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Posted by: Jonathan Loar
This blog describes the keynote talk for the 17th Annual International Mongolian Studies Conference hosted by the Asian Division at the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Asian Division
Posted by: Joshua Kueh
This blog post provides an overview of rare and unique Southeast Asian material at the Library of Congress. It highlights two recently published research guides on this topic, one focusing on collections at the Asian Reading Room and the other on European-language resources related to Southeast Asia. Users can also view a recorded webinar that discusses the Southeast Asian rare collections at the Library.
Posted in: Asian Division, Southeast Asia
Posted by: Jonathan Loar
This post introduces the life of Japanese author and explorer Takeshirō Matsuura (1818-1888), and some of his works made available online through the Library’s Ainu and Ezochi Rare Collection.
Posted in: Asian Division, East Asia
Posted by: Joshua Kueh
The Library’s Asian Division is pleased to announce the digitization of the Hindi and Urdu editions of “Hindostan,” a propaganda newspaper for South Asian prisoners of war (POWs) held in Germany during World War I. The Asian Division is notable for having nearly complete runs of this pro-German newspaper, which was published in Berlin from March 1915 to August 1918. A total of 159 issues of the Hindi and Urdu editions are now freely available in the South Asian Digital Collection.
Posted in: Asian Division, South Asia, World War I
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