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Posted by: Muhannad Salhi
Using the Library of Congress’ cuneiform collection, this blog examines the history and early development of cuneiform writing.
Posted in: African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED), Near East Section
Posted by: Joshua Kueh
(The following is a cross-post by Joshua Kueh, Southeast Asian Reference Librarian, Asian Division. It originally appeared in the blog, From the Catbird Seat.) On Saturday, December 3, 2022, the Library of Congress will host an evening with 2021 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Maria Ressa. A journalist with extensive experience in Asia, Maria Ressa is …
Posted in: Announcements, Asian Division, Southeast Asia
Posted by: Ryan Wolfson-Ford
While staff work is what allows researchers to conduct research, their presence in the Library is foundational to the creation of the culture at the Library. This blog is an abbreviated version of a longer virtual interview with Shantha Murthy, a librarian and cataloger working in the Middle East and South Asia Section (MESA) of the Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access (ABA) Unit, with a particular focus on serials (magazines, newspapers, etc.) from South and Southeast Asia.
Posted in: Asian Division, South Asia, Southeast Asia
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
(The following is a repost by Olivia Dorsey, an innovation specialist on the LC Labs team. The post originally appeared as the fifth in a series that features the Connecting Communities Digital Initiative (CCDI) Junior Fellows from the Library’s 2022 Junior Fellows program. These posts highlight each fellow and the projects they developed. CCDI funded …
Posted in: African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED), Near East Section
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
The Library of Congress African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED) displays a sampling of its collection on agricultural harvesting, cultural and religious practices in Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia.
Posted in: African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED), African Section, Hebraic Section, Near East Section
Posted by: Ryan Wolfson-Ford
Thomas Wilson Haskins, a young American legation official in Beijing, accompanied the U.S. Minister, William W. Rockhill on a journey to meet the 13th Dalai Lama in 1908. The recently digitized collection includes Haskins’ handwritten diary of the meeting, photographs of Wutai Shan and diplomatic life in Beijing in the early 1900s, and a transcript of an interview with Elizabeth Gowan Haskins Workman, his fiancée who had travelled to China to join him.
Posted in: Asian Division
Posted by: Suzanne Schadl
(This is a guest post by Catalina Gómez, Curator of the PALABRA Archive in the Latin American, Caribbean and European division) Following its annual National Hispanic Heritage Month tradition, the Hispanic Reading Room in the Latin American, Caribbean and European division (LAC&E) announces the digital release of 50 new streaming audio recordings in the PALABRA …
Posted in: Collection Acquisitions, Hispanic American History, Hispanic Americans, Hispanic Reading Room, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division, National Hispanic Heritage Month, PALABRA Archive, Uncategorized
Posted by: Giselle M. Avilés
La versión en Español de este artículo puede leerla aquí. This is a guest post by A.B. Bejar, 2022 Junior Fellow, who holds a bachelor’s degree in International Relations and Affairs from The George Washington University and Master’s degree in International and Multicultural Education from the University of San Francisco. Working at the Library of Congress this …
Posted in: Digital Content, Hispanic American History, Hispanic Reading Room, Interviews, Junior Fellows, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division
Posted by: Giselle M. Avilés
An English version of this blog post is available here. Este es un artículo de A.B. Bejar, 2022 Junior Fellow, quien tiene una licenciatura en Relaciones y Asuntos Internacionales de la Universidad George Washington y un máster en Educación Internacional y Multicultural de la Universidad de San Francisco. Trabajar en la Biblioteca del Congreso este …
Posted in: Digital Content, Hispanic Americans, Hispanic Reading Room, Interns, Interviews, Junior Fellows, Latin America, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division, National Hispanic Heritage Month, Research Guides