Wikipedia:Visiting Scholars/Participating institutions/Brown University

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About Brown University edit

 
University Hall

Brown University is a private, Ivy League university in Providence, Rhode Island. Founded in 1764 as "The College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations," Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the nine colonial colleges established before the American Revolution.

About the John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage edit

 
The Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage is housed in the Nightingale-Brown House

The John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage at Brown University is invested in education, research, and public engagement initiatives to connect individuals and communities to art, history, and culture. It has built a strong reputation for programs that connect university humanities expertise with broader audiences, community-based arts and humanities, and in training students for work in a broad range of cultural organizations. It is institutionally tied to Brown's American Studies department and works closely with its faculty and students.

Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage website

Overview of library resources edit

The Visiting Scholar will be provided with access to 452 databases, 1.5 million ebooks, tens of thousands of ejournals, and digitized special collections.

Current Visiting Scholars edit

Owlsmcgee edit

 
Owlsmcgee

Owlsmcgee (talk · contribs) was a Visiting Scholar at Brown University during 2017-2018, sponsored by the John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage and focused on improving Wikipedia's coverage of ethnic studies topics.

Highlights
    Algorithmic bias
    Black cowboys
    Canales investigation
    Cockstock Incident
    Oregon black exclusion laws
Media

Position announcements edit

Brown University is not currently accepting applications. Please see Wikipedia:Visiting Scholars/Apply for other options.