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Archive: 2017 (100 Posts)

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The First Asian Books in the Library of Congress

Posted by: Anchi Hoh

(The following is a post by Hong Ta-Moore, Reference Librarian, Asian Division.) In 1865, America experienced major social and political changes: President Lincoln was assassinated; the American Civil War ended; and the 13th Amendment to abolish slavery in the United States became law. Unrelated to all these changes, Congress authorized, that same year, additional funding …

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4 Corners: International Collections Program Calendar, 8/25/2017

Posted by: Anchi Hoh

Friday, September 1, 2017, noon – 2 p.m. The 21st Annual Vardanants Day Armenian Lecture “Echoes of Anatolia: An Armenian-American Novelist Discovers His Literary DNA at Mid-Life” The Near East Section of the African and Middle Eastern Division, the Library of Congress invites you to the 21st Annual Vardanants Day Armenian Lecture, featuring Chris Bohjalian, …

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The Tall Tales of Baron Munchausen

Posted by: Anchi Hoh

(The following is a post by Taru Spiegel, Reference Specialist, European Division.) The tall tales of Baron Munchausen have been popular for more than 200 years, growing taller and more popular over time. Munchausen, the timeless adventurer, crisscrosses the world, visits the moon, and falls through the core of the earth to emerge on the …

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4 Corners: International Collections Program Calendar, 8/18/2017

Posted by: Anchi Hoh

Friday, September 1, 2017, noon – 2 p.m. The 21st Annual Vardanants Day Armenian Lecture “Echoes of Anatolia: An Armenian-American Novelist Discovers His Literary DNA at Mid-Life” The Near East Section of the African and Middle Eastern Division, the Library of Congress invites you to the 21st Annual Vardanants Day Armenian Lecture, featuring Chris Bohjalian, …

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A Literary Gem: The History and Future of the Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape

Posted by: Anchi Hoh

(The following is a post by Amalia Castaneda, 2017 Library of Congress Junior Fellow, Hispanic Division.) This summer, as a Junior Fellow in the Hispanic Division at the Library of Congress, I worked on the Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape under the direction of Catalina Gómez, Hispanic Division Reference Librarian, who co-curates the Archive …

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New Videos Monthly, 8/2/2017

Posted by: Anchi Hoh

Following are the online recordings (webcasts) of recent public programs pertaining to the Library’s international collections. To discover more videos, visit the four area studies divisions here: African and Middle Eastern, Asian, European, and Hispanic. African and Middle Eastern Division TITLE: King Solomon’s Table (view on YouTube) SPEAKER: Joan Nathan EVENT DATE: 2017/05/15 RUNNING TIME: …

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Epics and Storytelling in Persianate Lands and a Persian Language Tradition

Posted by: Anchi Hoh

(The following is a post by Hirad Dinavari, Reference Librarian for the Iranian World Collections, African and Middle Eastern Division.) Growing up in a Persian speaking home, there seldom was a time, when my ears were not filled with fantastical tales or anecdotal stories featuring epic heroes, such as Rustam, Siavash, Iskandar (Alexander), and Amir …

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4 Corners: International Collections Program Calendar 7/21/2017

Posted by: Anchi Hoh

Tuesday, July 25, 2017, 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Research Orientation: European Reading Room Sign up for our research orientation online and learn about the Library’s European collections and the European Reading Room services and collections. Orientations are offered to the public the second and fourth Tuesdays of every month from 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 …