Events – University Libraries /library Wed, 23 Apr 2025 12:45:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 Join the Graduate Student Journal Article Writing Group /library/2023/11/30/join-the-graduate-student-journal-article-writing-group/ /library/2023/11/30/join-the-graduate-student-journal-article-writing-group/#respond Thu, 30 Nov 2023 15:00:54 +0000 /library/?p=2633 Are you a graduate student working on a journal article for publication? Learn more about the Graduate Student Journal Article Writing Group!

This writing group will run during the Spring semester (January 22 – April 19, 2024). Weekly topics will include:

  • Publication venues
  • Selecting a journal
  • Writing your argument
  • Literature review
  • Citation management
  • And more!

Participants can participate mostly asynchronously, though attendance at one weekly synchronous writing session is required (multiple times will be offered). We will use Wendy Laura Belcher’s to guide the discussions and work.

Attend one of the upcoming Zoom information sessions where we will discuss how the program will run, the expected time commitment, and answer any other questions you may have. If you want to sign up without attending an information session, or if you have questions, contactcwe@montclair.edu.
Information Session Dates – Please Register Below

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Sponsored by the Center for Writing Excellence and the University Libraries.

]]> /library/2023/11/30/join-the-graduate-student-journal-article-writing-group/feed/ 0 /library/wp-content/uploads/sites/213/2022/11/pexels-diva-plavalaguna-6147390-300x200.jpg J. Samuel Walker looks back at Truman’s Decision to Use the Bomb against Japan on Thurs., Nov. 18 /library/2021/11/16/j-samuel-walker-looks-back-at-trumans-decision-to-use-the-bomb-against-japan-on-thurs-nov-18/ /library/2021/11/16/j-samuel-walker-looks-back-at-trumans-decision-to-use-the-bomb-against-japan-on-thurs-nov-18/#respond Tue, 16 Nov 2021 16:27:43 +0000 http://www.montclair.edu/library/?p=2120 On Thursday, November 18 at 7:30pm (via Zoom), J. Samuel Walker (author ofPrompt & Utter Destruction: Truman and the Use of the Atomic Bombs against Japanand former Historian of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission) reflects on President Truman’s reasons and justification for using atomic weapons against Japan in 1945 based on the most recent historical information. He also summarizes the arguments of other historians and officials both for and against Truman’s decision.

Thursday, November 18, 2021 at 7:30pm

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]]> /library/2021/11/16/j-samuel-walker-looks-back-at-trumans-decision-to-use-the-bomb-against-japan-on-thurs-nov-18/feed/ 0 /library/wp-content/uploads/sites/213/2021/11/bomb5-300x150.jpg Alex Wellerstein talks about the Rosenberg Spy Ring on Mon., Nov. 15 /library/2021/11/11/alex-wellerstein-talks-about-the-rosenberg-spy-ring-on-mon-nov-15/ /library/2021/11/11/alex-wellerstein-talks-about-the-rosenberg-spy-ring-on-mon-nov-15/#respond Fri, 12 Nov 2021 00:59:24 +0000 http://www.montclair.edu/library/?p=2110 On Monday, Nov. 15 at 6:30pm (via Zoom), Alex Wellerstein, Professor of History at Stevens Institute of Technology, details how Julius Rosenberg recruited several co-workers and family members to spy on the US nuclear program and provide classified information to the Soviet Union while being employed at the Fort Monmouth military base in Monmouth County, NJ. Rosenberg and his wife were convicted of espionage in 1951 and executed in 1953.

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]]> /library/2021/11/11/alex-wellerstein-talks-about-the-rosenberg-spy-ring-on-mon-nov-15/feed/ 0 /library/wp-content/uploads/sites/213/2021/11/julius-ethel-rosenberg-300x169.jpg Steven Gimbel discusses Einstein’s Letter and the Race to Build the Bomb before the Nazis on Nov. 10 /library/2021/11/08/steven-gimbel-discusses-einsteins-letter-and-the-race-to-build-the-bomb-before-the-nazis-on-nov-10/ /library/2021/11/08/steven-gimbel-discusses-einsteins-letter-and-the-race-to-build-the-bomb-before-the-nazis-on-nov-10/#respond Mon, 08 Nov 2021 15:52:45 +0000 http://www.montclair.edu/library/?p=2106 On Wednesday, November 10 @ 11:30 AM in Richardson 201, Steven Gimbel will be giving a lecture on Albert Einstein’s Letter to Roosevelt which helped spur the Manhattan Project (in-person and on zoom). Albert Einstein was one of the world’s most famous physicists but also a well-known pacifist. These two aspects came into conflict when Einstein’s colleague Leo Szilard realized how to create a nuclear reaction that could be weaponized. It was during World War II and if Szilard could figure it out, then German scientists might as well. The possibility of Hitler having atomic weapons was frightening. As a result, Szilard and Einstein wrote one of the most important letters in history to President Roosevelt that launched the atomic age. It was a decision Einstein would later regret. Steven Gimbel will examine Einstein’s pacifism, how his science contributed to the development of the bomb, why he was excluded from the Manhattan Project, and his anti-proliferation work later in life.

Wednesday, November 10, 2021 at 11:30am

in Richardson Hall 201, vlog

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Tuesday, November 2, 2021 at 6pm

in Presentation Hall, School of

Communication & Media Building

@ Montclair State University

]]> /library/2021/10/29/film-screening-of-the-spy-behind-home-plate-with-filmmaker-aviva-kempner-on-tues-nov-2/feed/ 0 /library/wp-content/uploads/sites/213/2021/10/screenshot_5907-300x158.png Michael Gordin will speak about Princeton and the Bomb, 1939-1945 on Wed., Oct. 20 /library/2021/10/19/michael-gordin-will-speak-about-princeton-and-the-bomb-1939-1945-on-wed-oct-20/ /library/2021/10/19/michael-gordin-will-speak-about-princeton-and-the-bomb-1939-1945-on-wed-oct-20/#respond Tue, 19 Oct 2021 22:29:56 +0000 http://www.montclair.edu/library/?p=2020 On October 20 at 11:30am, Michael Gordin, Professor of History at Princeton University, will give a presentation that addresses three aspects of Princeton’s interventions in the Manhattan Project (1939-1945): Albert Einstein’s ambiguous involvement in these efforts throughout the war; the heavy participation of faculty and students in various aspects of the research; and the penning of the first official history of the Manhattan Project by physics department chair Henry DeWolf Smyth.

]]> /library/2021/10/19/michael-gordin-will-speak-about-princeton-and-the-bomb-1939-1945-on-wed-oct-20/feed/ 0 /library/wp-content/uploads/sites/213/2021/10/MichaelGordin_081821_0004-300x200.jpg Don Bender discusses NJ Nike Missile Bases on Wed., Oct. 13 at 7pm /library/2021/10/11/don-bender-discusses-nj-nike-missile-bases-on-wed-oct-13-at-7pm/ /library/2021/10/11/don-bender-discusses-nj-nike-missile-bases-on-wed-oct-13-at-7pm/#respond Mon, 11 Oct 2021 20:51:05 +0000 http://www.montclair.edu/library/?p=1982 On October 13 at 7pm, Don Bender, author and Local Historian, discusses the network of Nike Missile bases in New Jersey including the installation at Riker Hill on the Livingston/E. Hanover border that constituted an air defense system against a potential Soviet nuclear attack from the 1950s to the 70s. At one time, there were 14 Nike Missile Bases scattered across the state of New Jersey. The forty two acre Riker Hill facility which was purchased from the federal government for one dollar was converted into an Essex County Park in 1976 that includes 38 artist studios.

]]> /library/2021/10/11/don-bender-discusses-nj-nike-missile-bases-on-wed-oct-13-at-7pm/feed/ 0 /library/wp-content/uploads/sites/213/2021/10/nike_herc_33-240x300.jpg Free Vouchers and Passes Available for NYC Museums /library/2021/07/14/limited-number-of-vouchers-available-for-the-american-museum-of-natural-history/ /library/2021/07/14/limited-number-of-vouchers-available-for-the-american-museum-of-natural-history/#respond Wed, 14 Jul 2021 13:04:53 +0000 http://www.montclair.edu/library/?p=1507 Sprague Library has a limited number of museum passes available including single use vouchers for free admission for 1 adult for the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) and a pass to the Intrepid Museum of Sea, Air and Space.

The AMNH is located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City, and is the largest natural history museum in the world. To access the AMNH you must:

  • Pickup the voucher at Sprague Library during our open hours.
  • Make a reservation with the museum using that voucher. You do not need to return the voucher to Sprague Library.

The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum is an American military and maritime history museum with a collection of museum ships in New York City. It is located at Pier 86 at 46th Street on the West Side of Manhattan.

  • Sprague Library has 1 museum pass for the Intrepid Museum.
  • The pass admits 2 adults and 2 children.

For access to the Intrepid Museum, you must make a reservation for the Sprague Library pass. We will provide you with additional details for booking a time slot with the Museum.

For questions about the Sprague Library Museum Pass program, contact the Access Services Department at circreserves@montclair.edu.

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* A Virtual and Accessible Event: ASL and Live Transcription

Date: Thursday, May 6, 6pm-7:30pm on Zoom

This panel brings together academic and on-the-ground experts on voting rights and African American disenfranchisement with particular attention to New Jersey. Christopher Matthews, curator of “The Black Freedom Struggle in Northern New Jersey (1613-1860),” will address the struggle for voting rights in 19th-century New Jersey. James E. Harris will speak to the efforts of the Montclair Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to advance voting rights. Andra Gillespie, author of The New Black Politician: Cory Booker, Newark, and Post-Racial America (2012), will review a the history of voter suppression in the United States–including the recent Georgia Senate Bill 202. Part of the Office for Faculty Advancement This is What Democracy Looks Like? series.

Moderator:Leslie Wilson, Professor of History and Associate Dean of the College of Humanities & Social Sciences, Montclair State University

Panelists:

James E. Harris, 1st Vice President,

Christopher Matthews, Professor of Anthropology, vlog

, Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the James Weldon Johnson Institute

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Sponsors: African American Caucus, Disability Resource Center, Office for Faculty Advancement, Sprague Library, Disability Caucus, and E3 (Educate, Equip, Empower) Student Coalition

Event Contact: Kate E. Temoney, temoneyk@montclair.edu

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