August 30 - October 6, 2017
Link: Guide to Activities at the Netter and Arnold Bernhard Libraries
This fall the Netter Health Sciences Library and the Arnold Bernhard Library are hosting the National Library of Medicine’s traveling exhibit “Harry Potter’s World: Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine.” This exhibit draws on works by 15th and 16th century thinkers to explore science and medicine through the lens of Harry Potter. It connects the fantasy and magic depicted in the Harry Potter series to the Renaissance traditions of alchemy, astrology and natural philosophy. The exhibit consists of rare manuscripts, printed works and images reproduced from the National Library of Medicine’s collection.
The Netter library will host the exhibit for three weeks from August 30 through September 17, and sponsor a series of lectures and related exhibits. The exhibit will then travel to the Arnold Bernhard Library where it will be available for three weeks from September 18 through October 6. An opening will be held on September 20 with gifts and refreshments, and David Valone, professor of history, will give a lecture tilted “More to Magic Than Waving Your Wand: Harry Potter and the Magical and Medical Traditions of Renaissance Hermeticism” on October 3. The Student Programing Board will also be sponsoring a showing of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire on September 27.
Visualizing Irish Independence : The Moran Collection of 19th Century Political Cartoons Thru Spring 2017 Semester
Cartoons are a great way of explaining - and satirizing - the political situation. In this way they are a form of visual propaganda that can delight and disgust in equal measure.
Ireland's Great Hunger Institute and the Arnold Bernhard Library's current joint exhibition is "Visualizing Irish Independence," which features a collection of political cartoons from the last two decades of the nineteenth century, when the Home Rule Movement was at its height. The collection was donated to Quinnipiac University by the Irish historian, Dr. Gerald Moran. They depict in stunning detail many of the leading political figures of the day, including Charles Stewart Parnell and William Gladstone.
Most of the cartoons were drawn by 'Tom Merry,' the pen-name of illustrator William Mecham (1853 -1902). The cartoons appeared as the centre intallment in issues of The St. Stephen Review, a journal that was opposed to Irish Independence.
The exhibition is free and open to the public. Hours are Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 8pm., Friday from 8am to 5pm, Saturday from 9am to 5pm, Sunday from Noon to 8pm.
March 23, 2016 - October 7, 2016
September 6, 2016 - October 7, 2016
