“… if you really want to make a librarian mad, burn down a library.” András Riedlmayer, Bibliographer in Islamic Art and Architecture at Harvard’s Fine Arts Library, made this comment when asked why he undertook his project to collect, preserve and publicize evidence of the destruction of cultural heritage in the Balkan wars of the…
This post is the fourth in a series about the Stuart Cary Welch Islamic and South Asian Photograph Collection written by the project’s staff and student catalogers in the Digital Images and Slides Collections of the Fine Arts Library. Written by Nicolas Roth The Stuart Cary Welch Islamic and South Asian Photograph Collection is…
András Riedlmayer, UN war crimes tribunal expert witness and Bibliographer in in Islamic Art and Architecture at Harvard’s Fine Arts Library, will be talking to Tim Slade, the film director and producer of The Destruction of Memory after the film screening on February 20th. This film chronicles the destruction of culture in Syria, Mali, the…
You’re invited to share in a project with us here at the Harvard Fine Arts Library: a digital humanities game using images of Islamic and South Asian art, with the chance to win an art publication of your choice, worth up to $150 USD! For more information about The Stuart Cary Welch Islamic and South Asian Photograph Collection, see…
With the semester over, our new books display has taken over the spaces formerly occupied by course reserves. We also added a couple of new chairs, so that you can browse the new arrivals more comfortably. Come and have a look! New titles from May 2018 are listed alphabetically by author or editor below. Click…
Hard to believe that the semester is just about over. Take a study break by coloring or browsing some new books! New titles from April 2018 are listed alphabetically by author or editor below. Click on the HOLLIS number to view the corresponding bibliographic record. Abbate, Francesco and Antonello Ricco, eds. Ritorno al Cilento :…
The end of the semester is fast approaching, and new books are arriving at a steady pace. Come check out the new titles before they are shelved in the stacks. New titles from March 2018 are listed alphabetically by author or editor below. Click on the HOLLIS number to view the corresponding bibliographic record. Abella,…
With so much snow on the ground, it’s hard to believe that next week marks the official start of Spring. But, Spring colors are starting to pop up among our new arrivals. New titles from February 2018 are listed alphabetically by author or editor below. Click on the HOLLIS number to view the corresponding bibliographic record….
Spring semester is underway and course reserves are up! To accommodate all the classes, we’ve had to shrink our New Books Display to the window-sill across from the circulation desk. Of course, you can also browse the new arrivals from January 2018 below. They are listed alphabetically by author or editor; click on the HOLLIS…
This post is the third in a series about the Stuart Cary Welch Islamic and South Asian Photograph Collection written by the project’s staff and student catalogers in the Digital Images and Slides Collections of the Fine Arts Library. Written by Logan Heiman The Stuart Cary Welch South Asian Photograph Collection is a collection…
