Bridwell Library

05/20/2024

Bridwell Library acquired new manuscripts and hosted many exciting events over the winter months. You can read about them in our latest publications, which are now available to view online.

We hope you will enjoy the Winter 2024 issues of
The Bridwell Quarterly & The Bridwell Quill, a Note from the Director. https://blog.smu.edu/smulibraries/2024/05/17/whats-new-at-bridwell-library-winter-2024/. SMU Fondren Library Bridwell Library Perkins School of Theology - Southern Methodist University

04/25/2024

Bridwell’s Edible Book Contest & Samuel Wesley Bad Poetry Contest is tomorrow, Thursday April 25 from 3-5pm in Bridwell’s Blue Room & Gill Hall. All are welcome!!!

04/10/2024

Bake a book or write a bad poem! Prizes will be awarded!!
Learn more and save the date: https://blog.smu.edu/smulibraries/2024/03/22/bridwells-bebfest-samuel-wesley-bad-poetry-contest-april-25/

02/20/2024

In honor of Black History Month, Bridwell Library's Rare Book Break featured the first published work by an African American woman, Phillis Wheatley and a first edition of Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. To learn more about these and other special collections at Bridwell, join us every Tuesday afternoon from 1:30-2:30pm in the reference area.

02/12/2024

Join us Tuesday, Feb 20 from 7:30-8:30pm in the McCord Auditorium in Dallas Hall.

SMU Jewish Studies, Department of Religious Studies, and Bridwell Library present Nate and Ann Levine Endowed Lecture in Jewish Studies a lecture by Amy Kurzweil - Artificial: The Art of Graphic Resurrection.

12/19/2023

We invite you to enjoy Bridwell Library's Fall 2023 publications, The Bridwell Quarterly and The Bridwell Quill, a Note from the Director. https://blog.smu.edu/smulibraries/2023/12/18/whats-new-at-bridwell-library-fall-2023/ SMU Fondren Library Perkins School of Theology - Southern Methodist University

Bridwell Library’s latest publications are now available online. We hope you will enjoy the Fall 2023 issues of The Bridwell Quarterly and The Bridwell Quill, a Note from the Director. This fall we’ve hosted World Methodist events, allowing us to share some of the treasures of Bridwell Library.....

10/10/2023

Thursday, November 2nd: Dance Performance & Lecture by María Verónica San Martín - Free & open to the public. RSVP Link in bio.

10/02/2023

Bridwell Library’s new exhibition, The World Methodist Museum Collections and the Saint John’s Bible opens October 2, 2023 in the Elizabeth Perkins Prothro Galleries. Read about the acquisition and more in our publication, The Bridwell Quarterly. We hope you’ll also enjoy the newest issue of The Bridwell Quill, a Note from the Director. See link in bio.

06/30/2023

Check out the new Spring 2023 issues of The Bridwell Quarterly (a special Codex Sassoon issue) and The Bridwell Quill!

04/10/2023

REGISTER FOR FREE: https://www.smu.edu/News/Featured/Worlds-earliest-most-complete-Hebrew-Bible-coming-to-SMU

Time is running out, sign-up for your free tickets soon!

The Codex Sassoon, considered the earliest most complete Hebrew Bible known, will be on display at SMU’s Bridwell Library. More than one thousand-years-old, it is one of the most important and influential works of global religious and cultural history. At Bridwell Library, we are honored to welcome you to the SMU campus to view this most remarkable treasure. For more information on the Codex Sassoon, please visit Sotheby’s online.

A rare 1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible will be exhibited to the public at SMU’s Bridwell Library April 18-20

04/07/2023

If you haven't signed up for your free tickets to view the Codex Sassoon at Bridwell Library yet, be sure to do so soon! The Dallas Morning News has published the event and tickets will become limited soon. Free Tickets: https://info.smu.edu/codex-sassoon/ SMU Fondren Library Meadows Museum Perkins School of Theology - Southern Methodist University SMU Office of the Chaplain and Religious Life SMU Staff Association Oak Lawn United Methodist Church

The earliest and most complete Hebrew Bible, the Codex Sassoon, could become the most expensive historical document when auctioned next month in New York. It...

03/29/2023

REGISTER FOR FREE: https://www.smu.edu/News/Featured/Worlds-earliest-most-complete-Hebrew-Bible-coming-to-SMU

The Codex Sassoon, considered the earliest most complete Hebrew Bible known, will be on display at SMU’s Bridwell Library. More than one thousand-years-old, it is one of the most important and influential works of global religious and cultural history. At Bridwell Library, we are honored to welcome you to the SMU campus to view this most remarkable treasure. For more information on the Codex Sassoon, please visit Sotheby’s online.

A rare 1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible will be exhibited to the public at SMU’s Bridwell Library April 18-20

02/22/2023

Join us today at Bridwell Library to hear Pulitzer Prize winner Viet Thanh Nguyen! Lecture from 12pm-1pm. Reception begins at 11:30am. RSVP: https://libcal.smu.edu/event/10283403

02/22/2023

Pulitzer Prize-winner, Viet Thanh Nguyen will speak at Bridwell Library today, Feb 22, at noon. Please join us for the lecture and reception. Free and open to the public.

Join us at Bridwell Library for a reception and lecture with Pulitzer Prize Winner Viet Thanh Nguyen. Viet Thanh Nguyen’s novel The Sympathizer won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. He has published two...

02/20/2023

Tonight at Bridwell Library! Free and open to the public.

02/20/2023

Tonight at Bridwell! US Poet Laureate & Pulitzer-winner Natasha Trethewey - 6pm–7:30pm in Bridwell's Blue Room. Don't miss this! Free and open to the public. RSVP:

Join us for a lecture and reception with our featured artist, Pulitzer Prize Winner & US Poet Laureate, Natasha Trethewey. Natasha Trethewey won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for her collection, Native Guard, and...

02/14/2023

Join us tonight, Feb 14 at 5:30pm in Prothro's Great Hall at Perkins School of Theology on the SMU campus to enjoy a reception and presentation given by our featured artists, Sam Winston, Haein Song, and Rick Myers. Free and open to the public. https://libcal.smu.edu/calendar/libraryevents/Feb14

02/14/2023

Join us tonight, Feb 14 at 5:30pm in Prothro's Great Hall to enjoy a reception and presentation given by our featured artists, Sam Winston, Haein Song, and Rick Myers.

Join us in Prothro's Great Hall at Perkins School of Theology for a lecutre with our featured artists, Sam Winston, Haein Song, and Rick Myers.

12/15/2022

Rehearsal tonight and concert tomorrow! Be sure to RSVP for tomorrow night’s Light Crust Doughboys Concert - free and open to the public 12/15 at Perkins Chapel on the SMU campus at 7pm. https://blog.smu.edu/bridwellnews/