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4 Corners: International Collections Program Calendar 1/6/2017
(Event canceled) Tuesday, January 24, 2017, noon – 1 p.m. (ET) Lecture: Family Histories and Political Marriages in Ethiopia by Dr. Heran Serekebrehan, Deputy Director of the Washington DC Mayor’s...
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The Book of Khalid: An Arab-American Tale
(The following is a post by Muhannad Salhi, Arab World Specialist, Near East Section, African and Middle Eastern Division.) “Orientals” says he, “seldom adventure into that region of fancy and...
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4 Corners: International Collections Program Calendar 1/13/2017
Tuesday, January 24, 2017, noon (ET) Lecture: Life and Times of Russian Historian and Culinary Writer Vil’jam Pokhlebkin, 1923-2000 The European Division presents the “Life and Times of Russian...
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Poet Laureate Visits Library’s Asian Division
(The following is a repost from ”From the Catbird Seat” written by Kelly Yuzawa, who works within the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress and was previously a staff detail...
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The Angel of Budapest: Ángel Sanz Briz
(The following is a post by Juan Manuel Pérez, Reference Specialist in the Hispanic Division.) Sometimes called the “Angel of Budapest” or the “Spanish Schindler,” Spanish diplomat Ángel Sanz Briz...
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At the Library: An Interview with Peng Guoxiang, 2016 Kluge Chair in...
(The following is a post by Qi Qiu, Head of Scholarly Services, Asian Division.) Professor Peng Guoxiang, Kluge Chair in Countries and Cultures of the North. For the first time in 16 years the Kluge...
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4 Corners: International Collections Program Calendar 1/27/2017
Wednesday, February 15, 2017, noon – 1 p.m. (ET) Book Talk: “Business and Entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia: Opportunities for Partnering and Investing in Emerging Business” A Book Signing by Edward...
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19th-Century Slovenian Primers and Readers
(The following is a post by Helen Fedor, Reference Specialist, European Division.) Austria. Ministerium für Cultus und Unterricht. “Abecednik za slovenske šole na Kranjskem. ” Na Dunaju, U c. k....
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