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Posted by: Anchi Hoh
Monday, September 19, 2016, noon – 1 p.m. Lecture: “The Thirteenth Hour: the poetry of Rivka Basman Ben-Haim, translated from the Yiddish by Zelda Kahan Newman,” a reading and discussion with the translator Rivka Basman Ben-Haim, Israeli award winning Yiddish poet, is one of the last representatives of the golden age of Yiddish poetry. As …
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Monday, September 12, 2016, noon – 1 p.m. The Discovery of Karamanlidika: Disappearing Literature, Artifacts and Cultural Heritage featuring Selenay Aytac, Associate Professor, Fulbright Scholar, Long Island University, NY, and Constantia Constantinou, Dean of University Libraries, Fulbright Scholar, Stony Brook University, NY This program is sponsored by the Near East Section of the African and …
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Wednesday, September 7, 2016, noon – 1 p.m. Book Talk: The Art of the Sabbath: An Illustrated Talk by Artist and Author Debra Band on her book “Kabbalat Shabbat: the Grand Unification.” This program is presented by the Hebraic Section of the African and Middle Eastern Division. The talk will be followed by a display …
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Saturday, August 27, 2016, 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Information for Researchers: Using the Library of Congress African and Middle Eastern Reading Room The staff of the African and Middle Eastern Division is offering a research orientation, “Armenian Illuminated Manuscripts, Inscribed Fabrics, and Silver (1321 AD – 1915 AD) at the Library of Congress.” After …
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(The Following is a post by Catalina Gómez, Reference Librarian, Hispanic Division.) As we settle into late summer, the Hispanic Division continues the exciting work of uploading recordings from the Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape (AHLOT) online. Listen to one of our recent additions! Last September, the AHLOT Online Feature was launched, making a …
Posted in: Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape, Digital Content, Hispanic Reading Room, PALABRA Archive
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(The following post is by Hirad Dinavari, reference specialist for the Iranian World Collections, African and Middle Eastern Division of the Library of Congress.) In conjunction with the 2014 exhibition: “A Thousand Years of the Persian Book” at the Library of Congress, we in AMED teamed up with Roshan Persian Studies Institute at University of …
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(The following post is by Taru Spiegel, Reference Specialist, European Division. It is based on an article by Barbara L. Dash, Rare Materials Section, published in “Slavic and East European Information Resources,” 11:2-3 (2010): [110]-119.) The Grushnikov Collection of more than 6,000 Soviet-era children’s books published between the 1920s and the 1990s is a treasure …
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(The following is a post by Ann Brener, Hebraic area specialist in the Library’s African and Middle Eastern Division.) The occasion was apparently too good to miss. After a 3-week siege that ended on October 8, 1789, the armies of Joseph II, Emperor of Habsburg Austria, wrested the stronghold of Belgrade from Ottoman hands and …
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(The following is a repost of an interview conducted by Catalina Gómez, Reference Librarian, Hispanic Division. This interview originally appeared as part of the Interview Series of the Poetry and Literature Center at the Library of Congress.) Juan Gabriel Vásquez was born in Bogotá, Colombia, in 1973. He is the author of seven novels, including …
Posted in: Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape, Hispanic Reading Room, Latin America, PALABRA Archive