Past Events
April 17, 2023
The 2022 exhibition Black Dolls at the New-York Historical Society, curated by Dominique Jean-Louis and Museum Director Margi Hofer, used a private collection of handmade Black...
March 22, 2023
In 1923, a Confederate veteran wrote an indignant letter to the editor to complain that Charlottesville, Virginia’s planned monument equestrian sculpture of General Robert E...
May 6, 2022
Join the inaugural RAD Public History Fellows to hear about the library projects they have been working on with their mentors this semester, utilizing the Rare and Distinctive...
March 2, 2022
In REENCOUNTERS, Crystal Mun-hye Baik examines what it means to live with and remember an ongoing war when its manifestations—hypervisible and deeply sensed—become everyday...
February 25, 2022
Cornell University Library’s Rare and Distinctive Collections and the Cornell Public History Initiative present: “Archiving and Amplifying Queer and BIPOC Histories” Friday,...
February 21, 2022
This presentation is part of a new research project that examines the relationship between the individual and society, professional expertise and political acumen, individual...
April 21, 2022
Queer history is a living practice Talk to any group of LGBTQ people today, and they will not agree on what story should be told Many people desire to celebrate the past by...
April 1, 2021
In this talk, Sarah Seidman, Puffin Foundation Curator of Social Activism at the Museum of the City of New York, will explore the complexities of museum work through a focus on...
March 24, 2021
Herb Tam, Curator and Director of Exhibitions at the Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA), will discuss his curatorial work and MOCA’s role as a social history museum in New...
