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Bridwell Library & Sotheby’s Invite You to View the Codex Sassoon
Congratulations to 2023 Weil Research Award Winner Mimi Wassef
Please join us in congratulating Mimi Wassef, the 2023 Recipient of the Larrie and Bobbi Weil Undergraduate Research Award! The Larrie and Bobbi Weil Undergraduate Research Award recognizes a student research paper that demonstrates depth, breadth, and thoughtful command of library resources. The winning student receives an award at Honors Convocation and $500. The…Continue Reading Congratulations to 2023 Weil Research Award Winner Mimi Wassef
SMU Libraries Newsletter – Fall 2022
Keep up with what’s going down 🗯 The SMU Libraries Newsletters highlight the latest and greatest that happens each semester. Check out our Fall 2022 edition to learn what we’ve been up to lately! …Continue Reading SMU Libraries Newsletter – Fall 2022
Our Stories: Black Families in Early Dallas featuring co-editor Judith Garrett Segura
Friends of SMU Libraries and DeGolyer Library host a lecture and book signing event for Our Stories: Black Families in Early Dallas, featuring co-editor Judith Garrett Segura. Our Stories: Black Families in Early Dallas combines carefully chosen excerpts from two publications by the late Dr. Mamie McKnight’s organization, Black Dallas Remembered. Through the excerpts chosen by editors George…Continue Reading Our Stories: Black Families in Early Dallas featuring co-editor Judith Garrett Segura
Research Assignment Stipend Spring 2023 Winners
Congratulations to the Research Assignment Stipend Spring 2023 Winners! Dr. Katharine Boswell, in collaboration with Social Science Research Librarian Julia Anderson, for Gender: Images & Perspectives (WGST 2322). Dr. Britta Hanson, in collaboration with Director of Hamon Arts Library Jolene de Verges, for International Film History (FILM 1266). Dr. Richard Hermes, in collaboration with Humanities…Continue Reading Research Assignment Stipend Spring 2023 Winners
Octavio Medellín: Spirit and Form at the DMA – featured in Glasstire
In the first of a two-part essay in Glasstire, Ruben C. Cordova writes about the artist, Octavio Medellín, featured in his retrospective show at the Dallas Museum of Art. Curated by the DMA’s Mark Castro, Octavio Medellín: Spirit and Form extensively features the artist’s archives from SMU Libraries Bywaters Special Collections at the Hamon Arts…Continue Reading Octavio Medellín: Spirit and Form at the DMA – featured in Glasstire
Special Printing Arts Edition of The Bridwell Quarterly and Anthony Elia’s Newsletter The Bridwell Quill
From the Office of Anthony J. Elia Dear Colleagues: This month we are sharing a Special Edition of The Bridwell Quarterly with highlights of our historic presses, book arts, and printing programs. For SMU departments with interested students, we have an all-university Ecological Sustainability & the Book Student Essay Contest, and encourage people to submit their writing (see p. 31 of…Continue Reading Special Printing Arts Edition of The Bridwell Quarterly and Anthony Elia’s Newsletter The Bridwell Quill
The Bridwell Quarterly Summer 2022 & The Bridwell Quill Issues 47–49
Please enjoy “Of Antiques and Mindfulness” issues 47–49 of Anthony Elia’s newsletter The Bridwell Quill along with Issue 16 of Bridwell Library’s The Bridwell Quarterly (Summer 2022). If you have comments or questions, please feel free to contact us at mried@smu.edu. Happy reading!…Continue Reading The Bridwell Quarterly Summer 2022 & The Bridwell Quill Issues 47–49
Celebrating the Danse Macabre with Kahn & Selesnick
Visit Bridwell’s Elizabeth Perkins Prothro Galleries Exhibition open from September 12–December 16, 2022 LEAD STEALING THE DANSE MACABRE: CHANGING ROLES & IDENTITIES IN THE MODERN DANCE OF DEATH Meet Nicholas Kahn and Richard Selesnick, the gallery’s featured artists at Bridwell’s Celebrating the Danse Macabre event. Bridwell Library and SMU’s Department of Art History welcome the…Continue Reading Celebrating the Danse Macabre with Kahn & Selesnick
From SMU to Samarkand: Bridwell Director Visits Central Asia
August 24, 2022 By Anthony J. Elia, Director of Bridwell Library During the month of May, I spent three weeks traveling through the Central Asian nation of Uzbekistan, in what is often considered the center of the ancient Silk Road. While this historical confluence of markets, trade routes, and nodes of transcontinental commerce reaches deeply into…Continue Reading From SMU to Samarkand: Bridwell Director Visits Central Asia