Date / Time
- January 19, 2020
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Don your crown and explore our collection relating to notable and notorious royals such as Marie Antoinette, Elizabeth I of England, Queen Victoria, Louis XIV, and many more.
Upcoming Events
Course | Learning from James Baldwin [In Progress]
Date / Time
- January 21, 2020
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
James Baldwin, one of the leading writers of the 20th century, portrayed passionate truths about poverty, racism, religion, homophobia, and the struggle for justice in America in his essays, his novels, his stories, his plays—as well as in his lectures and in the recording the life of his mind, heart and spirit.
Hands-on Tour | Picturing Cervantes
Date / Time
- January 21, 2020
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
“Picturing Cervantes” explores the ways Don Quixote has been imagined and illustrated through the centuries, featuring remarkable drawings and prints by notable artists such as Gustave Doré and Honoré Daumier.
In Conversation with Mark Beauregard
Date / Time
- January 22, 2020
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
The Whale: A Love Story, a rich and captivating novel set amid the witty, high-spirited literary society of 1850s New England, offers a new window on Herman Melville’s emotionally charged relationship with Nathaniel Hawthorne and how it transformed his masterpiece, Moby-Dick. Author Mark Beauregard joins us to discuss his new work.
Hands-on Tour | The Modern Emily Dickinson: the Anti-Belle of Amherst
Date / Time
- January 24, 2020
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The century-long public image of Emily Dickinson was confined to that for a vulnerable recluse. In truth, Dickinson was far more audacious and lively, with adventurous ideas that continue to resonate today.
Course | From Page to Stage: The Philadelphia Theater Season [In Progress]
Date / Time
- January 25, 2020
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
We’ll read and learn about five plays—all different types, all of major importance—that are being performed on stage in Philadelphia this season This will give us a chance to interpret the work and then interpret the production (not necessarily in that order). Each meeting will begin with a short lecture providing background and context, followed by a film clip, followed by conversation.
SOLD OUT! Burns Night at The Rosenbach
Date / Time
- January 25, 2020
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Celebrate the Bard of Ayrshire, Robert Burns, with a raucous evening of readings, music and whisky!
Course | Herman Melville: Beyond Moby-Dick [In Progress]
Date / Time
- January 26, 2020
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm - February 23, 2020
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
This course won’t be anything close to a comprehensive survey of Melville’s writings. Yet by setting aside his behemoth, Moby-Dick, we will acquire depth into key texts that help us gain perspective on his career and, even more importantly, insight into his arguments about politics, power, self-deception, and modernity.
Hands-on Tour: Dracula
Date / Time
- January 26, 2020
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Get up close and personal with Bram Stoker’s handwritten notes (character and chapter outlines, chronologies, and more!) for Dracula as Rosenbach staff explore what it takes to create an enduring monster.
Archive Dive: Reinterpreting History with Native American Collections with One Book, One Philadelphia
Date / Time
- January 29, 2020
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Explore preserved manuscripts, early government documents, and rare texts by Indigenous peoples to challenge and reinterpret prevailing historical narratives. Presented with the Free Library of Philadelphia’s One Book, One Philadelphia.