The Summer 2021 Junior Fellows who interned virtually with the Hispanic Reading Room shone a light on Caribbean women poets featured in the PALABRA Archive and contextualized Brazilian cordel through audio recordings of Brazilian artist J. Borges and photographic images of Andre Cypriano.
Each summer, a talented and motivated group of Junior Fellows brings fresh eyes and enthusiasm to projects around the Library of Congress. Three Junior Fellows interning virtually with the Hispanic Division will explore the Library’s Brazilian cordel and the PALABRA Archive recordings of women writers, helping to provide digital access to these unique collections.
This post explores topics in prewar Japanese periodicals in the Asian Division at the Library of Congress, focusing on titles that deal with the emerging film industry in Japan.
Hispanic Division Junior Fellows explore the PALABRA Archive of recorded writers to learn more about Bolivian and Maya writers and poets and the value of diverse cultures and languages within the Library of Congress.
The Hispanic Division hosts Junior Fellows Summer Interns who are creating data visualizations of the collections and the indigenous reaction to the Spanish conquest, and expanding access to Latin American, Spanish, Portuguese, and Latinx writers.
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.