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Country in the News: Thailand
(The following is a post by Hong Ta-Moore, Reference Librarian for Southeast Asia Collection, Asian Division.) HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927-2016). “His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej,” by...
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4 Corners: International Collections Program Calendar 11/4/2016
Tuesday, November 8, 2016, 11 a.m. (ET) Hispanic Reading Room Research Orientation Sign up for our research orientation and learn about the Hispanic Reading Room services and collections. Orientations...
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Atuagagdliutit: The First Inuit Newspaper Published in Greenland...
(The following is a post by Taru Spiegel, Area Specialist, European Division.) Among the many fascinating items found in the Library of Congress collections is a volume consisting of the first 45...
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4 Corners: International Collections Program Calendar 11/11/2016
Monday, November 14, 2016, noon – 1 p.m. (ET) Book Talk: The Gaza Kitchen: A Palestinian Culinary Journey, featuring Laila El-Haddad and Maggie Schmitt Laila El-Haddad, co-author of “The Gaza Kitchen,”...
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Africana Treasures in the Library of Congress: African Political Ephemera
(The following is a post by Angel Batiste, Area Specialist, African Section, African and Middle Eastern Division.) A hidden treasure in the Africana Collections of the Library of Congress is a vast...
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4 Corners: International Collections Program Calendar 11/18/2016
Friday, December 2, 2016, noon – 1 p.m. (ET) Book Talk: The Man Who Invented Fiction: How Cervantes Ushered in the Modern World Professor William Egginton who teaches in the Spanish Program of the...
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Beyond Carnival, Samba, and Soccer: Brazilian Fiction at the Library of Congress
(The following is a post by Marília Costa, Researcher in the Hispanic Reading Room, and Talía Guzmán-González, Reference Librarian in the Hispanic Division.) Brazil. Rio de Janeiro. Created / Published...
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4 Corners: International Collections Program Calendar 11/25/2016
Friday, December 2, 2016, noon – 1 p.m. (ET) Book Talk: The Man Who Invented Fiction: How Cervantes Ushered in the Modern World Professor William Egginton who teaches in the Spanish Program of the...
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Dance, Manhood and Warfare Amongst the Acholi People of Northern Uganda
(The following is a repost from the Insights: Work at the John W. Kluge Center, written by Lucy Taylor, Ph.D. candidate at the University of Leeds and a 2015-2016 British Research Council Fellow at The...
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