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Posted by: Anchi Hoh
(The following is a post by Eiichi Ito, Reference Specialist for the Japanese Collection, Asian Division.) An American friend once told me how, on the first day of his visit to Japan, he received an invitation to dine at the home of a Japanese family. While he enjoyed the meal, he was surprised to see …
Posted in: Asian Division, East Asia
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
“New Videos Monthly” is a new series that gathers in one place online videos recently made available on the Library’s website of public programs pertaining to the Library’s international collections. A post will be published every month and videos will be listed under each of the four area studies divisions respectively. To kick off the …
Posted in: African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED), Asian Division, European Reading Room, Hispanic Reading Room, Videos
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
(The following is a post by Susan Meinheit, Mongolian and Tibetan Reference Specialist, Asian Division) The Asian Division recently welcomed over 80 Mongolian scholars for the keynote session of the 11th Annual International Mongolian Studies Conference. The conference is a yearly two-day event hosted by the Mongolian Cultural Association located in Falls Church, VA, and …
Posted in: Asian Division
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
(The following is a post by Jonathan Loar, Reference Librarian for South Asian collection, Asian Division.) Between the end of the 18th and the start of the 19th century, India was becoming a major academic subject throughout Europe. The discovery that many words in the ancient Indian language Sanskrit (e.g., dasha – ten, akshi – …
Posted in: Asian Division, South Asia
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
(The following is a post by Nuzhat Khatoon, South Asia Specialist, Asian Division.) My Recollections of Rabindranath Tagore’s Works My main recollection of Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) lies not in his poetry, music, dramas, novels, or paintings, but rather with his “Jana Gana Mana” (Thou Art the Ruler of the Minds of All People), India’s national …
Posted in: Asian Division, South Asia
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
(The following is a post by Qi Qiu, Head of Scholarly Services, Asian Division.) For the first time in 16 years the Kluge Chair in Countries and Cultures of the North is a scholar in Chinese Studies. Peng Guoxiang, Professor of Chinese Philosophy, Intellectual History and Religions at Zhejiang University, was selected in July 2016 …
Posted in: Asian Division, Interviews, Lectures
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
(The following is a repost from ”From the Catbird Seat” written by Kelly Yuzawa, who works within the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress and was previously a staff detail in the Poetry and Literature Center.) During a visit to the Library at the end of October, Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera …
Posted in: Asian Division