Events

Peabody librarians will host in-person and virtual info sessions from Aug. 27 to Sept. 10. Participants will explore the library's spaces, collections, resources and website—everything they need to know to get started using the library. Read More

Please join us on Aug. 21 from 8 a.m. to noon for our annual music library open house/breakfast. We will have pastries, fruit and coffee (and good conversation!). All Blair faculty, students and staff are invited. In addition to catching up with returning and new students, we will be highlighting… Read More

The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries will host an event on Tuesday, Sept. 17, to celebrate Constitution Day, observed each year to commemorate the signing of the U.S. Constitution on Sept. 17, 1787, and to “recognize all who, by coming of age or by naturalization, have become citizens.”  Read More

Comic book, graphic novel and zine enthusiasts will come together at the inaugural Nashville Comic Arts Festival on Saturday, Sept. 14, at Vanderbilt University’s Central Library. The free event, which is open to the public, will be from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Central Library Community Room. Read More

Grammy Award-winning songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Dom Flemons will perform at Vanderbilt University on Saturday, Sept. 14, in a concert presented by the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries and the Wild Bunch Lecture Fund. Read More

A new partnership between the government of Québec and Vanderbilt University will bolster opportunities for academic and cultural exchange involving the Canadian province and the Nashville institution. The collaboration was announced June 18 at an event celebrating Québec’s deep ties to Middle Tennessee that also served as an early observance of Québec’s annual national day.  Read More

James Patterson has published over 400 titles and sold more than 425 million copies of his books, but he first gained the confidence to pursue a career in writing while working toward a graduate degree at Vanderbilt, the bestselling author told a large audience in Langford Auditorium on April 11. Read More

Bestselling author James Patterson will discuss his prolific writing career, support for literacy initiatives and the power of books and reading in a wide-ranging conversation at Vanderbilt University on Thursday, April 11. Read More

National education reporter Laura Pappano will discuss her latest book, School Moms: Parent Activism, Partisan Politics, and the Battle for Public Education, at the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries on Tuesday, April 9. In her book, Pappano draws on archival research as well as on-the-ground reporting to offer a nuanced view of how schools across the country have become lightning rods in the culture wars.  Read More

A new exhibit celebrating the 50th anniversary of Vanderbilt Divinity School’s Antoinette Brown Lecture Series will open on Monday, March 4, at the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries. Read More