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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: 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: Suzanne Schadl
(This is a guest post by Cuban-American author and anthropologist Ruth Behar. “Lucky Broken Girl,” the winner of the Pura Belpre Award, was her first book for young readers. She stopped by the Hispanic Reading Room to perform Otra Piel before the National Book Festival. In this post, she shares its creation story). As soon …
Posted in: Collection Acquisitions, Hispanic American History, Hispanic Americans, Hispanic Reading Room, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division, National Hispanic Heritage Month, National Poetry Month, PALABRA Archive, Rare Books and Special Collections, Uncategorized
Posted by: Giselle M. Avilés
La versión en Español de este artículo puede leerla aquí. This is a guest post by Monica Soto, 2022 Junior Fellow, who has a bachelor’s degree in history from the College of William and Mary and is pursuing a master’s degree in library and information science at the University of Denver. This interview was previously published …
Posted in: Collaborations, Digital Content, Hispanic American History, Hispanic Reading Room, Interviews, Junior Fellows, Latin America, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division
Posted by: Giselle M. Avilés
This is a two-part blog post by Pamela Padilla, 2022 Summer participant in the Library of Congress Internship (LOCI) program with the Hispanic Reading Room, and a Library Science and History graduate student at Queens College, City University of New York. Click here for the first part of Pamela’s research project. At one point one …
Posted in: Collaborations, Digital Content, Handbook of Latin American Studies, Hispanic American History, Hispanic Reading Room, Latin America, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division, Manuscripts, Rare Books and Special Collections
Posted by: Giselle M. Avilés
This is a two-part blog post by Pamela Padilla, 2022 Summer participant in the Library of Congress Internship (LOCI) program with the Hispanic Reading Room, and a Library Science and History graduate student at Queens College, City University of New York. Please check back at the end of the week for the second part of …
Posted in: Digital Content, Handbook of Latin American Studies, Hispanic American History, Hispanic Reading Room, Latin America, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division
Posted by: Ryan Wolfson-Ford
This blog describes a unique event hosted by the Asian Division, featuring Lao and Hmong American authors at the Library for the first time.
Posted in: Asian American History, Asian Division, Southeast Asia
Posted by: David Morris
An overview of Dante's Divine Comedy, highlighting various editions of the work in the Library's collections
Posted in: Announcements, Collection Displays, European Reading Room, Hispanic Reading Room, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division, Manuscripts, Rare Books and Special Collections