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Posted by: Alyson Williams
A discussion of Candido Portinari’s artwork in the Library of Congress’s collections and the part it played in the Hispanic Reading Room’s activities during Hispanic Heritage Month 2024.
Posted in: Brazil, Events, Hispanic Reading Room, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division, National Hispanic Heritage Month
Posted by: Suzanne Schadl
The following is a post by Henry Granville Widener, Portuguese Language Reference Librarian, Hispanic Reading Room, Latin American, Caribbean, and European Division Words connect us in so many ways. Whether spoken, sung or written, they can act as the sinews that link our senses and emotions to one another. When I listen to the Library …
Posted in: Brazil, Collaborations, Handbook of Latin American Studies, Hispanic Reading Room, Latin America, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division, National Poetry Month, PALABRA Archive
Posted by: Suzanne Schadl
This is a guest post by Natali Palacios, a Maryland native in her junior year at the University of Maryland, College Park where she studies Human Development. Natali was selected for an internship in the Latin American, Caribbean and European Division (LACE) through Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU). Henry Widener was her mentor. …
Posted in: Brazil, Handbook of Latin American Studies, Hispanic Reading Room, Interns, Latin America
Posted by: Giselle M. Avilés
This is a guest post written jointly by Tiffany Brown-Louis and Crispin Beyogle, graduate students from the Center of Latin American Studies at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service, who completed capstone research in consultation with staff in the Hispanic Reading Room. Tiffany In the Fall of 2022, we were preparing for our capstone …
Posted in: Brazil, Collaborations, Collection Acquisitions, Hispanic Reading Room, Interns, Interviews, Latin America, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division
Posted by: Suzanne Schadl
This is a guest post by Alyson Williams, Head of Communities of Practice and Publication in the Latin American, Caribbean and European division. Shortly after her arrival at the Library in late February, Alyson who was serving as Co-Chair of local arrangements for the Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials (SALALM) Conference …
Posted in: Brazil, Collaborations, Events, Handbook of Latin American Studies, Hispanic Reading Room, Latin America, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division, PALABRA Archive, Uncategorized