Sculptor Louise Nevelson was born September 23, 1899 in Pereiaslav, Ukraine. To mark what would be her 125th birthday, we take a look at the connections between Nevelson and Columbia, now and then. Did you know that Louise Nevelson received an honorary degree from Columbia at the 1977 Commencement? In 1977, Louise Nevelson was awarded […]
Research at the RBML | Robert P. Jackson explores connections between Edward Said, Antonio Gramsci and Italian thought
Dr. Robert P. Jackson visited the RBML last year as part of the Heyman Center’s Edward Said research program. Editor of a recent volume on Gramsci’s Notebooks, Jackson brings his expertise on the Italian theorist to bear on the papers of late scholar and public intellectual Edward Said. Below, Jackson discusses some of the archival finds […]
Oral History Events | OHMA announces fall series on ReMemory: Experiments in Listening, Authorship and Knowledge-Keeping”
From our colleagues in the Oral History Master’s Program… “Narrative is radical, creating us at the very moment it is being created.” – Toni Morrison “What the colonial process does, or any process of domination, is [enact] the erasure of the memory of the subjugated. You erase the memory of who they are, the memories […]
NYPL Library School Records: A Student Project
At the Rare Book and Manuscript Library (RBML), we are fortunate to have dedicated and curious students who help us maintain and provide access to our collections. Just this past year, Itzel Franco (CC 2026) and Sarah Noon (GS 2024) helped us improve the condition and description of a brittle but valuable collection of records […]
Event | Hearing Cuban Voices in a Time of Crisis
Date: Tuesday, 17 September 2024 Time: 6pm – 8pm Hosted by the Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies. Please note that this panel will take place in 9100 Skylight Room, CUNY Graduate Center. To register, email bildner@gc.cuny.edu. Once registration is full, please tune in to the panel via this Zoom link on the day […]