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	Artivism: Italy and Social Justice Art activism in Italy in the 1960s and 1970s	Locations Regenstein 3rd Floor Reading Room June 11 — Dec. 15, 2018 View web exhibit >>	Subjects Music Art Italian Literature
	Envisioning Earth This exhibit points to historical references to conservation and the environment; the approach is one that is multidisciplinary, accomplished through music, literature, and cartography.	Locations Regenstein 3rd Floor Reading Room May 1 — Sept. 4, 2017 View web exhibit >>	Subjects Literature Music Maps
	An Exile of 80 Years: The Spanish Civil War and its Diaspora Eighty years after the Spanish Civil War, this exhibition highlights the experiences of those displaced by it. Drawings made by children who were fleeing the conflict, photographs taken in the residences where refugees were housed, personal effects of those displaced, and publications made while in exile are shown.	Locations Regenstein 3rd Floor Reading Room April 22 — June 15, 2019	Subjects European History
	The Late Sketches and Autographs of Beethoven The books in which Beethoven carried out his sketching can be identified as falling into one of three categories: collections of loose leaves, large sketchbooks, and pocket books. The first of these, loose leaves, were used by Beethoven early in his life (from around 1786 to 1799) to draft compositions, as well as to write out compositional exercises, often for the keyboard. These loose leaves were later collected, sorted, and sewn together into book format by the composer himself.	Locations Regenstein 3rd Floor Reading Room June 21 — Dec. 14, 2019 View web exhibit >>	Subjects Music
	Migration Literature in Italy: African Diasporas and Postcolonial Traces [Temporarily Closed] Traditionally a country from which millions of people migrated, Italy has only recently become a land of immigration. This exhibition presents these narratives of immigrants’ experiences and life stories in the context of an emerging history of contemporary Italophone culture. By combining literary texts and images, it returns the voice to Africa that has been forgotten by Italians, reconstructing an often omitted past.	Locations Regenstein 3rd Floor Reading Room Jan. 28 — May 5, 2020	Subjects Italian Literature
	The Shanghai Jews This three-case exhibit is part of an event series exploring the experience of many thousands of Jewish refugees who escaped to Shanghai during World War II.	Locations Regenstein 3rd Floor Reading Room Jan. 15 — March 30, 2019 View web exhibit >>	Subjects East Asian Studies Jewish Studies
	Sounds from Tomorrow's World: Sun Ra and the Chicago Years, 1946-1961 This exhibit explores Sun Ra’s Chicago years through images and sound recordings of his poetry and music, vinyl records and album artwork, promotional materials and early controversial broadsheets. While living in Chicago, Herman Poole “Sonny” Blount became Sun Ra—the leader of the Arkestra and a composer and arranger of some of the most avant-garde jazz of the time.	Locations Regenstein 3rd Floor Reading Room Dec. 1 — Aug. 20, 2010 View web exhibit >>	Subjects Music Chicago and Illinois