John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities Collection
The Center, founded as the John Nicholas Brown Center for the Study of American Civilization in 1979 and part of Brown University as the John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage from 1995-2023, offered a graduate program in public humanities featuring a range of interdisciplinary courses. The Center collaborated on scholarly and research projects developed with other departments and centers at Brown and with local, national, and international cultural, arts, and educational institutions. Effective July 1, 2023, the John Nicholas Brown Center (JNBC) became a center for advanced study with a primary focus on fostering broad public discussion and disseminating academic research and scholarship across diverse disciplines. The Center’s records were transferred to the University Archives in the summer of 2023.
Subcollections (6)
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Fox Point Project
Since 2008, students from the Brown Center for Public Humanities have worked with Professor Anne Valk on collaborative projects to preserve and present the cultural heritage and social history of the Fox Point neighborhood. An archival collection of oral history …... -
John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities Records
This collection contains departmental files created by the John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities (JNBC).... -
John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage Syllabi
This collection contains syllabi of courses associated with the John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage.... -
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Mashapaug Pond
Mashapaug Pond and Reservoir Triangle Collection This collection contains oral history interviews, images, and research materials gathered by Brown University students. The project seeks to uncover personal stories related to the natural, social, and cultural history of Mashapaug Pond (Providence, …... -
Public Work: a public humanities podcast
...This collection houses the archived audio files for each episode of Public Work, a podcast based out of Brown University’s John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage.
Public Work was created and co-produced by Amelia Golcheski …