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Archive: May 2016 (12 Posts)

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4 Corners: International Studies Program Calendar 5/27/2016

Posted by: Anchi Hoh

Saturday, May 28, 2016, 10 – 11:30 a.m. Research Orientation: Introduction to Resources in the Library of Congress, Asian Collection Eiichi Ito, Reference Specialist, Asian Division The Asian Division is offering a research orientation about the Asian collection at the Library of Congress. Attendees will learn about online resources both in Asian languages and English …

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A Haggadah with a Chinese Touch

Posted by: Anchi Hoh

On the shelves of the Hebraic rare book collection, housed in the Library’s African and Middle Eastern Division, sits a Haggadah published in Amsterdam in 1781, by the Widow and Sons of Jacob Proops, a very well-established Hebrew printing press. According to Ann Brener, Hebraic area specialist, this Haggadah is listed in two classic bibliographies: …

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4 Corners: International Collections Program Calendar 5/20-28/2016

Posted by: Anchi Hoh

Tuesday, May 24, 2016, 1:30 p.m. Lectures: La Città degli Ebrei/The City of the Jews: Segregated Space and the Admission of Strangers in the Jewish Ghetto of Venice, a Conference Marking the 500th Anniversary of the Ghetto’s Founding The Law Library and European Division, Library of Congress, in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy, the …

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The Nekcsei-Lipócz Bible, a 14th-Century Illuminated Manuscript from Hungary

Posted by: Anchi Hoh

(The following is a post by Kenneth Nyirady, Reference Specialist for Hungary, in the Library’s European Division.) The Library of Congress possesses more than 1,500 editions of the Bible in over 150 languages. The most famous item in this collection is the 15th-century Gutenberg Bible, on permanent display in the Library’s Great Hall. Also on …

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4 Corners: International Collections Program Calendar 5/13-21/2016

Posted by: Anchi Hoh

Friday, May 13, 2016, noon – 1 p.m. Lecture: The Literary Legacy of ÁLVARO MUTIS Charlotte Rogers, Assistant Professor, University of Virginia Assistant Professor of Spanish Charlotte Rogers (University of Virginia) will discuss the work and legacy of Álvaro Mutis, one of Colombia’s most prominent poets and prose writers, author of the acclaimed compendium “Adventures …

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Book as Microcosm: A Unique Hebrew Copy of Ibn Sina’s Canon

Posted by: Anchi Hoh

(The following is a post by Ann Brener, Hebraic area specialist in the Library’s African and Middle Eastern Division.) The book is bound in dark brown leather over wooden boards, its tooled surface rubbed smooth with age. Its envelope-style binding, common to works in the Muslim world, is highly unusual in the world of Hebrew …

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Jewish Genealogy Lecture in Celebration of Jewish-American Heritage Month on May 16th

Posted by: Anchi Hoh

(The following is a post by Sharon Horowitz, Reference Librarian, Hebraic Section, African and Middle Eastern Division.) In 1882 three Blumenthal brothers, Sam, Philip and Barney, left the Duchy of Courland, today part of western Latvia, bound for the United States. Michigan became the place they called home. Initially working as traveling peddlers, the three …

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The Library of Congress to Celebrate the Works of Idea Vilariño and Álvaro Mutis

Posted by: Anchi Hoh

(The following is a post by Catalina Gómez, Reference Librarian, Hispanic Division.) This month the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress is happy to present, together with the Library’s Poetry and Literature Center, two literary programs that will bring to light the work of two of the most groundbreaking poets of the 20th century …

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4 Corners: International Collections Program Calendar (5/6-14/2016)

Posted by: Anchi Hoh

Friday, May 6, 2016, noon – 1 p.m. Lecture: Political Interrogations and Human Rights Violations in the Brazilian Military Dictatorship Professor Mariana Joffili (State University of Santa Catarina, Brazil) Professor Mariana Joffili (State University of Santa Catarina, Brazil) will discuss her research on military dictatorships and human rights violations in Latin America. This event is …