Category: Science and Technology

Refined by: (Author) Josh Levy; (Year) 2026

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Made at the Library: Claiming Space in the Capital City of Science

February 26, 2026

Learn about the emergence of Washington, D.C. as a scientific city, the pioneering anthropology of Anita Newcomb McGee, and the scientific advocacy of astronomer Simon Newcomb in a conversation with historian and author Vincent Femia on his recent scholarship and research in the Manuscript Division.

Posted in: Events, Science and Technology, Women's & Gender History

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Made at the Library: Outsider. Freud, In-Person Film Screening and Conversation with Director Yair Qedar

January 29, 2026

Posted by: Josh Levy

Join us in person for a “Made at the Library” film screening of “Outsider. Freud” (2025) and conversation with filmmaker Yair Qedar. Qedar takes the viewer on a journey into the life and work of Sigmund Freud, set in four acts and combining animation, dreams, and insights from leading psychoanalysts incorporating the Library’s Sigmund Freud Papers and other collections.

Posted in: Events, Science and Technology

Refined by: (Author) Josh Levy; (Year) 2026