Library of Congress: talks and concerts

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Library of Congress A Conversation with Film Producer Louis Stroller 2009 · Talk Film producer Louis Stroller talks about film, the industry and current projects involving travel to Africa and Israel. Library of Congress Trance Formation: Music, Trance, Religious Experience, and the Brain 2009 · Talk Dr. Robin Sylvan, Director of the Sacred Center in El Cerrito, Calif. gives a pre-concert presentation, part of the Music and the Brain Series. Library of Congress Digital Accessibility for Blind and Physically Handicapped Individuals 2009 · Talk A discussion of the philosophy, research, planning, and development of the next generation of Library-Services-provided free talking books. Library of Congress The Fourth Part of the World: The Race to the Ends of the Earth and the Epic Story of the Map That Gave America Its Name 2009 · Talk In 1507 Martin Waldessmuller created a map that depicted what was then known as "the fourth part of the world"; the other three parts being Asia, Europe and… Library of Congress The Peasant Movement of Papay 2009 · Talk Sponsored by the Hispanic Division, leaders of the Peasant Movement of Papay (MPP) from Haiti gather for an oral history of this movment. The MPP has become… Library of Congress The Peasant Movement of Papay 2009 · Talk Sponsored by the Hispanic Division, leaders of the Peasant Movement of Papay (MPP) from Haiti gather for an oral history of this movment. The MPP has become… Library of Congress Prize Winning Poets Tony Hoagland and Lucia Perillo 2009 · Talk National Book Critics Circle Award finalist Tony Hoagland from Houston, Texas and MacArthur fellow Lucia Perillo from Olympia, Wash. share their poetry work… Library of Congress States of Mind: Music in Islamic Sufi Rituals 2009 · Talk Gordon Gray J. Lecturer Dr. Taoufiq ben Amor gives a pre-concert presentation, part of the Music and the Brain series. Library of Congress From Every End of This Earth: 13 Families and the New Lives They Made in America 2009 · Talk New York Times best-selling author Steven V. Roberts follows the stories of 13 families in his poignant, eye-opening look at immigration in "From Every End of… Library of Congress Memento: Time Travel for the Web 2009 · Talk This National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP) briefing features the project Memento, presented by Herbert Van de Sompel… Library of Congress My Prison, My Home: One Woman's Story of Captivity in Iran 2009 · Talk Haleh Esfandiar, author and director of the Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars speaks on her recently published… Library of Congress Stripping Gypsy: The Life of Gypsy Rose Lee 2009 · Talk Most people's knowledge of the entertainer Gypsy Rose Lee was gained through the stage musical and film of her extraordinary life. In Noralee Frankel's… Library of Congress On Thin Ice: Changing Ice Cover on Polar Oceans 2009 · Talk NASA scientist Thorsten Markus shares his expertise on polar ice in a lecture at the Library of Congress. In his lecture, Markus summarizes recent… Library of Congress Barbara Lynn & Friends 2009 · Talk Barbara Lynn & Friends perform Texas rhythm and blues at the Library of Congress. Library of Congress Black Mesa: Water, Power, and the Story of a Master Theft 2009 · Talk In this era of transnational corporations, the methods of separating indigenous peoples from their lands are many, and often quite legal - at least to those… Library of Congress Native American Heritage Month with Keynote Speaker Dawn Sturdevant Baum 2009 · Talk Dawn Sturdevant Baum, a staff attorney with the Native American Rights Fund (NARF), delivers the keynote address for the Library's 2009 celebration of Native… Library of Congress Terahertz Spectroscopy and Imaging Techniques for Conservation Science: Innovative Non-invasive Observation Methods 2009 · Talk Terahertz (THz) spectroscopy and imaging technologies have been actively developed in recent decades. THz waves (0.1-10 THz) are non-invasive, can penetrate… Library of Congress Is Israeli Classical Music Jewish? 2009 · Talk The music of Israel is a unique combination of Jewish and non-Jewish traditions that have come together over the course of a century to create a distinctive… Library of Congress Lying, Stealing, and Other Theatrical Crimes: Molnar's The Devil and the Transnational Trade in Theatrical Commodities, c. 1907-8 2009 · Talk This lecture draws on material found in the Library of Congress's Minnie Maddern Fiske Collection to offer a case study of the events surrounding the… Library of Congress Celebration of the 400th Anniversary of The Royal Commentaries of the Inca 2009 · Talk "The Royal Commentaries of the Inca," by El Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, considered by historians to be the earliest and most important literary work of the… Library of Congress Slow Medicine for Elders 2009 · Talk This program is co-sponsored with the Human Resources Division and the Guild Caregivers Group. Dr. Dennis McCullough (MD) speaks about his book, "My Mother,… Library of Congress If It Wasn't for the Irish and the Jews: Irish and Jewish Influences on the Music of Vaudeville and Tin Pan Alley 2009 · Talk Mick Moloney's illustrated talk on Jewish and Irish collaborations in vaudeville and early Tin Pan Alley explores a fascinating, though largely forgotten, era… Library of Congress Asian Ambassadors Lecture Series 2009 · Talk The Library of Congress Asian Division and the Asian Division Friends Society host a program marking the launch of the Asian Ambassador Lecture Series.… Library of Congress Traditional Norwegian-American Dance Music From Virginia 2009 · Talk Part of the Homegrown Concert Series, the Berntson family performs traditional Norwegian-American dance music from Virginia. Library of Congress Petroglyphic Art in North Africa: The Story of the Engraved Rocks of the Sahara 2009 · Talk The Near East Section, part of the African and Middle Eastern Division, presents a lecture given by Dr. Ahmed Achrat who speaks about petroglyphic art in… Library of Congress Francisco Pareja: Missionary and Linguist in Spanish Colonial Florida 2009 · Talk Timucuan is a dead language. Spoken by an indigenous tribe that lived in northeast-north central Florida during the time of Spanish colonization, it was… Library of Congress The Geneva Conventions at 60: Taking Stock 2009 · Talk The Law Library of Congress, the American Red Cross and the Friends of the Law Library of Congress present a program to mark the 60th anniversary of the… Library of Congress Music and the Brain Lecture Series: Making Music Changes Brains 2009 · Talk Making music is an intense, multi-sensory and motor experience that is typically initiated at an early age and practiced throughout a musician's lifetime.… Library of Congress Abandoned: Foundlings in Nineteenth Century New York City 2009 · Talk In the 19th century, foundlings -- children abandoned by their desperately poor, typically unmarried mothers, usually shortly after birth -- were commonplace… Library of Congress The Anthropocene: Are We There Yet? 2009 · Talk Historians David Christian and John R. McNeill, in a lecture at the Library of Congress, discuss how rapidly increasing human impact on the biosphere is… Library of Congress Free Press in a Time of Terrorism 2009 · Talk In celebration of Human Rights Day, the Law Library of Congress hosts a 90-minute panel discussion. It focuses on how countries around the world are… Library of Congress Competing Spheres: Religion, Society and State in Morocco 2009 · Talk The Near East Section of the African and Middle Eastern Division sponsors a noontime lecture given by Fulbright Scholar Moshine El Ahmadi. Library of Congress The Evolution of Welsh Music 2009 · Talk Musician Gwilym Morus discusses the aspects of Welsh culture, the history of the Welsh folk tradition and performs some pieces of modern folk music. Library of Congress Waging Peace: Building a New Life in Chad after Conflict for the Victims of Darfur 2009 · Talk Brian Wakley, chief executive of CORD, discussed "Waging Peace: Building a New Life in Chad After Conflict for the Victims of Darfur" in a program sponsored… Library of Congress From Decayed Parchment to 'Bit Rot' -- Challenges in Digitizing Archimedes 2009 · Talk The Archimedes Palimpsest, written in Constantinople in the 10th century, contains seven of the Greek mathematician's treatises. It is the only surviving copy… Library of Congress Remembering Our Father: The Story of M. Carl Holman 2009 · Talk The 2009 theme for African American History Month was Quest for Black Citizenship in the Americas. This year's celebration coincides with the centenary of the… Library of Congress Charles Darwin, Geologist 2009 · Talk The Science, Technology and Business Division of the Library of Congress celebrated the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth with a lecture by Sandra… Library of Congress Reflections on the Mendelssohn Bicentenary 2009 · Talk R. Larry Todd shares his insights on the Mendelssohn reception in the 19th and 20th centuries and how different composers responded to his music. Library of Congress They Have Killed Papa Dead!": The Road to Ford's Theatre, Abraham Lincoln's Murder and the Rage for Vengeance 2009 · Talk The assassination of the 16th president is one of the singular events in American history, and historian Anthony Pitch uses primary source material to… Library of Congress Haptic Virtual Reality Simulation Training for Conservation 2009 · Talk Haptic interaction devices provide computer users with the physical sensation of touch. Typically, these devices simulate the force-feedback aspect of haptic… Library of Congress Robert Burns at 250: Poetry, Politics and Performance: Day 1. 2009 · Talk To mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns, Scotland's national poet, the American Folklife Center, in collaboration with the Scottish… Library of Congress The Iraqi Revolution: Why is it Relevant to Modern Iraq? 2009 · Talk Juan Romero, adjunct professor at Georgetown University's Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, discussed "The Iraqi Revolution: Why is it Relevant to Modern… Library of Congress Robert Burns at 250: Poetry, Politics and Performance: Day Two, Session 1. 2009 · Talk To mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns, Scotland's national poet, the American Folklife Center, in collaboration with the Scottish… Library of Congress Robert Burns at 250: Poetry, Politics and Performance: Day Two, Session 2. 2009 · Talk To mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns, Scotland's national poet, the American Folklife Center, in collaboration with the Scottish… Library of Congress Introduction to the Global Legal Information Network 2009 · Talk The Global Legal Information Network is a database of the official texts of laws and other complementary legal materials from a growing number of… Library of Congress Farming, Food Security and Climate Change 2009 · Talk Molly E. Brown, a research scientist at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), has been involved for the past 10 years with the U.S. Agency… Library of Congress FRBR: Things You Should Know, But Were Afraid to Ask 2009 · Talk This presentation for non-catalogers is intended to present basic concepts and benefits of using the FRBR conceptual model (Functional Requirements for… Library of Congress Women Taking the Lead to Save Our Planet 2009 · Talk To honor women who have taken the lead in the environmental or "green" movement, the National Women's History Project has chosen "Women Taking the Lead to…