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Kluge Center Celebrates ScholarFest

News Release — Sat, 04 Apr 2015 06:56:41 +0000

Event to Feature 32 “Lightning Conversations” – 70 top scholars, Three Past Kluge Prize Winners to Take Stage Seventy top scholars in foreign policy, history, ethics, religion and other fields within the humanities and social sciences will convene on Capitol…

Literary Critic Richard Zenith to Give Lecture on Fernando Pessoa

News Release — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 12:08:39 +0000

Noted literary critic and translator of Portuguese literature Richard Zenith presents a lecture titled “Fernando Pessoa: An Englishly Portuguese, Endlessly Multiple Poet” at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, March 4, in the Library’s Whittall Pavilion. The pavilion is located on the…

Library to Host Events in Celebration of National Cherry Blossom Festival

News Release — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 20:27:03 +0000

The Library of Congress will again participate in Washington’s annual celebration of its gift of cherry trees from Japan with two events during the 2015 National Cherry Blossom Festival. A lecture by National Mall and Memorial Parks Superintendent Robert A.…

Co-Founder of Rosa Parks Foundation To Share Recollections of Civil Rights Icon

News Release — Mon, 12 Jan 2015 15:32:20 +0000

The Library of Congress, the Library of Congress Chapter of Blacks in Government and the Daniel A.P. Murray African American Culture Association of the Library of Congress will co-host a panel discussion, “Rosa Parks: Beyond the Bus,” with Elaine Steele,…

LOC Presents Talks and Films Focusing on Civil Rights Movement

News Release — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 13:31:44 +0000

The Library of Congress will present events in January and February that examine the Civil Rights Movement, including a talk by author Clay Risen about the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a discussion about Rosa Parks, a film series and…