Category Archives: Humanities
Stephen Crane’s War
If you’ve read anything by Stephen Crane, there’s a pretty good chance it was The Red Badge of Courage. Crane’s Civil War story is renowned for its insider perspective on combat experience—what it was like to be surrounded by gunsmoke, … Continue reading
Two centuries of songs
Strike up the band! The Sheridan Libraries are happy to announce a major upgrade of our popular Levy Sheet Music Digital Collection. While the content is the same as in the previous version, we have redesigned its user interface to … Continue reading
The Further Adventures of the Digital Humanities
We told you last year about the hot, new field in humanities research, the Digital Humanities, or DH for short. Well, in the past 12 months, it hasn’t cooled off in the least! Sessions on DH at this year’s MLA … Continue reading
Building History in Baltimore and Beyond
You’ve seen the sign driving up University Parkway that marks Roland Park. You may even live there, or know someone who does. Hopefully you have been following our blog posts about the processing of the Roland Park Company Papers. Now … Continue reading
Stephen Crane’s Career
How do you become a professional writer? It helps to have a family member provide a model—or better yet, both parents and a couple of siblings. It also helps to have access to a good public library—and to read voraciously, … Continue reading
Goodbye Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe, the renowned Nigerian novelist and essayist, died on March 22, at age 82. Achebe was best known for his ground-breaking novel of 1958, Things Fall Apart, which dramatizes the tensions between indigenous African culture and British colonial values. … Continue reading
What’s in a name?
The Friends of the Libraries are pleased to host author, artist, and environmental activist James Prosek for the 2013 Paula U. Hamburger Lecture on Thursday, March 28. His talk “The Taxonomist’s Dilemma: Or, What’s in a Name?” will explore the … Continue reading
The Writing Life
If you’re a professional writer, you probably think a lot about how to get your work under the eyes of readers. You may weigh the advantages and disadvantages of self-publishing—using a service like CreateSpace on Amazon—against traditional publishing. (With self-publishing, … Continue reading
A Strong Constitution
Convened in Philadelphia in May 1787, members of the Federal Convention, dissatisfied with the Articles of Confederation, decided to draft a new Constitution. It was completed in September of the same year and would shape the way the United States … Continue reading
Where did Saint Valentine’s Day come from anyway?
Like many people, I wore my red and hearts last week to celebrate Saint Valentine’s Day. But this year I wondered, where did this holiday come from? And, why February 14th? As most people do these days, I started my … Continue reading