Events & Programs

This year’s book display focuses on recent acquisitions in the library’s collection that address historical and persistent issues of race and racism in today’s society.

This book display will be on display starting February 1 until February 28.

Sponsored by the Geisel Library

Please register in the Center for Intercultural Learning and Inclusion by Friday, February 7. There are only 40 spaces available so please register early. This event is free to students, and will highlight courageously conversing, intersectionality, and how to be a student leader.

     Event Location: Saint Methodios Meeting & Retreat Center

Sponsored by the Center for Intercultural Learning and Inclusion

The Grappone Humanities Institute is so excited to welcome students, faculty, staff, alumni, and members of the monastic community to our weekly discussions! 
 

    What:    Come Friday: What is “the Great American Novel?”

    When:    Friday, February 21 @12:30 p.m.

    Where:  Gregory J Grappone Humanities Institute

Led by English Professor Jennifer Thorn and student leaders from the Intercultural Center
 

Want to join us on Zoom?

Use this link to tune in:

https://anselm.zoom.us/j/97541557824
Passcode: 474718

Bag Lunch Book Group

"Our Nig, or Sketches from the Life of a Free Black" by Harriet E. Wilson

All members of the Saint Anselm College community are invited to attend a book discussion of "Our Nig." 

"Our Nig is the tale of a mixed-race girl, Frado, abandoned by her white mother after the death of the child's black father. Frado becomes the servant of the Bellmonts, a lower-middle-class white family in the free North, while slavery is still legal in the South, and suffers numerous abuses in their household. Frado's story is a tragic one; having left the Bellmonts, she eventually marries a black fugitive slave, who later abandons her" (GoodReads.com).

Published in 1859, this book is considered to be one of the first books written by an African American woman to be published in the United States (Wikipedia).

Copies of the book will be available to borrow at the Circulation Desk by January 22, 2025.

Attendees are welcome to bring their lunches to the book group meeting. 

Date: Friday, February 21, 2025 
Time: 12:30 - 1:20 p.m. 
Location: Library Classroom, upper level of Geisel.