Archive: January 2021 (3 Posts)

Refined by: (Author) Anchi Hoh; (Year) 2021; (Month) January

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Saʻdī and His Mystical Humanist Literature at the Library of Congress

January 28, 2021

The Library of Congress is home to a collection of rare Persian language manuscripts, among which 10 unique volumes hold the writings and poetry of the master of words, Sa’di of Shiraz, who was a mystical humanist and anecdotal story teller and lived in medieval Persia from the city of Shiraz, but traveled far and wide throughout the Islamic world and wrote about the unity of mankind.

Posted in: African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED), Near East Section

Forced Migration: Biographies of the Soviet Koreans Who Helped to Establish the North Korean State

January 22, 2021

Posted by: Anchi Hoh

Learn more about a unique collection of 80 biographies of Soviet Korean leaders sent by the Soviet Communist Party to help establish North Korea’s government in the late 1940s.

Posted in: Asian Division, East Asia

Mapping Language Through Digital Research Tools

January 15, 2021

Posted by: Anchi Hoh

This is a guest post by Hispanic Division HACU intern, Bianca Napoleoni, sharing her contribution of digital research tools that highlight Puerto Rico’s linguistic history and the Hispanic Division, Library of Congress collections.

Posted in: Hispanic American History, Hispanic Americans, Hispanic Reading Room

Refined by: (Author) Anchi Hoh; (Year) 2021; (Month) January