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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
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: Joshua Kueh
The Asian Division is now accepting applications for its Florence Tan Moeson Fellowship, which supports short-term research visits to the Asian Reading Room at the Library of Congress. This year's application deadline is midnight Sunday, January 12, 2025.
Posted in: Announcements, Asian Division, East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Uncategorized
Posted by: Cameron Penwell
(The following is a collaborative post with contributions from Elli Kim, Korean Reference Librarian; Joshua Kueh, Southeast Asian Reference Librarian; Cameron Penwell, Japanese Reference Librarian; and Ryan Wolfson-Ford, Southeast Asian Reference Librarian) With Halloween now upon us, we thought it would be interesting to learn more about ghosts, ghouls, and things that go bump in …
Posted in: Asian Division, East Asia, Southeast Asia
Posted by: Ryan Wolfson-Ford
“World War II Records from Burma” is a diverse and unique grouping of documentary materials in the Southeast Asian Rare Book Collection. This post highlights documents from the collection concerning the Indian Independence League and Indian National Army, two Indian diaspora organizations that emerged prior to and during World War II.
Posted in: Asian Division, Southeast Asia