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
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
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
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
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.
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
