Bridwell Library

04/22/2026

ASAP: Email your Bad Poetry to [email protected] Jane Lenz Elder

RSVP: https://libcal.smu.edu/calendar/libraryevents/BEBFest2026 You're invited! Bridwell Library's 5th Annual Edible Book Festival and 3rd Annual Samuel Wesley Bad Poetry Contest; Thursday, April 23, 2026, 1:00 PM-2:30 PM

04/20/2026

RSVP: https://libcal.smu.edu/calendar/libraryevents/BEBFest2026
You're invited! Bridwell Library's 5th Annual Edible Book Festival and 3rd Annual Samuel Wesley Bad Poetry Contest; Thursday, April 23, 2026, 1:00 PM-2:30 PM

11/24/2025

RSVP: https://libcal.smu.edu/calendar/libraryevents/ChristmasConcert
Join us at Perkins Chapel for the SMU Western Christmas R***e with the Light Crust Doughboys! The concert will be Thursday, December 18, 2024, 7:00 PM, followed by a reception and dramatic reading of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol at Bridwell Library in the Gill Hall and Blue Room. The concert is free and open to the public. Free parking will be provided on Bishop Blvd. We hope to see you there!

11/05/2025

Tonight, 11/5! Free & open to the public. RSVP: https://libcal.smu.edu/calendar/libraryevents/Dissertation
A History of the Dissertation: European Origins & Embedded Globalization by Dr. Kevin Chang. Join Bridwell Library on Nov 5th at 5:30pm. We'll explore the global history of the dissertation as a form of academic writing. The lecture will be followed by a light reception. Perkins School of Theology - Southern Methodist University SMU Libraries

10/30/2025

RSVP: https://libcal.smu.edu/calendar/libraryevents/Dissertation
A History of the Dissertation: European Origins & Embedded Globalization
by Dr. Kevin Chang— Join Bridwell Library on Nov 5th at 5:30pm for an engaging lecture by Dr. Kevin Chang, associate research fellow at Academia Sinica, Taiwan. We'll explore the global history of the dissertation as a form of academic writing. The lecture will be followed by a light reception. Perkins School of Theology - Southern Methodist University SMU SMU Libraries

10/17/2025

09/25/2025

One more week!

RSVP: https://libcal.smu.edu/calendar/libraryevents/LiberatingTheology
In-person in Bridwell Library’s Gill Hall/Blue Room or Online with Registration
Free & open to the public | CEUs available ($15 - Registration Required)

Join us Oct. 3, 9am–5pm for Liberating Theology and Ethics for the Common Good—a day-long conference honoring Schubert M. Ogden, SMU Perkins, and Franklin I. Gamwell, UChicago. Explore their legacy, impact, and vision for the future of Christian theology.

SMU Libraries, Perkins School of Theology - Southern Methodist University,

09/12/2025

RSVP: https://libcal.smu.edu/calendar/libraryevents/LiberatingTheology
In-person: Bridwell Library’s Gill Hall/Blue Room | Online with Registration
Free & open to the public | CEUs available ($15 - Registration Required)

Join us Oct. 3, 9am–5pm for Liberating Theology and Ethics for the Common Good—a day-long conference honoring Schubert M. Ogden, SMU Perkins, and Franklin I. Gamwell, UChicago. Explore their legacy, impact, and vision for the future of Christian theology.

06/23/2025

Experience literature and the arts around the world and here at Bridwell Library - the new Bridwell Quarterly & Quill are now available online! A limited number of printed copies are available at Bridwell’s Circulation desk.

BQ:https://blog.smu.edu/smulibraries/files/2025/06/The-Bridwell-Quarterly-Issue-26-Winter-2025-copy.pdf

Quill:https://blog.smu.edu/smulibraries/files/2025/06/Bridwell-Quill-Appreciating-Moses-Jan-June-2025.pdf

SMU Libraries blog about BQ & Quill, “Building on momentum at Bridwell Library”: https://blog.smu.edu/smulibraries/2025/06/18/building-on-momentum-at-bridwell-library/

04/28/2025

Please join us for the Bridwell Edible Book Festival and Samuel Wesley's Bad Poetry Contest THIS Wednesday, April 28, 2:30 PM at Bridwell Library. If you would like to enter an Edible Book, bring it to the library on Wednesday afternoon. There will be prizes!

Register to attend: https://libcal.smu.edu/calendar/libraryevents/BEBFest

04/09/2025

Join us at Bridwell Library for "Lifecycles of Language and Publications" with Kameelah Janan Rasheed, Artist & Guggenheim Fellow. Daisha Board, Founder and Curator of Daisha Board Gallery, will be the evening's Moderator and Discussant. Thursday, April 17: Reception 5:00—6:00pm; Talk 6:00—7:00pm. RSVP: https://libcal.smu.edu/calendar/libraryevents/KameelahLecture