December 2019
Behind the Scenes Tour of the Clements Library
Join us for a tour to learn more about the Clements Library and its collections. Tours begin with a presentation behind-the-scenes to share the story of our collections and our renovated 1923 building. Tours conclude with a visit to the Avenir Foundation Reading Room to view the current exhibits.
Register ›Lecture: Kevin Graffagnino, A Valedictory Address
Dr. Graffagnino, the Randolph G. Adams Director of the Clements Library, retires at the end of December 2019. Join us as he reminisces about his 11-year career with the Clements. Reception to follow.
Register ›Brown Bag: Dr. Phillip Troutman, “‘Incendiary Pictures’: The Radical Visual Rhetoric of Early Abolition”
In this Brown Bag lunch talk, Dr. Phillip Troutman will discuss his current research at the Clements Library as recipient of the Reese Fellowship in the Print Culture of the Americas. Dr. Troutman is a 2018-2019 Smithsonian Senior Fellow and an Assistant Professor of Writing and of History at the George Washington University. He is working on a book, drawing on visual theory, rhetoric, history, and art history to provide the first assessment of the American Anti-Slavery Society's visual program of periodicals,…
Register ›Behind the Scenes Tour of the Clements Library
Join us for a tour to learn more about the Clements Library and its collections. Tours begin with a presentation behind-the-scenes to share the story of our collections and our renovated 1923 building. Tours conclude with a visit to the Avenir Foundation Reading Room to view the current exhibits.
Register ›