Date / Time
- November 9, 2023
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Join us as we venture into magical lands, meet with fearsome foes, and witness technological wonders to uncover when and why the modern genres of fantasy and science fiction first arose.
Upcoming Events
Phillis Wheatley One-Session Seminar with Kirsten Lee
Date / Time
- November 9, 2023
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
This special one-night course includes a lecture, discussion of selected Wheatley poems, and a Collections presentation of our first edition of Poems on various subjects, religious and moral by Phillis Wheatley (1773).
SOLD OUT! Reading Tristram Shandy with Wesley Stace | Virtual Course
Date / Time
- November 14, 2023
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm - December 12, 2023
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm - January 9, 2024
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm - February 13, 2024
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm - March 12, 2024
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Join us over five sessions as we dissect Tristram Shandy and explore its creation, its reception, and the reasons behind its shifting reputation since publication. Let’s also simply revel in the story (often overshadowed by the literary fireworks), the characters (ditto), and the glittering wit of this Eighteenth Century classic. We might even discuss whether the novel actually ends or not with the ninth volume. You’ll come for the marbled page; you’ll stay for the characters.
Reading Shakespeare’s Hamlet with Jim Casey | Virtual Course
Date / Time
- November 15, 2023
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm - November 29, 2023
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm - December 13, 2023
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm - January 3, 2024
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm - January 17, 2024
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Every time we meet, we will practice a variety of reading techniques that will enable participants to begin experiencing Hamlet (and eventually all of Shakespeare’s plays) more deeply and effectively on their own, recognizing the playtext not only as a narrative story but also as a poetic script that was meant to be performed out loud.
A Warm Heart and a Cold Eye: The Legacy of Herman Melville | Behind the Bookcase tour
Date / Time
- November 16, 2023
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Join us for an odyssey through The Rosenbach’s mighty Melville collection. We’ll chart our voyage toward the source of Melville’s greatness through early editions of his novels and handwritten letters.
The Language of Poetry: Past and Present | A Young Friends Event
Date / Time
- November 17, 2023
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Young Friends are invited to enjoy poetry readings and discussing various poems in our collections and performing their own spoken word pieces if they would like. Come share your poetry with other literary minded young professionals and discuss your favorite poets over light refreshments.
Early Hebrew Books II: The Lost Tribes of Israel | Behind the Bookcase
Date / Time
- December 3, 2023
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Registration Admission is $25. 50% off for Rosenbach members, free for the Delancey Society. Not a member? Learn more. This is an in-person program at The Rosenbach. Please check your spam folder for your email confirmation. If you have questions, please call (215) 732-1600 or email [email protected]. Description While Jews themselves were rare in the (more…)
Drinking with Dickens
Date / Time
- December 6, 2023
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Welcoming in the Christmas season by celebrating the way Charles Dickens did, with good fellowship, music, and punch!
Yeats, Faulkner, and Morrison: Nobel Prize Winners at the Rosenbach | Behind the Bookcase tour
Date / Time
- December 7, 2023
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Registration Admission is $25. 50% off for Rosenbach members, free for the Delancey Society. Not a member? Learn more. This is an in-person program at The Rosenbach. Please check your spam folder for your email confirmation. If you have questions, please call (215) 732-1600 or email [email protected]. Description The Nobel Prize for Literature is arguably the (more…)
The Rosenbach Presents Jerry Rafiki Jenkins, Author of The Paradox of Blackness in African American Vampire Fiction (virtual)
Date / Time
- December 10, 2023
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Join us for a virtual conversation about the intersections of gender, race, sexuality, and vampire literature with a leading literary critic. Dr. Jerry Rafiki Jenkins is the author of The Paradox of Blackness in African American Vampire Fiction, a groundbreaking study that refutes the tacit assumption that there is a lack of quality African American vampire fiction worthy of study before presenting insightful analyses of some classics of the genre.