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Posted by: Anchi Hoh
Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-6362 (Voice/TTY) or email [email protected]. Directions Floor Plans Tuesday, May 28, 2019, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. EDT Research Orientation: European Reading Room A tour of the European Reading Room, and an orientation to the Library’s European collections, is being offered on Tuesday, May 28, 2019 …
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Posted by: Anchi Hoh
(The following is a repost from the Library of Congress Blog. The author is Neely Tucker, writer-editor in the Office of Communications.) “The Shahnamah,” (translated as “The Persian Book of Kings”) is the majestic narrative that recounts the history of pre-Islamic Persia, a staggering work of literature first published about 1,000 years ago. Written by …
Posted in: African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED), Near East Section
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Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-6362 (Voice/TTY) or email [email protected]. Directions Floor Plans Wednesday, April 24, 2019, 5:00 – 6:45 p.m. Book Talk: “On the Finland Watch: An American Diplomat in Finland during the Cold War” The European Division of the Library of Congress and Finlandia Foundation present “On the …
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(The following is a post by Ann Brener, Hebraic Specialist in the African and Middle Eastern Division.) The spectacular news of the Venus flyby conducted by the Parker Solar Probe made headlines around the world last autumn, dazzling us all with its close-ups of the sun and reams of new data on nearby planets. Little …
Posted in: African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED), Hebraic Section
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-6362 (Voice/TTY) or email [email protected]. Directions Floor Plans Monday, April 8, 2019, 5:00 p.m. Reading and Conversation with Ana Luísa Amaral Portuguese poet Ana Luísa Amaral will participate in a conversation and reading from her new book of poems What’s in a name? (New Directions, …
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Posted by: Anchi Hoh
Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-6362 (Voice/TTY) or email [email protected]. Directions Floor Plans Tuesday, March 12, 2019, 11:00 a.m. Hispanic Reading Room Research Orientation Sign up for our research orientation and learn about the Hispanic Reading Room services and collections. Orientations are offered to the public the second Tuesday of every …
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Posted by: Anchi Hoh
In the field of Middle Eastern and North African studies, Dr. Mary-Jane Deeb is a scholarly authority. And after 20 years of leading the Near East Section and the African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED) of the Library of Congress, this authority will retire from the Library at the end of February to embark on …
Posted in: African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED)
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
(The following is a post by Lucia Wolf, reference librarian for Italy, European Division.) Bella figura in Italian literally means “beautiful appearance.” The term is used worldwide to define the essence of Italian style, and refers to Italians’ ability to infuse their daily lives with style and beauty, combined with their natural sense of pleasure …
Posted in: European Reading Room