical vacation — it’s a willingness to ask tough questions about what defines a life well-lived.
Since 2015, students at Brown have been excavating a 19th-century Providence family home — unearthing stories about the booming local textile industry, the European immigrant experience and life in the Gilded Age.