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Posted by: Taru Spiegel
This blog discusses the 250 microfilmed newspapers in South Asian languages in the Asian Division and the 2019 Junior Fellow project to inventory this collection.
Posted in: Asian Division, Junior Fellows, South Asia
Posted by: Taru Spiegel
This blog introduces a faithful copy of the Mu family ancestors’ portraits from the first to the thirty-third generation in accordance with style of the original illustrations.
Posted in: Asian Division, East Asia
Posted by: Joshua Kueh
The “Doctrina Christiana,” dated to 1593, is one of the first books produced in the European tradition in the Philippines. The only known extant copy may be found in the Rare Book & Special Collections Division of the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Asian Division, Southeast Asia, Uncategorized
Posted by: Ryan Wolfson-Ford
This blog introduces the Thai and Lao manuscripts found in the Southeast Asian rare book collection in the Asian Division at the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Asian Division, Junior Fellows, Southeast Asia
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
This blog focuses on Mahatma Gandhi, India’s famous advocate for nonviolent resistance, on the occasion of his 150th birth anniversary on October 2, 2019.
Posted in: Asian Division, South Asia
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
This blog announces the digitization and online availability of a handwritten essay by Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948), India’s messenger of peace and nonviolence.
Posted in: Asian Division, South Asia
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
2,000-Year-Old Buddhist Scroll from Ancient Gandhara Digitized by Library of Congress.
Posted in: Asian Division, South Asia
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
This blog describes the keynote talk for the 13th Annual International Mongolian Studies Conference hosted by the Asian Division at the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Asian Division
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
This blog introduces the “Illustrated Album of Yangzhou Prefecture,” a collection of illustrated maps with detailed descriptions of regions in the Chinese prefecture of Yangzhou.
Posted in: Asian Division, East Asia