Tuesday, February 14, 2017, 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 are offered to the public the second Tuesday of every month from 11 a.m. – noon. Those attending should obtain a Library of Congress Reader Identification Card prior to the session. For more information about reader’s cards, click here.
Location: Hispanic Reading Room, Thomas Jefferson Building, LJ-240. Metro stop: Capitol South.
Attendees should use the First Street Carriage Entrance of the Jefferson Building.
Contact: [email protected]
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Tuesday, February 14, 2017, 4 p.m.
Book Talk: Pablo Neruda in Translation
Poet and translator Forrest Gander will read from his new book “Then Come Back: The Lost Neruda Poems,” and participate in a discussion with Chilean born author Marjorie Agosín, and Georgette Dorn, chief of the Library’s Hispanic Division. Cosponsored by the Hispanic Division and the Poetry and Literature Center of the Library of Congress, and presented in collaboration with the Folger Shakespeare Library.
Event is free and open to the public. Book sale and signing will follow.
Location: Mumford Room, James Madison Building, 6th floor. Metro stop: Capitol South.
Contact: [email protected]
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Wednesday, February 15, 2017, noon – 1 p.m.
Book Talk: “Business and Entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia: Opportunities for Partnering and Investing in Emerging Business”
A Book Signing by Edward Burton
The Near East Section of the African and Middle East Division of the Library of Congress presents a book talk, “Business and Entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia Opportunities for Partnering and Investing in Emerging Business,” by Edward Burton. Burton is the President and CEO of the U.S.-Saudi Arabian Business Council. He works with the American and Saudi public and private sectors to promote the interests of U.S.-Saudi Arabian bilateral relationships. Free and open to the public. Please allow time to clear security.
Location: African and Middle Eastern Reading Room, LJ-220, Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St., SE, Washington, DC. Metro stop: Capitol South.
Contact: Nawal Kawar (202) 707-4708, [email protected]
Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-6362 (Voice/TTY) or email [email protected].
Wednesday, February 15, 2017, noon – 1 p.m.
Book Talk: “This American Wife”
by Serbian writer Milena Trobozić Garfield
The European Division, Library of Congress presents “This American Wife” by Serbian writer Milena Trobozić Garfield. Garfield, a Serbian film and theater producer who has lived several years in Washington, DC, is also a columnist who writes for her native country. Her columns have recently been published as a book titled “Mali saveti za bolji život” (A little advice for a better life). Her wry observations describe life in the U.S. as viewed by an outsider, from feminism, romance, public solitude, and shopping as entertainment, to art, culture, and the media.
Location: European Division Conference Room, LJ-250, Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540. Metro stop: Capitol South.
Free and open to the public.
Contact: Erika Spencer (202) 707-4371 [email protected] or EurRR (202) 707-4515.
Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-6362 (voice/TTY), [email protected].
Thursday, February 16, 2017, noon – 1 p.m.
Love Songs from the Middle East: A Valentine’s Day Extravaganza with Poems from the Arabic, Hebrew, Persian and Turkish
The African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress presents “Love Songs from the Middle East: A Valentine’s Day Extravaganza with poems from the Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Turkish.” Free and open to the public.
Location: African and Middle Eastern Reading Room, LJ-220, Thomas Jefferson Building, 2nd floor, 10 First Street SE, Washington, DC. Metro stop: Capitol South.
Contact: Ann Brener ([email protected]) or Hirad Dinavari ([email protected])
Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-6362 (Voice/TTY) or email [email protected].
Thursday, February 16, 2017, 6:30 p.m.
A Poetry Reading and Conversation with Immanuel Mifsud
The European Division and the Poetry and Literature Center, in partnership with the Embassy of the Republic of Malta and supported by the Arts Council of Malta in New York, present a poetry reading and conversation with Immanuel Mifsud. Mifsud, a poet and a writer born in Malta in 1967, is the recipient of a number of awards: the “Malta National Award for Prose” (2002, 2015), the “Malta National Award for Poetry” (2015), and the “European Union Prize for Literature” (2011).
Location: Mumford Room, (6th floor, James Madison Building).
Free and open to the public.
Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-6362 (voice/TTY), [email protected].
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Friday, February 17, 2017, noon – 1 p.m.
Lecture: Faik Konitza, Encounters of a Washington Diplomat and His Lost Library
with Agron Alibali, LL.M.
The European Division, Library of Congress presents a program, entitled “Faik Konitza: Encounters of a Washington Diplomat and His Lost Library,” with Agron Alibali, LL.M. A lawyer by training, Alibali is from Albania, but has worked in the United States for several years on issues of international and constitutional law concerning southeastern Europe. He is a Senior Fellow at the University of Massachusetts in Boston. Mr. Alibali recently published a book in Albania on the subject of his talk, Faik Konitza (1875-1942), an Albanian diplomat educated in France and at Harvard who served as Minister at the Albanian Legation in the United States from 1926 until 1939. Mr. Alibali will focus on Konitza’s distinguished legacy as a diplomat representing a small Balkan country in the sophisticated U.S. capital, and will suggest lessons to be drawn from diplomatic relations between the U.S. and small nations in the current international landscape. Mr. Konitza was also a serious bibliophile and amassed a considerable collection, which was described as “one of the richest private libraries in Washington, D.C.” Presently considered lost in the Boston area, the Konitza Library was in fact bequeathed to the National Library of Albania. Mr. Alibali will describe ongoing efforts to locate and return this invaluable cultural asset to its proper home in Europe.
Location: European Division Conference Room, LJ-250, Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540. Metro stop: Capitol South.
Free and open to the public.
Contact: Erika Spencer (202) 707-4371 [email protected].
Request ASL and ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-6362 (voice/TTY) or at [email protected].