William Blount and John Sevier are early American politicians that you would expect to be represented in the University of Tennessee Special Collections manuscript collection. But other members of our founding generation represented in UT’s Special Collections might surprise you. For example we have three items from George Washington, the Commander in Chief of the … Continued
Four-Hour Film Festival For the past two years, Media Literacy Librarian Michelle Brannen and Student Success Librarian Ingrid Ruffin have teamed up with UT’s Division of Student Life and resident assistants in the dorms to host a four-hour video contest. The most recent Four-Hour Film Festival took place on February 21. Students were given the … Continued
The campus is invited to a presentation on “The Out-of-Control Zone: Digital Humanities, Data Curation and Other New Endeavors in Librarianship” on Monday, March 9, at 7:00 p.m. in the Lindsay Young Auditorium of the John C. Hodges Library. What do digital humanists need from libraries? Join visionary Trevor Muñoz in re-imagining how libraries can … Continued
***Cameron Conaway’s 7 p.m. reading has been CANCELED due to a grounded flight. However, the “Poetry & Modern Masculinity” Nosh ‘n Chat will go forward, 2 p.m., March 2, 1210 McClung Tower.*** Cameron Conaway, whose activism is as well known as his writing, will read at the University of Tennessee’s Writers in the Library on … Continued
Join the African-American Read-In on Friday, February 27, 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. in the Hodges Library auditorium. Students, faculty, staff, administrators . . . all are invited to read an excerpt from a favorite book by an African-American author. Readers can bring a book to the reading or select a text from African-American authored books … Continued
Adam Ross, celebrated novelist and short story writer, will read from his work on February 23 at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, as part of the Writers in the Library series. The reading will be in the Lindsay Young Auditorium of the John C. Hodges Library at 7 p.m. It is free and open to … Continued
***UPDATE: Submission deadline has been extended until midnight, Sunday, March 8.*** Artists: Earn cash. Win fame. Submit your work to the Student Art in the Library juried exhibition. The contest awards a First Prize of $300, Second Prize of $150, and Third Prize of $75. Selected works will be on display in the exhibit area … Continued
***UPDATE: Submission deadline has been extended until midnight, Sunday, March 8.*** Artists: Earn cash. Win fame. Submit your work to the Student Art in the Library juried exhibition. The contest awards a First Prize of $300, Second Prize of $150, and Third Prize of $75. Selected works will be on display in the exhibit area … Continued
Former UT Libraries Writer-in-Residence Patricia Waters will be back in the library next week to read from her work. The campus is invited to a poetry reading and discussion with Waters on Monday, February 9, at 6 p.m. in the Mary Greer Room, 258 Hodges Library. Waters is the author of two books of poetry, … Continued
The latest book from the UT Libraries’ Newfound Press will be feted Thursday, February 5, at the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center Program in Sociology. From Joseph Bensman: Essays on Modern Society collects the essays of the renowned humanistic sociologist and includes a new, analytical introduction by the editors, Robert Jackall and … Continued