Date / Time
- February 4, 2020
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
2020-2021 Philadelphia Poet Laureate Trapeta B. Mayson will will explore themes of race, class, and gender in Morrison’s work and its impact on African American women writers.
Upcoming Events
Hands-on Tour | Herman Melville, American Voyager
Date / Time
- January 31, 2020
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
With a warm heart for human nature and a cold eye for the human condition, Herman Melville was ahead of his time. Join us for an exploration of Melville’s significance to the 21st century, with a focus on themes like social justice, globalization, and more.
Hands-on Tour: Queer Herman Melville
Date / Time
- January 7, 2020
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
In recent years, Melville has attracted new attention for his complex portrayals of interpersonal relationships. In this tour, we’ll dive into early editions of his work to explore their resonances with today’s politics of gender and sexuality.
Happy 200th Birthday, Herman Melville!
August 1, 2019 marks the 200th anniversary of Herman Melville’s birth. In honor of his bicentennial, we are proud to present American Voyager: Herman Melville at 200, a new exhibition that will explore the life, works, and legacy of this iconic but under-read author. To celebrate his birthday, we’ve asked The Rosenbach staff to share their …
Hands-on Tour: Banned Books
Event Phone: (215) 732-1600
Date / Time
- September 22, 2019
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
From the Canterbury Tales to Ulysses, the Rosenbach’s collection is full of books that have been banned, challenged, or censored. During Banned Books Week (Sept 24-30) take your rights and the books back into your own hands, discuss the controversies surrounding them, and celebrate your freedom to read.
Bibliococktails | Moby-Dick, the Queerest Book You’ve Ever Read
Date / Time
- October 11, 2019
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
The Bibliococktails series celebrates great literature and great libations.
Lunchtime Talk with Travis Foster | Melville: Race and Reconciliation after the Civil War
Date / Time
- October 1, 2019
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
How did Melville’s thinking about American race relations shift after the Civil War? How does this shift help us better understand white nationalism in our own era? This talk addresses these questions by contrasting Melville’s resistance to racist thought in his antebellum writings (especially Typee, Moby-Dick, and Benito Cereno) with his seeming embrace of white (more…)
Lunchtime Talk with Kathryn Watterson | Learning from James Baldwin
Date / Time
- January 7, 2020
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Author and professor Kathryn “Kitsi” Watterson will discuss how Baldwin’s words give shape to her experiences in witnessing the persistent efforts of white America to not only deny the existence, humanity and brilliance of black Americans, but to actively try to destroy their lives. From her first sight of segregated water fountains in Mississippi in (more…)
Mini-Series: Three Looks at Jonah | Islamic Perspective with Assistant Imam Hudhaifah Abdulhayy
Date / Time
- January 15, 2020
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
From Father Mapple’s sermon to the very premise of The Whale, the Biblical figure of Jonah hovers throughout Moby-Dick. The ancient story of Jonah is a shared text that has influenced literature and religion across cultures and centuries. In conjunction with the Rosenbach’s American Voyager exhibit, scholars and faith leaders from Philadelphia will explore the importance of the prophet Jonah to understandings of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Mini-Series: Three Looks at Jonah | Christian Perspectives with Rev. Bill Golderer
Date / Time
- December 11, 2019
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
From Father Mapple’s sermon to the very premise of The Whale, the Biblical figure of Jonah hovers throughout Moby-Dick. The ancient story of Jonah is a shared text that has influenced literature and religion across cultures and centuries. In conjunction with the Rosenbach’s American Voyager exhibit, scholars and faith leaders from Philadelphia will explore the importance of the prophet Jonah to understandings of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.