Eccles Institute events

The Eccles Institute builds, curates and preserves the Library’s Americas and Oceania collections. We run a lively and wide-ranging events programme that inspires conversation, showcases research taking place at the Library and deepens understanding of the region.

What's on

  1. Head and shoulders photo of a woman wearing a decorative dress and small earrings.
    Free

    Summer Scholars Lunchtime Talks

    Rediscovering composer Gilda Ruta, and revealing the story behind objects sent to the UK from 1850s Northeast Brazil.

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  2. Four lines of red one-penny stamps, with six lines of handwriting underneath.
    Free

    Summer Scholars Lunchtime Talks

    The American Revolution: Black Loyalists and the Clarkson Papers, and American Revolution stamps.

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  3. Head and shoulders sepia toned photo of a bearded man wearing a polo neck sweater, a blazer with a cord collar, and a hat.
    Free

    Summer Scholars Lunchtime Talks

    Edward S Curtis and his photographs of Native Americans, and North American Indigenous Language Lists.

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  4. Line drawings of two men playing musical instruments.
    Free

    Summer Scholars Lunchtime Talks

    The Montserrat Jumbie Dance, and the influence of Indigenous dance on American theatre makers.

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  5. Phyllis Rose

    An American in London: A Celebration of Alison Lurie

    An evening celebrating the wit and world of Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist Alison Lurie.

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  6. President Donald Trump, a white eighty-year-old man in a blue suit, walks past a crowd barrier at an indoor political rally while supporters behind the barrier wave, cheer, and hold up smartphones to take photos. Several people wear red caps and patriotic clothing. Photographers kneel near the front of the crowd, and the background shows the interior of a large event venue. The public figure is slightly out of focus in the foreground, while the crowd is sharply focused.
    Free

    US Politics Today

    Join two former Members of Congress – one Democrat and one Republican – for a lively discussion of major themes in contemporary American politics.

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