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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: Joshua Kueh
This post features answers to frequently asked questions about the Southeast Asian collections at the Library of Congress provided by the Library’s Southeast Asian reference librarians. Librarians touch on types of Southeast Asian materials available, who uses the collections, how the Library acquires its holdings, and how to access them.
Posted in: Asian Division, Southeast Asia, Uncategorized
Posted by: Joshua Kueh
The Library gathers many stunning examples of the great poetic traditions across the globe, one of them being the Urdu masnavi, "Sihr ul-Bayan," by the Indian poet, Mir Hasan.
Posted in: South Asia, Uncategorized
Posted by: Joshua Kueh
This blog post highlights a video recording and resources related to a virtual panel event hosted by the Library of Congress Asian Division entitled "Mangyan Scripts, Literary Heritage, and Collections," which took place on September 20, 2023. The event featured presentations on Mangyan writing and literary culture, as well as Mangyan collections at the Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.), the Mangyan Heritage Center (Mindoro, Philippines), Newberry Library (Chicago), and Yale Peabody Museum (New Haven). Audience members interacted with speakers in a Question and Answer session following the presentations.
Posted in: Asian Division, Southeast Asia, Uncategorized
Posted by: Joshua Kueh
This blog post announces a panel discussion on Mangyan writing from the Philippines, scheduled to take place via Zoom on September 20, 2023. Presenters will speak about Mangyan scripts and holdings at the Mangyan Heritage Center, Newberry Library, Yale Peabody Museum, and the Library of Congress. The post also highlights some Mangyan-related resources at the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Announcements, Asian Division, Southeast Asia, Uncategorized
Posted by: Joshua Kueh
Create an origami shrimp from the Library’s collections. This blog shares about collections in the Library’s Asian Division and provides instructions for a paper-folding activity.
Posted in: Asian Division, East Asia, Uncategorized
Posted by: Joshua Kueh
This blog celebrates the New Delhi Overseas Operations Field Office’s 60th anniversary, looking to the office’s past, present, and future operations of acquiring and processing library materials in multiple South Asian languages and formats.
Posted in: Asian Division, South Asia, Uncategorized
Posted by: Joshua Kueh
The “Doctrina Christiana,” dated to 1593, is one of the first books produced in the European tradition in the Philippines. The only known extant copy may be found in the Rare Book & Special Collections Division of the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Asian Division, Southeast Asia, Uncategorized