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Posted by: Alyson Williams
Remembering Mario Vargas Llosa, a towering figure in Latin American Literature, after his recent passing highlighting his connections to the Library and its collections.
Posted in: Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape, Handbook of Latin American Studies, Latin America, PALABRA Archive
Posted by: Alyson Williams
A new batch of fifty recordings from the PALABRA Archive (an audio archive dating back to 1943) featuring Luso-Hispanic writers are released as part of National Poetry Month.
Posted in: Announcements, Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape, Hispanic Reading Room, Latin America, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division, National Poetry Month, PALABRA Archive
Posted by: Muhannad Salhi
On September 5, 2024, the African & Middle Eastern Division hosted a captivating lecture by Dr. Mohamad Hajji Mukhtar, a distinguished professor from Savannah University. The event titled “The Rise and Expansion of Islam in Somalia”, provided a journey into a lesser-known chapter of Islamic history.
Posted in: African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED), African Section
Posted by: David Morris
The Library of Congress holds a wealth of primary and secondary sources in multiple types of formats on the study and recognition of Greek independence and Philhellenism. The blog post introduces readers to some of them.
Posted in: European Reading Room, Greece, Holidays, Uncategorized
Posted by: David Morris
(This post is by Nevila Pahumi, Reference Librarian for Modern Greek in the European Reading Room.) February 9 marks International Greek Language Day. In celebration, this blog post discusses modern Greek and the Library of Congress’ modern Greek collections. Modern Greek (Νέα Ελληνικά) dates to the Renaissance. It is derived from Byzantine and ancient Greek, …
Posted in: European Reading Room, Greece, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division
Posted by: Ryan Wolfson-Ford
This blog post explores the posters included in the Minjuhwa Undong (South Korean Democratization Movement) collection housed in the Asian Division. It highlights how these posters, in conjunction with Minjung Art, vividly portray the key agents, objectives, and strategies of the democratization movement during the 1980s.
Posted in: Asian Division, East Asia
Posted by: David Morris
The Rare Book and Special Collections Division at the Library of Congress recently acquired a set of the writings of the Danish physicist Hans Christian Ørsted, which the author had presented to his daughter, Sophie. Today, on her birthday, we remember how Sophie and her family used to receive visits from the famous fairytale author, Hans Christian Andersen.
Posted in: Denmark, European Reading Room, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division, Rare Books and Special Collections, Uncategorized
Posted by: Joshua Kueh
While staff work is what allows researchers to conduct research, their presence in the Library of Congress is foundational to the creation of the culture at the Library. This blog is an interview with Dan Paterson, a book conservator with the Library of Congress, conducted by Charlotte Giles.
Posted in: Asian Division, East Asia, South Asia
Posted by: Alyson Williams
This is a guest blog post written jointly by Yuliana Contreras-Abrego, Darian Andrade-Diaz, and Celina Lozano, Archives History Heritage Advanced (AHHA) interns working with the Communities of Practice and Publications team in the Latin American Caribbean and European Division during fall 2024. Can you give us an overview of an AHHA project you worked on? …
Posted in: Handbook of Latin American Studies, Hispanic Reading Room, Interns, Latin America, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division