• Read more about Roundtable: Tyranny and Chaucer’s Tyrants

ASU hosts this roundtable discussion of Chaucer, Chaucer’s tyrants, and tyranny, from antiquity to the contemporary moment in America, with experts in Chaucer and classical, Renaissance, and contemporary political thought.

Discussants include Natasha Piano (Department of Political Science, UCLA), Craig Calhoun (School of Politics and Global Studies, ASU), Matt Simonton (School of Humanities, Arts, and Cultural Studies, ASU), Larry Scanlon (English, Rutgers), and Richard Newhauser (English, ASU).

• Read more about Juneteenth Celebration 2024

Please join the Arizona Historical Society, ASU Library's Black Collections, and the Black Family Genealogy and History Society to recognize the impact of Black communities in Arizona with a Juneteenth Celebration. Community members will connect with each other and a variety of organizations representing historical societies, action groups, state resources and the community at large.

• Read more about Leap (Origami Frog) Day

For Leap Day, stop by ASU Library's Naturespace in Hayden Library to learn how to make origami leaping animals like frogs. We will have a variety of origami paper for you to create these leaping animals for leap day. Celebrate Leap Day at Naturespace!

• Read more about 'Griots and Galaxies: Unveiling the Multiverse of Black Speculative Fiction'

ASU Library and Center for Science and the Imagination present “Griots and Galaxies: Unveiling the Multiverse of Black Speculative Fiction,” an exhibit at Hayden Library on ASU’s Tempe campus. The exhibit centers on the four primary genres that comprise Black Speculative Fiction—Fantasy, Science Fiction, Horror and (Alternate) History — demonstrating how each works to imagine better futures for Black people.

• Read more about Book Arts Studio Open House

ASU Library has a new book arts space for the ASU Community!

Join us to celebrate the new Book Arts Studio, located on the third floor of Hayden Library on the Tempe campus. This unique studio space offers a variety of materials the community can use for projects like books and printmaking.

Explore the new binding machines, printing presses and book making Materials. Enjoy a short tour and demonstrations; plus get your questions answered about the space.

Stop by and see what sparks your creativity and imagination!

• Read more about Research Support Conversation: Top Tips for Loving Your Research Data

As part of Love Data Week 2024, ASU Library’s Research Support team and Knowledge Enterprise Research Data Management Office will be holding our monthly Community Conversations around the theme of "My Kind of Data."

• Read more about Indigenous Open Mic Poetry Night

In partnership with the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing, the Labriola National American Indian Data Center will be hosting our biannual Indigenous Open Mic Poetry Night! The event will take place Thursday, February 29 from 6-8 p.m. We are featuring local Indigenous poets Ayling Dominguez (Nahua) and Amber Bleaser-Wardzala (Anishinaabe).

• Read more about Beyond the Bookshelf: ‘My Heart is Bound Up with Them' with David Martinez

Join the ASU Library for the next installment of the “Beyond the Bookshelf” series on Wednesday, Feb. 28 from 3 to 4 p.m.

• Read more about Animal Architects: Bird Nests

Come to ASU Library's Naturespace to learn about some of nature's architects.

Have you ever wondered how birds build their nests? Stop by Naturespace to explore different ways birds build their nests and then try building your own. Once you build your own nest, we will test it to see if it is structurally stable against a fall.

Will your nest be as successful as a bird's nests? Let us find out together! 

• Read more about Octopus Games with Naturespace

Attention all players! Join ASU Library's Naturespace for the Octopus games and a chance to win prizes by playing a collection of games inspired by the infamous Squid Games series.

As the second game in the Octopus games, we have switched up the rules for a more nature-related twist to the famous games of marble, chess, and war.

To find out what these games are about, come to Naturespace to test your ability and luck with Nature with the second of three games.