Join us TODAY at 4 p.m. for a conversation about Black Loyalism with Adam McNeil, a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Virginia's Carter G. Woodson Institute.
Part of the series The Revolution Is News.
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Join us TOMORROW, April 21 at 4 p.m. EST for a virtual conversation about Black Loyalism with Adam McNeil, a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Virginia's Carter G. Woodson Institute.
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The full line-up for this series is listed below!
Join us TODAY at noon as JCB Reads continues!
JCB Director Karin Wulf will discuss Serpent in Eden with former fellow Tyson Reeder.
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Join us on Monday, April 20, 2026 at noon for a virtual discussion of Tyson Reeder’s Serpent in Eden: Foreign Meddling and Partisan Politics in James Madison’s America (Oxford University Press, 2024).
All are welcome!
Please register for the webinar at brown.zoom.us/webinar/regi....
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Spring has sprung at the JCB, and our April 2026 newsletter is out!
Read all the latest at conta.cc/3OgYVGn
Now available on our website:
1776 Across the Americas: A Hemispheric History
If you've been unable to visit our exhibition in person -and even if you have come by to see it!-, be sure to check out the latest addition to our virtual exhibition hall at shorturl.at/Z85Bc
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Join us one week from today at noon for our latest installment of JCB Reads!
This virtual conversation is open to everyone. Registration information at jcblibrary.org.
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Join us on April 21 as The Revolution Is News continues with a conversation about Black Loyalism with Adam McNeil, a post-doctoral fellow at @woodsonuva.
Details at jcblibrary.org!
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We are working our way towards our third installment of The Revolution Is News!
If you missed Joe Rezek discussing Common Sense and more or Rick Atkinson talking about War, be sure to get caught up.
Recordings are available now on the JCB YouTube channel!
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The JCB's Meaghan Brown will be part of a panel for the SSP webinar How AI Is Transforming Research: From Idea to Impact.
Participants will share examples of how AI is being used across research workflows and what this means for how knowledge is discovered and used.
Details at: shorturl.at/T8H5h
This, at times, was a terrifying experience for her chosen victim; to paraphrase Terry Pratchett, "Oh dear, I do hope Alba hasn't happened to someone."
Thank you for sharing all of your talents with us, Alba. You are missed!
She ruled over her garden as a life-giving and ruthless goddess; she saw straight to the talent and rightness in people and, like a highwayman, demanded they produce it immediately—"Stand and deliver!"
Quilts, furniture, shoes, saints, calligraphy, beans, medals, jewels, portraits, books, ice cream cones, fig trees, sculptures, humans. Nothing escaped her eye, nothing Alba deemed not up to snuff went unscathed; she was a holy terror and a hurricane of delight.
Alba did not believe in regrets. She was fierce, loving, critical, and hilarious, often at the same time. She took her life in both hands and wrung the best from it in the same way she taught her students, applying her keen and boundless creative force to anything within reach.
Alba was an exacting and generous teacher, striving to instill in her students the same discerning eye and thirst for excellence which moved her and which she expressed in her work. In 2009, Alba was awarded the Frazier Award for excellence in teaching from RISD, where she taught for over 30 years.
Her family shared the following:
She is survived by her sisters Diana Cary and Dina Odak, her daughter Allison Paschke and son-in-law John Danskin, her grandchildren Phoebe and her wife Nolene, and Arthur and his wife Yoonah, and her great grandchildren, Sylvan and Jasper.
JCB medal engraved with the name of Clinton I. Smullyan, Jr. in 2025 for Meritorious Service.
She also hand engraved the JCB medal, which is awarded to individuals to recognize distinguished service to the institution.
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She engraved the bronze plaques that mark meeting rooms and other spaces in the JCB, including the sign outside of the Swearer Room:
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The team at the JCB was sad to learn that
Alba Corrado, artist, sculptor and medalist, seamstress, master calligrapher, illustrator, gardener, writer, and retired RISD Senior Critic, passed away Christmas Day 2025.
Alba worked on projects with the JCB over many years.
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The Revolution Is News invites scholars to talk about key topics in the broad period of the American Revolution as part of the JCB's 2026 and Beyond initiative.
Join us TODAY at 4 p.m. for a virtual conversation about War with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Rick Atkinson.
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Join us tomorrow, April 7, at 4 p.m. as our series "The Revolution Is News" continues!
JCB Director will talk with author Rick Atkinson about War.
Details at jcblibrary.org.
To bring more attention to our distinct disciplinary approaches, Brown 2026 is convening Cross Talk, a series of moderated conversations in which faculty from across the university explain their approaches to a subject or issue. featuring: Serena Booth, Assistant Professor of Computer Science Rebecca Liu, Assistant Professor of English Laura López-Sanders, Associate Professor of Sociology Erica Walker, RGSS Assistant Professor of Epidemiology Moderated by Seth Rockman, George L. Littlefield Professor of American History Join us Friday, April 3 at 5 p.m. at the JCB in person or online! Zoom registration: https://brown.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xxNECo9LTzGpfMAsXUsuEg In-person registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf_lGXkUeF70rDy8BCCBw70UpCoYRYYHTgFVHGVBbt3As6rwg/viewform Related Events
Today at the JCB! Join us in person or virtually at 5 p.m. for Cross Talks: Labor, part of Brown 2026!
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The JCB is proud to host Cross Talk: Labor. To bring more attention to distinct disciplinary approaches, Brown 2026 is convening moderated conversations in which Brown faculty explain their approaches to a subject or issue.
Join us TOMORROW, April 3 at 5 p.m. in person or online!
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Join us today, April 2, at noon as the series JCB Reads continues with a conversation about Katharine Gerbner's recent publication Archival Irruptions: Constructing Religion and Criminalizing Obeah in Eighteenth-Century Jamaica.
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HAPPENING SOON!
Tune into our discussion about Common Sense and more with Boston University Professor Joe Rezek, part of our new series The Revolution Is News!
Today at 4 p.m. here:
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The JCB is proud to host Cross Talk: Labor, the first of a series of conversations with Brown faculty from across the university about important subjects or issues.
This event is hybrid- please join us virtually or in-person as you are able!
Details at jcblibrary.org.
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Join us at noon on Thursday, April 2 as JCB Reads continues with a book talk by Katharine Gerbner, author of Archival Irruptions.
This is a virtual event, and registration info is available at
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All are welcome!
Join us for the first installment of The Revolution Is News TODAY, March 31 at 4pm ONLINE.
Tune in for a discussion with JCB Director Karin Wulf and Boston University Professor Joe Rezek, who will discuss Common Sense and more!
I can promise you there are things I *haven’t yet said* about COMMON SENSE that I will be saying tomorrow at this free webinar, hosted by @jcblibrary.bsky.social at 4pm EDT.
Thank you to @kawulf.bsky.social for all this great series, “The Revolution is News,” which runs through September.
