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@jcblibrary.bsky.socialLooking for some reading for the long weekend?
We suggest that you check out JCB Research Associate Brittany Erwin's new blog post, "Skeletons and Great Balls of Fire: Funeral Culture in the Eighteenth-Century Spanish Empire."
@jcblibrary.bsky.socialJoin us today, Friday, October 9 at 5 p.m. EDT for the 2026 Bromsen Lecture.
Charles Walker (UC Davis) will discuss "The Túpac Amaru Rebellion (1780-1783): An Atlantic Revolution?"
Registration for this hybrid (in-person/Zoom) event is now live!
@jcblibrary.bsky.social💥💥💥TODAY! 💥💥💥 Join us for a talk by Peter C. Mancall about his most recent book, Contested Continent, which recounts how North America was forged from the experiences of millions of Indigenous women and men as well as Europeans and Africans. Free and open to the public, with reception to follow.
@jcblibrary.bsky.socialPlease note that the JCB will be closed on the following dates:
Thursday, October 8 (afternoon)
Friday, October 9 (afternoon)
Monday, October 12 for Indigenous People's Day
All JCB closings -and EVENTS- are listed on our website, jcblibrary.org. We hope to see you soon!
@jcblibrary.bsky.socialTomorrow! Join us at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 8 for a book talk by Peter C. Mancall (U of Southern California) on Contested Continent: The Struggle for North America, c. 1000-1680.
This event is free and open to the public. A reception will follow.
For more details, visit jcblibrary.org.
@jcblibrary.bsky.socialLearn about curious gravestones created by a man named Edward Wharton in Massachusetts in 1675 following the deaths of two Quakers.
Research conducted by JCB Research Associate Daniel Howlett. @dhowlett1692
1675 court record source: salem.lib.virginia.edu/Essex/vol6/i...
@jcblibrary.bsky.socialWe have two talks coming up this week- read all about it in the JCB Newsletter Special Edition!
Peter Mancall will present his book Contested Continent on Thursday, and Charles Walker will deliver the Bromsen lecture on Friday.
Details at jcblibrary.org!
@jcblibrary.bsky.socialThursday at the JCB!
Join us for a talk by Peter Mancall, author of Contested Continent: The Struggle for North America, c. 1000-1680.
A reception will follow.
Details at jcblibrary.org.
@jcblibrary.bsky.socialWe've got a busy week coming up at the JCB! Join us Thursday evening for a talk by Peter C. Mancall about his book Contested Continent, and then come back Friday for the 2026 Bromsen lecture!
Details and registration at jcblibrary.org.
@jcblibrary.bsky.socialApplications for 2027-2028 JCB long-term and short-term fellowships are now open!
Check out our opportunities page here: jcblibrary.org/fellowships/...
@jcblibrary.bsky.socialWe've extended our DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS!
Interested in presenting a paper or building a panel for our Conference on Families in Early American and Atlantic Worlds?
You have until end of day tomorrow, October 2!
Details at: jcblibrary.org/events/confe...
@jcblibrary.bsky.socialThe October 1 installment of our series on the Journals of Congress is now live on the JCB YouTube channel!
Ever wondering what was happening in Congress 250 years ago today? We've got you covered!
@jcblibrary.bsky.socialToday!
Join us virtually at noon as we kick off JCB Reads for 2026-2027 with a conversation about the new book, A Sea of Possibilities: The Revolutionary Atlantic World of Captain Thomas Allen by Kenneth Banks.
Thursday, October 1 at 12 p.m. EDT
Register here: brown.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
@jcblibrary.bsky.socialJCB Reads 2026-7 kicks off this week with a talk by Ken Banks, author of A Sea of Possibilities: The Revolutionary Atlantic World of Captain Thomas Allen!
Join us at noon this Thursday, October 1 online.
Details at jcblibrary.org/events/jcb-r...
@jcblibrary.bsky.socialCheck out all the latest from the JCB in our September newsletter!
@jcblibrary.bsky.socialBrown 2026 invites you to join us Friday, October 2 for the presentation of research conducted by our Visiting Faculty Fellows.
Details are available at brown2026democracy.brown.edu/events
@jcblibrary.bsky.socialThe JCB will close at 12:45 p.m. tomorrow, September 23, and will reopen at 4:30 to host a Brown 2026 Cross Talk, part of a series of moderated conversations featuring faculty from across campus. This week's topic is violence.
Details and registration at events.brown.edu/event/335954...
@jcblibrary.bsky.socialOctober will be a busy month at the JCB!
Registration is now live for all of these events for both in-person and remote attendees.
Check out all the latest at jcblibrary.org.
@jcblibrary.bsky.socialThere's lot happening at the JCB, including class visits, research appointments, and our current exhibition.
We'll close early Wednesday to host a Cross Talk on Violence featuring Brown faculty from several fields.
(events.brown.edu/event/335954...)
Be sure to stop by and visit us!
@kawulf.bsky.socialReposted by @jcblibrary.bsky.socialFamily history and genealogy, media juicing up controversy and fawning over science while failing to get that yes the historical analysis was conclusive. I couldn't not write about this!
Shorter: just read @agordonreed.bsky.social.
