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Archive: June 2016 (11 Posts)

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4 Corners: International Studies Program Calendar 6/3/2016

Posted by: Anchi Hoh

Tuesday, June 7, 2016, noon – 1 p.m. Book Talk: The Double Life of Syrian Immigrants: The Arbeely Family by Dr. Linda Jacobs, Author This program is organized by the Near East Section of the African and Middle Eastern Division. Book signing to follow. Free and Open to the Public. Location: LJ-220, African Middle Eastern …

Posted in: Calendar of Events, Events

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Becoming Jacob Riis

Posted by: Anchi Hoh

(The following is a post by Taru Spiegel, Reference Specialist, European Division.) The Library of Congress exhibit Jacob Riis: Revealing ‘How the Other Half Lives’ explores the work of a pioneering Danish-American photojournalist and social reformer. The Library’s Jacob A. Riis (1849-1914) papers and Riis’s photographs from the Museum of the City of New York …

Posted in: European Reading Room, Exhibitions