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Posted by: Anchi Hoh
Wednesday, June 7, 2017, 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. Symposium: From Oxus to Euphrates: The Sasanian Empire (Press Release) The Library of Congress African and Middle Eastern Division and Alborz High School – U.S. Alumni invite You to the symposium, “From Oxus to Euphrates: The Sasanian Empire.” This symposium is made possible with support from …
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Posted by: Muhannad Salhi
(The following is a post by Muhannad Salhi, Arab World Specialist, Near East Section, African and Middle Eastern Division.) With Muslims constituting roughly a quarter of the world’s population, almost every nation on earth has become familiar, in one way or another, with the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. To Muslims, the month of Ramadan …
Posted in: African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED), Near East Section
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
(The following is a post by Angel D. Batiste, Area Specialist, African and Middle Eastern Division.) May 25th, Africa Day (originally called African Freedom Day and African Liberation Day) marks the annual commemoration in Africa and around the world of the founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) in 1963. The organization was created …
Posted in: African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED), African Section
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
(The following is a post by Eiichi Ito, Reference Specialist for the Japanese Collection, Asian Division.) An American friend once told me how, on the first day of his visit to Japan, he received an invitation to dine at the home of a Japanese family. While he enjoyed the meal, he was surprised to see …
Posted in: Asian Division, East Asia
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
The Sasanian Empire, which ruled much of Central and Western Asia for over 400 years (224-651 CE), will be the subject of a symposium, “From Oxus to Euphrates: the Sasanian Empire,” to be held from 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 7th , in Northeast Pavilion of the Thomas Jefferson Building, located at …
Posted in: African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED), Events
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
(The following is a post by Tracy North, Reference Librarian and Social Sciences Editor, Handbook of Latin American Studies, Hispanic Division.) At the end of 2016, the Hispanic Division published Volume 71 of the Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS), marking the 80th year of this ongoing joint undertaking between Library of Congress staff, scholars …
Posted in: Handbook of Latin American Studies, Hispanic Reading Room
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
(The following is a repost of an interview conducted by Wendi Maloney, Office of Communications. This interview originally appeared on the Library of Congress Blog.) Joan Nathan is the author of 11 cookbooks, including “King Solomon’s Table: A Culinary Exploration of Jewish Cooking from Around the World,” published in April. Her previous cookbook, “Quiches, Kugels …
Posted in: African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED), Events, Hebraic Section
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
(The following is a post by Joan Weeks, Head, Near East Section and Turkish Specialist, African and Middle Eastern Division.) With Mother’s Day just around the corner, thoughts of flowers come naturally to people’s minds. Often, they ask what is this flower or where does it originate. If they inquire about the tulip, one of …
Posted in: African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED), Near East Section
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
“New Videos Monthly” is a new series that gathers in one place online videos recently made available on the Library’s website of public programs pertaining to the Library’s international collections. A post will be published every month and videos will be listed under each of the four area studies divisions respectively. To kick off the …
Posted in: African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED), Asian Division, European Reading Room, Hispanic Reading Room, Videos