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Category: Latin American, Caribbean and European Division

Travesía de Palabras Indígenas entre México y el Archivo de la PALABRA

Posted by: Giselle M. Avilés

To read this post in English, click here. Quiero compartir con ustedes la estimulante experiencia de poder conectar el Archivo de la PALABRA con poetas en lenguas originarias de México. Junto con la curadora de este histórico archivo sonoro, Catalina Gómez, hemos estado trabajando para ampliar las voces representadas en este importante recurso de la …

Journey of Indigenous Words between Mexico and the PALABRA Archive

Posted by: Giselle M. Avilés

Para leer en español, haga clic aquí. I want to share with you the stimulating experience of being able to connect the PALABRA Archive with Indigenous authors from Mexico and their various Indigenous languages. Together with the curator of this historic audio archive, Catalina Gómez, and the authors highlighted, we have been working to expand …

Reflections on Brazil-Africa Relations: Higher Education, Diplomacy and Development

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 …

“Aquí pero allá”: Telling the story of Chileans in the United States through the Library’s Collections

Posted by: Giselle M. Avilés

This is a guest post written jointly by Tatiana Cherry Santos and Melissa Flores, graduate students from the Center of Latin American Studies at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service.   Tatiana “El pueblo, unido, jamás será vencido,” I chanted into the buzzing crowd around me. Even as a young child I knew these words, …

Pelé, O Rei: Juggling Ambitions on Soccer’s Biggest Stage

Posted by: Giselle M. Avilés

The following is a post by Henry Granville Widener, Portuguese Language Reference Librarian in the Hispanic Reading Room of the Latin American, Caribbean, and European Division.  On June 29, 1958, at the age of just 17, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Pelé, helped Brazil win its first World Cup championship in Stockholm, Sweden. Twelve years …

A.B. Bejar, 2022 Junior Fellow, on Family (His)Stories and Andean Heritage

Posted by: Giselle M. Avilés

La versión en Español de este artículo puede leerla aquí. This is a guest post by A.B. Bejar, 2022 Junior Fellow, who holds a bachelor’s degree in International Relations and Affairs from The George Washington University and Master’s degree in International and Multicultural Education from the University of San Francisco. Working at the Library of Congress this …

A.B. Bejar, 2022 Junior Fellow, comparte Historias Familiares y sobre su Herencia Andina

Posted by: Giselle M. Avilés

An English version of this blog post is available here.  Este es un artículo de A.B. Bejar, 2022 Junior Fellow, quien tiene una licenciatura en Relaciones y Asuntos Internacionales de la Universidad George Washington y un máster en Educación Internacional y Multicultural de la Universidad de San Francisco. Trabajar en la Biblioteca del Congreso este …

Monica Soto on creating “Interconnecting Worlds: Weaving Community Narratives, Andean Histories & the Library’s Collections” Research Guide

Posted by: Giselle M. Avilés

La versión en Español de este artículo puede leerla aquí. This is a guest post by Monica Soto, 2022 Junior Fellow, who has a bachelor’s degree in history from the College of William and Mary and is pursuing a master’s degree in library and information science at the University of Denver. This interview was previously published …

Monica Soto nos cuenta su experiencia creando la Guía de Investigación “Interconnecting Worlds: Weaving Community Narratives, Andean Histories & the Library’s Collections”

Posted by: Giselle M. Avilés

An English version of this blog post is available here.  Este es un artículo de Monica Soto, 2022 Junior Fellow, quien tiene una licenciatura en historia de College of William and Mary y está cursando un máster en bibliotecología y ciencias de la información en la Universidad de Denver. La entrevista se publicó anteriormente en …