Exhibits

A new portrait series that celebrates noteworthy Vanderbilt University community members is now on display in multiple locations across the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries. V150: The Many Faces of Vanderbilt, which was funded by a Spring 2023 Sesquicentennial Grant, features prominent photographs and… Read More

 “Dante Behind Bars: Not Made to Live Like Brutes.” The Annual Dante Lecture the Vanderbilt editions the Divine Comedy Created in the Fall of 2022, the Annual Dante Lecture at Vanderbilt celebrates the life and works of Dante Alighieri, one of the greatest poets in world literature. This lecture… Read More

An exhibit currently on display at Vanderbilt’s Central Library explores the lesser-known history of some of the university’s earliest students. Cherokee and Chickasaw Students at Vanderbilt, 1885–1899 is the result of research led by Daniel Sharfstein, Dick and Martha Lansden Professor of Law, professor of history and… Read More

Workers pose during the rebuilding of Kirkland Hall after the 1905 fire. (Vanderbilt Special Collections and University Archives) Applications are still open for the fall 2023 Buchanan Library Fellowship, Building a University: Vanderbilt’s Fourth Decade, 1905–1915. This fellowship, which requires a commitment of five to eight hours weekly including project… Read More

An exhibit currently on display at Vanderbilt’s Central Library explores the lesser-known history of some of the university’s earliest students. Cherokee and Chickasaw Students at Vanderbilt, 1885–1899 is the result of research led by Daniel Sharfstein, Dick and Martha Lansden Professor of Law, professor… Read More

In 2022, as Vanderbilt’s 150th anniversary approached, recent graduates Allen Zeng, BA’23, and Richard Zhang, BA’23, set out to capture the essence of the university by photographing its community members. Collaborating with Professor of Art Vesna Pavlović and librarian Yvonne Boyer, the two developed the “Vanderbilt Self-Portrait” project, which is… Read More

Please join us Thursday, February 16, Noon–1:00 p.m. in the Central Library Community Room for a moderated lunchtime panel (lunch served first come, first serve) on the life of one of the most well-known American librarians and experts in illuminated manuscripts in the early-mid twentieth century, Belle da Costa Greene,… Read More

Please join us Tuesday, February 14, Noon–1:00 p.m. in the libraries’ Special Collections for a reception catered by Hattie B’s for the exhibition, The Reinvented Life of Belle da Costa Greene. One of the most well-known American librarians and experts in illuminated manuscripts in the early-mid twentieth century, Belle… Read More

Vanderbilt Libraries is pleased to announce the virtual exhibit for  Black Studies As (A) Movement: AADS @50 is now available.  The exhibit draws content from the physical exhibit that ran from September 2019 to January 2020 in Special Collections.  It celebrates and documents 50 years of history, growth, and… Read More

The libraries are pleased to announce a timely exhibition on the life of Reverend James M. Lawson, Jr. now on display in Central Library’s foyer and on an accompanying online exhibition.  The exhibition contains documents, photographs and realia from more than seven decades of Lawson’s life which capture moments… Read More