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Upcoming Events (6)

Book Launch and Discussion with Brock Clarke, A. LeRoy Greason Professor of English

Thu, Feb 12, 2026

4:30 pm to 6 pm

Hawthorne Longfellow Library, Nixon Lounge, Hawthorne Longfellow Library, Nixon Lounge

A Wide Variety of Views: Exhibit Opening

Fri, Feb 13, 2026

2 pm to 4 pm

Nixon Lounge, Third Floor & Second Floor Gallery, Hawthorne-Longfellow Library, Nixon Lounge, Third Floor & Second Floor Gallery, Hawthorne-Longfellow Library

Lecture

March Audubon Page-Turning with birder and nature writer Nick Lund

Fri, Mar 6, 2026

12:30 pm to 1 pm

Special Collections & Archives Reading Room, Third Floor, Hawthorne-Longfellow Library, Special Collections & Archives Reading Room, Third Floor, Hawthorne-Longfellow Library

Book Launch and Discussion with Meryem Belkaid, Harriet Sarah Walker and Mary Sophia Walker Associate Professor of Humanities, Romance Languages and Literatures

Thu, Apr 2, 2026

4:30 pm to 6 pm

Hawthorne Longfellow Library, Nixon Lounge, Hawthorne Longfellow Library, Nixon Lounge

Meeting

April Audubon Page-Turning

Fri, Apr 3, 2026

12:30 pm to 1 pm

Special Collections & Archives Reading Room, Third Floor, Hawthorne-Longfellow Library, Special Collections & Archives Reading Room, Third Floor, Hawthorne-Longfellow Library

May Audubon Page-Turning with acclaimed scientist and author Bernd Heinrich

Fri, May 1, 2026

12:30 pm to 1 pm

Special Collections & Archives Reading Room, Third Floor, Hawthorne-Longfellow Library, Special Collections & Archives Reading Room, Third Floor, Hawthorne-Longfellow Library

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Recent Events

February Audubon Page-Turning with printmaker Sherrie York

Fri, Feb 6, 2026

12:30 pm to 1 pm

Special Collections & Archives Reading Room, Third Floor, Hawthorne-Longfellow Library, Special Collections & Archives Reading Room, Third Floor, Hawthorne-Longfellow Library

Book Launch and Discussion with Aviva Briefel, Edward Little Professor of the English Language and Literature and Cinema Studies

Thu, Jan 22, 2026

4:30 pm to 6 pm

Hawthorne Longfellow Library, Nixon Lounge, Hawthorne Longfellow Library, Nixon Lounge

Faculty Info/Planning Session: Teaching with Special Collections & Archives

Tue, Jan 13, 2026

1 pm to 2:30 pm

Hawthorne Longfellow Library, Special Collections, Hawthorne Longfellow Library, Special Collections

Take a Study Break During Reading Period and Finals Week

Sat, Dec 20, 2025

7 pm to 10 pm

H-L and Hatch Libraries, H-L and Hatch Libraries

Book Launch and Discussion with Willi Lempert, Osterweis Family Associate Professor of Anthropology

Thu, Dec 11, 2025

4:30 pm to 6 pm

Hawthorne Longfellow Library, Nixon Lounge, Nixon Lounge, 3rd Floor, H-L Library

Book Launch and Discussion with Ingrid Nelson, Professor of Sociology

Thu, Nov 13, 2025

4:30 pm to 5:30 pm

Nixon Lounge, 3rd Floor, H-L Library

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