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Cervantes’“Don Quixote”: A Celebration of the Spanish Language
(The following is a post by Juan Manuel Pérez, Reference Specialist, Hispanic Division.) Portrait of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra by E. Dorda. A gift to the Hispanic Reading Room, Library of Congress....
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4 Corners: International Collections Program Calendar (5/6-14/2016)
Friday, May 6, 2016, noon – 1 p.m. Lecture: Political Interrogations and Human Rights Violations in the Brazilian Military Dictatorship Professor Mariana Joffili (State University of Santa Catarina,...
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The Library of Congress to Celebrate the Works of Idea Vilariño and Álvaro Mutis
(The following is a post by Catalina Gómez, Reference Librarian, Hispanic Division.) This month the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress is happy to present, together with the Library’s Poetry...
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Jewish Genealogy Lecture in Celebration of Jewish-American Heritage Month on...
(The following is a post by Sharon Horowitz, Reference Librarian, Hebraic Section, African and Middle Eastern Division.) In 1882 three Blumenthal brothers, Sam, Philip and Barney, left the Duchy of...
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Book as Microcosm: A Unique Hebrew Copy of Ibn Sina’s Canon
(The following is a post by Ann Brener, Hebraic area specialist in the Library’s African and Middle Eastern Division.) “Ha-Kanon” [Encyclopedia of Medicine] by Ibn Sina. Naples, 1491. Translated from...
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4 Corners: International Collections Program Calendar 5/13-21/2016
Friday, May 13, 2016, noon – 1 p.m. Lecture: The Literary Legacy of ÁLVARO MUTIS Charlotte Rogers, Assistant Professor, University of Virginia Assistant Professor of Spanish Charlotte Rogers...
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The Nekcsei-Lipócz Bible, a 14th-Century Illuminated Manuscript from Hungary
(The following is a post by Kenneth Nyirady, Reference Specialist for Hungary, in the Library’s European Division.) The Library of Congress possesses more than 1,500 editions of the Bible in over 150...
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4 Corners: International Collections Program Calendar 5/20-28/2016
Tuesday, May 24, 2016, 1:30 p.m. Lectures: La Città degli Ebrei/The City of the Jews: Segregated Space and the Admission of Strangers in the Jewish Ghetto of Venice, a Conference Marking the 500th...
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A Haggadah with a Chinese Touch
“Haggadah,” Amsterdam: Widow and Sons of Jacob Proops, 1781. On the shelves of the Hebraic rare book collection, housed in the Library’s African and Middle Eastern Division, sits a Haggadah published...
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4 Corners: International Studies Program Calendar 5/27/2016
Asian Collections: 2007 Illustrated Guide Saturday, May 28, 2016, 10 – 11:30 a.m. Research Orientation: Introduction to Resources in the Library of Congress, Asian Collection Eiichi Ito, Reference...
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