DATE: Saturday, September 27, 2014

TIME: 11:00 a.m.

LOCATION: List Arts Center, room 120

64 College Street, Providence

The ancient objects we associate with the history of Brown University are physical manifestations of the veneration we feel about this place. Like sacred religious relics, the time-worn buildings and portraits and ceremonial artifacts we have enshrined are touchstones that enable our sense of connection to Brown.  In this talk University Curator and Senior Lecturer in American Studies Rob Emlen examines the history and the meanings for Brown of those objects we have chosen to venerate.  Sponsored by the Friends of the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology and the Brown 250th Committee.

DATE: Saturday, September 27, 2014

TIME: 2:00 p.m.

LOCATION: Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Manning Hall / 21 Prospect Street, Providence

William Simmons, Professor of Anthropology and curator of this installation, will lead a tour of the Haffenreffer Museum's latest exhibit celebrating Brown's 250th anniversary.  The exhibit takes an anthropological look at The Symbols and Ceremonies of Brown University and features archives and objects, such as the President's robe, cap, and chain, that are not typically available for close viewing.