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Welcome to the Machine: A Look at Dystopian Fiction

Welcome to the Machine: A Look at Dystopian Fiction

March 8, 2023 Steffen Scharmacher Exhibit, News

Exhibit on display March 3 – May 5, 2023, Founders Library, fourth floor The extensive Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) Collection in Rare Books and Special Collections (RBSC) allowed me to easily explore the concept of dystopia. The popular concept of dystopia is evident in important and

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Ink Real Life: Exploring Global Tattoo Culture

Ink Real Life: Exploring Global Tattoo Culture

March 7, 2023 Steffen Scharmacher Exhibit, News

Exhibit on display March 3 – May 5, 2023, Founders Library, fourth floor This exhibit analyzes tattoo culture utilizing the Tattoo collection in Rare Books and Special Collections. French philosopher Michel Foucault has suggested that to exert power, the bodies of those in the lower working classes were often censored.

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Library research fellowships now available

February 27, 2023 Steffen Scharmacher News

Three research fellowships are now available for scholars to use materials at the NIU Libraries. The Horatio Alger Research Fellowship for the Study of American Popular Culture, the Pick/Laudati Rare Books and Special Collections Fellowship, and the Pick/Laudati Southeast Asia Collection Fellowship applications are due March 31, 2023. For more

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