DePaul University Special Collections and Archives

Check out our March blog post, "Nuns with Conviction," which celebrates Catholic Sisters Week and Women's History Month, written by SPCA student assistant, Tinsae Tessema. https://news.library.depaul.press/full-text/2022/03/02/nuns-with-conviction/

This month’s “Into the Archives” spotlights DePaul’s Black student newspaper “The Hawk,” a space for Black voices to be celebrated, uplifted and remembered.

bit.ly/TheHawkDPU

and are bringing together Black DePaul Alums and the DePaul University Archives for a look at past calls to action in DePaul's history, with special guests from the early years of DePaul's Black Student Union, including BSU's founder.

The Black Community at DePaul has a rich history, and it’s our honor to remember.

Link to register: bit.ly/blackdepaulhistory

Roaming the Frontier: Bodies in Motion and the Peripatetic Tradition in Nineteenth-Century Westerns
An Exploration of DePaul University's Special Collections and Archives

Dr. Leanne Waters (University College Dublin)
Irish Fulbright Scholar 2020-21
DePaul University, Chicago IL.

Online Event: 6.30pm CT, Tuesday 16 November 2021
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/roaming-the-frontier-bodies-in-motion-and-the-peripatetic-tradition-tickets-208011155967
All Welcome!

Roaming the Frontier: Bodies in Motion and the Peripatetic Tradition An Exploration of DePaul University’s Special Collections and Archives

ZINEmercado is only 2 days away! Buy some zines, listen to cool music, and stop by our table to say “hi.” Looking forward to seeing everyone on Sunday!

Looking forward to ZINEmercado on Aug 29! When you’re there, stop by our table to learn more about our zine collections.

Check out this month’s “Into the Archives," where we honor and reflect on the tenure of dean, John Culbert, through our collections. http://ow.ly/O7QZ50FiB2o

Head over to DePaul University Library's "The Full Text" blog to read about Dr. Gilbert Sims Derr and the Black Student Union and the significant role they played in developing a collection of library resources at DePaul related to Black culture, life, history, and racial experience.
http://ow.ly/vLAN50F1vLv

Related to our death penalty and prison-related collections, folks might be interested in joining tomorrow's DePaul University Steans Center event with Keith LaMar and Students Against Incarceration - SAI DePaul.

Register/Attend here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/steans-center-oce-live-events-spring-21-tickets-149030370851

Save the date: May 6, 2021 7-8 pm
LPCRI Spring Program: 1871, Great Fire Comes to Lincoln Park
Register for the webinar: http://go.depaul.edu/LPCRI

Save the Dates: May 4 and 5, 2021 6:30 pm
Inaugural Berrigan-McAlister Award

The Berrigan-McAlister Award is given by DePaul
University to a person or organization that
exemplifies the practice of active Christian
nonviolence like that practiced by Fr. Daniel
Berrigan, SJ, Phillip Berrigan, and Elizabeth
McAlister. This year’s inaugural recipients are
the Kings Bay Plowshares 7, a group of Christian
activists who were arrested for entering the
Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base in Georgia in
2018 to protest nuclear weapons of mass
destruction.

To register: http://ow.ly/aRSE50Ey1bd
Events hosted by College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences |
Center for World Catholicism & Intercultural Theology
(CWCIT) | Department of Catholic Studies | Peace, Justice,
and Conflict Studies | Division of Mission & Ministry | University Library

If you're interested in 1960s activism in Chicago, you may want to check out tomorrow's event sponsored by DePaul and Geographic Society of Chicago!
For more info: https://bit.ly/38kaEeW
Photo of from our collection (June 1969 issue of Second City): https://bit.ly/3qqwjIM