Upcoming Events: Kislak Center

Apr 09

• Workshop

Open to the Public

Coffee with a Codex: Astronomy in Arabic

On April 9, curator Dot Porter will bring out LJS 478, a collection of astronomical treatises, with a particular focus on the astrolabe.

• April 9, 2026
• 12:00pm - 12:30pm
• Online

Apr 09 - 11

• Conference

Open to the Public

The Revolutionary Age: France, Haiti, and America

A conference on the revolutionary upheavals that shook metropolitan France and the French colonies and populations in North America, from the late eighteenth through the early nineteenth century.

• April 9 - 11, 2026
• Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, sixth floor

Apr 14

• Workshop

Open to the Public

Reimagining Illumination: Getting Creative With Medieval Manuscripts

Christine Kemp and Dot Porter will lead a workshop where we paint 3D figures of marginal characters pulled from our fantastic 13th century Bible, Ms. Codex 724.

• April 14, 2026
• 2:00pm - 4:00pm
• Kislak Center Vitale II, Rm 623, 6th Floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center

Apr 15

• Workshop

Open to the Public

Manuscript Studies Interest Group: Emotions

The Manuscript Studies Interest Group (MSIG) is a regular meeting for people who want to get up close and personal with a variety of handwritten objects. In April, we'll look at books on the theme of Emotions.

• April 15, 2026
• 2:00pm - 3:00pm
• Kislak Center Vitale II, Rm 623, 6th Floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center

Apr 15

• Lecture

Open to the Public

“We Are the Bicentennial”: Democracy and Diversity in the 1970s

Join Marc Stein, Jamie and Phyllis Pasker Professor of History, San Franciso State University, in a lecture about his new book on the history of the nation's 200th birthday.

• April 15, 2026
• 5:30pm - 7:30pm
• Kislak Center Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, 6th Floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center

Apr 16

• Workshop

Open to the Public

Coffee with a Codex: Alphabetized Psalms in Hebrew

On April 16 (rescheduled from March 5), Judaica Special Collections Cataloging Librarian Louis Meiselman will bring out CAJS Rar Ms 720, Marcus Hartig's alphabetization of the Hebrew Psalms, in his 1876 manuscript.

• April 16, 2026
• 12:00pm - 12:30pm
• Online

Apr 17

• Lecture

Open to the Public

Grid as Ground: Ruled Lines and Manuscript Images

Hanna Vorholt (University of York) considers the layout lines and grids inscribed on manuscript pages as tools for cognition, creativity, and control.

• RESCHEDULED TO FRIDAY APRIL 17 (was Friday, February 20), 2026, 12:00 - 1:30 pm EDT
• 12:00pm - 1:30pm
• Virtual

Apr 17

• Concert

Open to the Public

Music in the Pavilion: A Song's Journey from Haiti and Back

Come hear the tale of an enduringly popular song from Haiti "Lisette quitté la plaine," interwoven with anthem parodies, folk songs, and solo-piano pieces.

• April 17, 2026
• 6:15pm - 8:30pm
• Kislak Center Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, 6th Floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center

Apr 20

• Workshop

Open to the Public

Exploring Handwritten Text Recognition for Manuscript Studies with 2025-2026 SIMS Fellows

This discussion will present the work of two 2025-2026 Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies (SIMS) Graduate Student Fellows exploring Handwritten Text Recognition technologies for use on a variety of historic and archival documents for future in-depth research.

• April 20, 2026
• 2:00pm - 3:00pm
• Hybrid: Online and at the Price Lab for Digital Humanities, Williams Hall 623