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Archive: 2018 (76 Posts)

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Good Neighbors: Stories from Latin America in World War II

Posted by: Anchi Hoh

(The is a repost from the Headlines & Heroes Blog. The author is Victoria Giron, an intern in the Serial & Government Publications Division from the University of Virginia. Victoria majors in Foreign Affairs and is fluent in Spanish. She spent her summer working with the Latin American newspaper portfolios.) Many people who learn about World …

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New Online: Database Expands Access to North Korean Serials

Posted by: Cameron Penwell

(This is a repost from the Library of Congress Blog. The authors are Sonya Lee, a Korean reference specialist in the Asian Division, and Cameron Penwell, a Japanese reference librarian. ) The Library’s Asian Division is home to one of the most prominent North Korean collections in the Western Hemisphere. While a growing number of scholars have …

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Royal weddings of yore

Posted by: Anchi Hoh

(The following is a post by Taru Spiegel, reference specialist, European Division.) Inspired by the glamorous wedding earlier this year of Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, we researched some other famous European royal couples featured in our collections. The Library of Congress holds a large amount of material on current and …

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Batting 1000: The Influence of Latinos and Latin Americans in MLB

Posted by: Anchi Hoh

(The following is a post by Marcos Castillo, Junior Fellow, Hispanic Division, Summer 2018.) The opening of the new “Baseball Americana” exhibit here at the Library of Congress, prompted me to think about the origins of our national pastime. The exhibit highlights the history of baseball in the Library’s collections. Baseball is not only a national …

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The 22nd Vardanants Day Armenian Lecture Series features “New Topics in Armenian History and Culture”

Posted by: Levon Avdoyan

(The following is a post by Levon Avdoyan, Area Specialist for Armenia and Georgia, Near East Section, African and Middle Eastern Division.) I first heard the rumblings early in 2017: “The Smithsonian Folklife Festival is going to have Armenia as one of its featured countries in 2018!” In Washington, DC rumors are rampant, but this one was …

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Vive le Féminisme! French Women in the Belle Époque

Posted by: Anchi Hoh

(The following is a post by Erika Spencer, reference specialist, European Division.) Today France celebrates its Independence Day, known as “Le Quatorze Juillet” or “La Fête nationale.” What better time to delve into some of the Library’s French collections! The Library of Congress possesses over one million French items, including rare books, photographs, manuscripts, maps, …

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Catholicism in the Philippines during the Spanish Colonial Period 1521-1898

Posted by: Anchi Hoh

(The following is a post by Hong Ta-Moore, Southeast Asia reference librarian, Asian Division.) Southeast Asia is home to eleven countries, nearly 700 million people, and a rich variety of religious traditions. The Philippines, for example, is one of two Southeast Asian countries with a majority Christian population (the other being East Timor). According to …

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New Videos 7/2/2018

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: Sudanese Writer & Poet Bushra al-Fadil (view on YouTube) SPEAKER: Bushra al-Fadil EVENT DATE: …