Spring 2019 Programs

Exhibitions

"Pine, Bamboo, and Plum: The Painting Manuals from China and Japan"
Monday, February 18–Saturday, March 16, Academic Commons, Terrell Main Library, Mudd Center

Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence
Includes photos of Mary Church Terrell, Ida Gibbs Hunt, and Anna Julia Cooper, all members of the Class of 1884, on loan from the Oberlin College Archives for an exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery.
Friday, March 29–Sunday, January 5, 2020, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.

Monoprint of Mary Church Terrell, by Suzanne Benton
Friday, May 24–Sunday, May 26, Academic Commons, Terrell Main Library, Mudd Center

The Mudd Center 45th Anniversary Celebration
Friday, May 24–Sunday, May 26, Academic Commons, Terrell Main Library, Mudd Center

Celebrating the 50th Reunion of the Class of 1969 and the 25th Reunion of the Class of 1994
Friday, May 24–Sunday, May 26, Goodrich Room, 4th Floor, Terrell Main Library, Mudd Center

Lectures and Other Events

"Elusive Utopia: The Struggle for Racial Equality in Oberlin," Talk by Gary Kornblith, Emeritus Professor of History and Carol Lasser, Emerita Professor of History.
Wednesday, February 27, 4:30 p.m., Moffett Auditorium, Mudd Center

Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon, Annual international event to help fill gaps in the coverage of women, gender, feminism, and the arts in Wikipedia. Co-sponsored with the Allen Memorial Art Museum.
Saturday, March 2, noon–4 p.m., East Gallery, AMAM

"Sovereignty at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919," Talk by Len Smith, Frederick B. Artz Professor of History.
Wednesday, March 6, 4:30 p.m., Moffett Auditorium, Mudd Center

Flamenco Dance Performances, by Alice Blumenthal, Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance.
March 13 and Thursday, March 14, noon, Academic Commons, Terrell Main Library, Mudd Center

"Historians and Hamilton," Talk by Renee Romano, Professor of History, Comparative American Studies, and Africana Studies.
Wednesday, March 20, 4:30 p.m., Moffett Auditorium, Mudd Center

"The Original Black Elite: Daniel Murray and the Story of a Forgotten Era," Talk by Elizabeth Dowling Taylor, independent scholar and Fellow, Virginia Foundation for the Humanities.
Thursday, April 4, 4:30 p.m., Moffett Auditorium, Mudd Center

Citizen Science Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon, Celebrate Citizen Science Day by adding new, current references that improve science-related articles in Wikipedia. Led by Alison Ricker, Head, Science Library. All are welcome; sign up in advance by emailing aricker@oberlin.edu.
Sunday, April 14, 1-3 p.m., Mac Lab, Science Library, Science Center

The Harold Jantz Memorial Lecture by Susan Orlean, journalist and author of The Library Book.
Monday, April 15, 4:30 p.m., Nancy Schrom Dye Lecture Hall, Science Center.