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New Videos Monthly, 1/31/2018
Following are the online recordings (webcasts) of recent public programs pertaining to the Library’s international collections. To discover more videos, visit the four area studies divisions here:...
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Micrography in the Jewish Tradition
(The following is a post by Sharon Horowitz, reference librarian in the Hebraic Section of the African and Middle Eastern Division.) Micrography is minute script written into abstract patterns or...
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20th Century Images of East Africa’s Swahili Coast Online
(The following is a post by Eve M. Ferguson, Reference Librarian for East Africa, African and Middle Eastern Division.) The name “Zanzibar” often conjures up visions of exotic landscapes populated by...
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Memories of My Spanish Childhood
(The following is a post by Juan Manuel Perez, Reference Specialist, Hispanic Division.) Detail of a cover of “Capitán Trueno,” 1950’s. One of the fondest memories I have of growing up in Spain during...
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4 Corners: International Collections Program Calendar, 2/16/2018
Tuesday, February 27, 2018, noon - 1 p.m. Conversations with African Poets and Writers: Bushra al-Fadil The Poetry and Literature Center and the African and Middle Eastern Division of the Library of...
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Baltic Authors of the Interwar Independence Period, 1918-40
(The following is a post by Taru Spiegel, Reference Specialist, European Division.) Building on the 19th-century nationalist flowering of literature in the various Baltic languages, authors in Estonia,...
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4 Corners: International Collections Program Calendar, 2/23/2018
Tuesday, February 27, 2018, noon – 1 p.m. Conversations with African Poets and Writers: Bushra al-Fadil The Poetry and Literature Center and the African and Middle Eastern Division of the Library of...
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