Events

Do you remember the famous meme of Bernie Sanders and his mittens at President Biden’s inauguration? Join us as author Jen Ellis discusses her new memoir, Bernie’s Mitten Maker, and how her newfound fame has helped her to do good in the world. Ellis’ talk will take place… Read More

The Blair Academy Halloween Open House is back in-person at the Wilson Music Library on Oct. 26 from 4-6 p.m.! Put on your costume and join us for refreshments and a ton of fun activities, including miniature golf, temporary tattoos, scavenger hunts, crafts, and the Haunted Stacks. There will be… Read More

Ellen T. Armour, E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of Feminist Theology, will discuss her new book, Seeing and Believing: Religion, Digital Visual Culture, and Social Justice, at Vanderbilt University’s Special Collections and University Archives from 3 to 5 p.m. on Thursday,… Read More

On Monday, September 18, Central Library will be honoring Constitution Day (September 17, which is on a Sunday this year). This date commemorates the day in 1787 when 39 delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia signed the United States Constitution. The Vanderbilt community is invited to the Central Library… 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

Eli Merritt, research assistant professor of political science, will discuss his new book, Disunion Among Ourselves: The Perilous Politics of the American Revolution, at the Vanderbilt Bookstore from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 9. Co-sponsored by the Jean… Read More

The Vanderbilt University Wilson Music library will present Voices of Mississippi on Friday, September 15, 7:30 p.m., in Blair School of Music’s Ingram Hall. Voices of Mississippi is an immersive multimedia concert event that celebrates the music, art, and storytelling traditions of the people of Mississippi. Based on the 2019… Read More

A Two-day Cultural Heritage Preservation Summit, July 19-20 You are invited to participate in four separate sessions over two days that are meant to inform and provide a forum for sharing experience and expertise, support learning and exploration, and facilitate creative problem-solving. Bring your ideas and questions and join the… Read More

As Vanderbilt began renovating Kirkland Hall in 2022 in anticipation of the Sesquicentennial celebration this year, a tantalizing piece of history awaited construction crews. In its cornerstone was a time capsule, interred in 1874 when the building was still known as the Main Building. Shortly before the capsule was… Read More

Join us for a discussion with Carole Boston Weatherford, award-winning-author, tomorrow, Friday March 31, at Peabody Library in the Fireside Reading Room, from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. In partnership with the National Museum of African American Music, this event will feature a discussion with Boston Weatherford facilitated by Alice… Read More