Library of Congress: talks and concerts

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Library of Congress Reformist Voices of Islam: Mediating Religion and Modernity 2008 · Talk The Near East Section of the African Middle Eastern Division and the John W. Kluge Center hosted a talk by Shireen Hunter on her new book, "Reformist Voices… Library of Congress Women's History Month Celebration: Women's Art -- Women's Vision 2008 · Talk To honor "the originality, beauty, imagination and multiple dimensions of women's lives," the National Women's History Project has chosen "Women's Art:… Library of Congress God and Gandhi: The Radical Spiritual Politics of the Reverend John Haynes Holmes(1879-1964) 2008 · Talk Though hardly remembered today, John Haynes Holmes was one of the most important American religious radicals of the 20th century. A socialist, antiracist and… Library of Congress Stephen King and Family Speak at the Library 2008 · Talk The PEN/Faulkner Writers in Schools program, in collaboration with the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, hosted world-renowned author Stephen… Library of Congress Who Speaks for Islam? 2008 · Talk The Near East Section of the African and Middle Eastern Division presented, as part of the series "Beyond the Islamist Discourse: Muslims Look at Their… Library of Congress Mapping the New Empire: Britain's General Survey of North America, 1763-1782 2008 · Talk Britain's decisive victory in the Seven Years' War dramatically enlarged its American empire. Once confined to the coastal plain, British North America… Library of Congress Lt. Gen. Julius Becton Jr. Discusses His Autobiography 2008 · Talk Lt Gen. Julius W. Becton Jr. discussed and signed his book, "Becton: A Soldier and Public Servant" in a program sponsored by the Library's Center for the Book. Library of Congress Bill McKibben Speaks on "American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau" 2008 · Talk Each advance in environmental practice in our nation's history "was preceded by a great book," says writer, activist and editor Bill McKibben in his… Library of Congress Lao Dance Performance 2008 · Talk A traditional Lao dance performance and Lao-American fashion show highlighted the Library's celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Library of Congress An Empire for a King: The Conquest of Algeria at Louis-Philippe's Versailles 2008 · Talk Versailles is best known today as the palace of Louis XIV, but in the 19th century, the chateau had another life as a museum of national history. The history… Library of Congress Contemporary Russian Poetry Bilingual Reading 2008 · Talk The Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) jointly hosted an evening of Russian poetry, featuring Evgeny Bunimovich, Elena… Library of Congress Preserving State Government Digital Information 2008 · Talk Robert Horton, director of Library, Publication and Collections at the Minnesota Historical Society, discussed "A Model Technological and Social Architecture… Library of Congress Achieving Library Excellence: Employing Modern Management Practices 2008 · Talk The Library's Asian Division of the Library of Congress, in cooperation with the Greater Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Chinese American Librarians Association,… Library of Congress Traditional Judaism or Reform 2008 · Talk As part of the Library's celebration of Jewish American Heritage Month, Marsha Rozenblit delivered the ninth annual Myron M. Weinstein Memorial Lecture on the… Library of Congress Avoiding the Fate of the Mayans 2008 · Talk The Maya civilization, at its peak, was one of the most densely populated and culturally dynamic societies in the world. But after flourishing for a thousand… Library of Congress Law Day 2008: The Rule of Law in Established and Emerging Countries 2008 · Talk The Law Library of Congress presented a panel discussion in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Law Day. The panel, moderated by Judge Harry T. Edwards,… Library of Congress Poetry of Mark Strand and Charles Wright 2008 · Talk Mark Strand and Charles Wright read from their works as part of the Poetry Center's Spring literary season. Library of Congress Resource Description and Access: Background / Overview 2008 · Talk RDA (Resource Description and Access), the next generation cataloging code designed for the digital environment, is under development. This presentation… Library of Congress MIC: Moving Image Collections 2008 · Talk MIC (Moving Image Collections) is a management, preservation, and educational tool incorporating a consortial database, directories, a METS/MODS… Library of Congress Drawing the Line at the Big Ditch: The Panama Canal Treaties and the Rise of the Right 2008 · Talk Political events in the United States often have unintended consequences for American politics and for the country as a whole. The long-term consequences of… Library of Congress Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Keynote Address Featuring Michelle Rhee 2008 · Talk Michelle Rhee, chancellor of the Washington, D.C., public schools, delivered the keynote address for the Library's 2008 celebration of Asian Pacific American… Library of Congress Digital Natives Series: Everything Bad is Good for You 2008 · Talk For today's "digital natives," information is ubiquitous, instant and permanently available. They are connected, interconnected and multitasking. Is this… Library of Congress Cataloging Principles and RDA: Resource Description and Access 2008 · Talk The second in a series on RDA: Resource Description and Access, the next generation cataloging code designed for the digital environment. This presentation… Library of Congress The XVI Poetry Marathon of Teatro de la Luna 2008 · Talk The Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress hosted an afternoon of Spanish poetry featuring poets from Spain, Latin America and the Caribbean. Each poet… Library of Congress Octavio Paz Symposium 2008 · Talk Octavio Paz (1914-1998) was a world-famous poet, writer and essayist. His writing, which garnered him the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1990, has been… Library of Congress Breaking the Bonds of People and Land: Native American Removal in the United States and Mexico 2008 · Talk Kluge Fellow Claudia Haake presented a lecture titled "Breaking the Bonds of People and Land: Native American Removal in the United States and Mexico." The… Library of Congress America Between the Wars 2008 · Talk The 12-year period between the end of the Cold War and the destruction of the Twin Towers was perceived as calm and peaceful. Yet foreign-policy experts say… Library of Congress Asian Pacific American Heritage Month 2008: Korean Cultural Fan and Drum Dance 2008 · Talk As part of the Library's celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, members of the Asian American Arts Center performed a traditional Korean drum… Library of Congress Charles Simic on the Art of Translation 2008 · Talk Charles Simic will make the final appearance of his tenure as U.S. Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry when he presents a lecture on poetry translation at the… Library of Congress Women and Education in Saudi Arabia 2008 · Talk The Near East Section of the African and Middle Eastern Division of the Library of Congress presented Nihad el- Jesh, consultant of the Majlis al-Shura… Library of Congress Web 2.0 Mashups: Making the Web Your Own 2008 · Talk The Web contains thousands of mashups that recombine everything -- including Google Maps, Flickr, Amazon.com, NASA, the New York Times, and Wikipedia -- with… Library of Congress Publishing Trends in the Islamic Republic of Iran 2008 · Talk The Near East Section of The African Middle Eastern Division and the John W. Kluge Center presented a lecture by Nasrollah Pourjavady, Distinguished Visiting… Library of Congress Digital Natives Series: Open Source Reality 2008 · Talk Today's constantly evolving interactive technologies are having a profound impact on our culture, and the analog generation needs to look to its children to… Library of Congress Bridging Homeland and Homegrown 2008 · Talk Ambassador Christopher R. Hill was the keynote speaker at the launch of the Asian Pacific American Lecture Series. His speech centered on preserving America's… Library of Congress Decolonization and Disorder 2008 · Talk Historian Dane Kennedy examined three waves of European decolonization, from the late 18th century through the late 20th century, and the violence and discord… Library of Congress Translating "History": Rajatarangini and the Making of India's Past 2008 · Talk Nineteenth-century European orientalists and philologists considered the Rajatarangini--a 12-century Sanskrit historical narrative from Kashmir--as the only… Library of Congress The Moral Conscience of the World: The United Nations and Palestine in 1947 2008 · Talk The United Nations' role in the creation of the state of Israel marked the beginning of a critical episode in the changing colonial world order, according to… Library of Congress Remember Belgium' -- Poetry as Propaganda During the First World War 2008 · Talk In 1914 the case of Gallant Little Belgium stirred political and artistic attention and emotion all over the world. Invaded by "the Huns," the Belgians found… Library of Congress Cruelty, Savagery and the Formation of a National Community in the Bohemian Reformation 2008 · Talk The Bohemian Reformation of the 15th century was a seminal event in the history of late medieval Europe. Kluge Fellow Joel Seltzer contends that for the first… Library of Congress How the States Got Their Shapes 2008 · Talk Why does West Virginia have a finger creeping up the side of Pennsylvania? Why are California and Texas so large when so many of the states in the Midwest are… Library of Congress Poster Mania in Turn-of-the-Century Paris 2008 · Talk In the 1880s and 1890s, illustrated posters displayed on walls throughout Paris were accused of turning the city into a bazaar and mounting an aggressive… Library of Congress Death, Rebirth and Being Human in Tibetan Buddhism 2008 · Talk In this talk, Frances Garrett, David B. Larson Fellowship in Health and Spirituality, considers images of dying, the afterlife and rebirth, and notions of… Library of Congress Excavations in Afghanistan and Central Asia 2008 · Talk The Near East Section of the African Middle Eastern Division at the Library of Congress sponsored at talk by Fredrik Hiebert titled "Excavations in… Library of Congress Library of Congress Honors Herman Wouk with Literary Award 2008 · Talk Writer Herman Wouk received the first Library of Congress Lifetime Achievement Award for the Writing of Fiction. During this event, ABC News' Martha Raddatz,… Library of Congress Do All Indians Live in Tipis? and Other Compelling Questions for Education 2008 · Talk Stereotypes, inaccuracies and inappropriate representations of Native Americans continue to abound in American society today. Reflecting on his 20 years of… Library of Congress Force and Violins: What the FBI Had on Folksingers 2008 · Talk Among the sufferings of those pursued during the McCarthy era, the situation of folksingers and folklorists was unique. Suspected by their government, they… Library of Congress Major League Tassa 2008 · Talk Major League Tassa performs Indo-Caribbean drumming and dance from Queens, New York, as part of the Homegrown Concert Series sponsored by the American… Library of Congress Poet Laureate Kay Ryan Opens the 2008 Literary Season 2008 · Talk The Library of Congress fall literary season opened on Oct. 16 with a reading by Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry Kay Ryan.