Thursday, May 23, 2013

The Hebraic Section
of the
African and Middle Eastern Division
    The Library of Congress
presents

Howard Wettstein
Dept.Of Philosophy
University of California, Riverside

speaking on his new book

"The Significance of the
Religious Experience"
(Oxford, 2012)

Free and Open to the Public
Copies of "The Significance of the Religious Experience"
will be available for sale

Thursday, May 23, 2013
12:00 Noon - 1:00PM
The African and Middle Eastern Division Reading Room
Room LJ-220 The Thomas Jefferson Building
10 First St. SE
Washington, DC 20540

For additional information contact:
Sharon Horowitz (202) 707 - 3780

Please allow time to clear security
Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-6362
 (Voice/TTY) or email Ada @ loc.gov  

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

The Near East Section
of the
African and Middle Eastern Division
The Library of Congress
invites you to a Lecture and Book Signing
by

SAAD ABULHAB
Arabic type designer, librarian,
IT director, and independent scholar

Arabetics: Arabic Language and Script History, Typography, and Computing

Free and Open to the Public

Tuesday May 28, 2013
12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m.
The African & Middle Eastern Division Reading Room
Room LJ-220, Thomas Jefferson Building
10 First Street, S.E.
Washington, D.C.  20540

For additional information contact:
Nawal Kawar (202) 707 - 4708

Please allow time to clear security
Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-6362
 (Voice/TTY) or email Ada @ loc.gov 

Friday, May 31, 2013

The Hebraic Section of the
African and Middle Eastern Division,
The Library of Congress
presents

Nili Auerbach
Director of Public Relations and Resource Development
 for the non-profit Hanan Aynor Foundation, Jerusalem

Following a Dream:
The Beta Israel Then and Now
Today’s Ethiopian-Israeli Community and Its Pursuit of Higher Education

Free and Open to the Public

Friday, May 31, 2013
12:00 Noon - 1:00PM
The African and Middle Eastern Division Reading Room
Room LJ-220 The Thomas Jefferson Building
10 First St. SE
Washington, DC 20540

For additional information contact:
Fentahun Tiruneh ( 202) 707 - 4163

Please allow time to clear security
Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-6362
 (Voice/TTY) or email Ada @ loc.gov 

Monday, May 13, 2013
The Hebraic Section of the African and Middle Eastern Division and the
Packard Campus of the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, The Library of Congress
in Honor of Jewish American Heritage Month presented filmmaker Aviva Kempner
who will talk and show film clips from a new special DVD edition:"The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg".

Wednesday, May 8, 2013
As part of the "Conversations with African Poets and Writers Series"
The African and Middle Eastern Division and the Poetry and Literature Center of The Library of Congress
in Partnership with The Africa Society of the National Summit on Africa
invited you to a reading and book signing with award winning Nigerian Writer, A. Igoni Barrett
author of "Love is Power or Something Like That: Stories"

Wednesday, May 1, 2013
In Celebration of Jewish American Heritage Month, The Hebraic Section
of the African and Middle Eastern Division, The Library of Congress presented
Janice Rothschild Blumberg, Past President of the Southern Jewish Historical Society discussing her new book
"Prophet in a Time of Priests"

Thursday, April 18, 2013
The African Section, African and Middle Eastern Division
The Library of Congress presented Alla Tkachuk
Founding Director of the Mobile Art School in Kenya (M.A.S.K.)

Tuesday, April 16, 2013
The Near East Section of The African and Middle Eastern Division,
The Library of Congress invited you to a presentation
Marefa: The On-Line Arabic Encyclopedia by Mr. Nayel Shafei

Wednesday, April 10, 2013
The Near East Section of the African and Middle Eastern Division and The American Folklife Center,
The Library of Congress invited you to a Nowruz lecture featuring Dr. Ulrich Marzolph,
Author and Professor of Islamic Studies at the Georg-August-University in Göttingen, Germany
speaking on his new research topic: “From Mecca to Mashhad:
A lithographed Shiite Pilgrimage Scroll from Qajar Iran”

Friday, April 5, 2013
The Hebraic Section of the African and Middle Eastern Division, and the
Rare Book and Special Collections Division of The Library of Congress
presented a talk by book artist Lynne Avadenka, "Of the Making of Many Books".

Tuesday, April 2, 2013
The African Section of the African and Middle Eastern Division, and The Poetry and Literature Center of the
Library of Congress, and The Africa Society of the National Summit on Africa
invited you to a program in its “Conversations with African Poets and Writers” series with featured speaker
Omékongo Dibinga, Poet/Spoken Word Artist and Author of “From The Limbs of My Poetree”

Thursday, March 21, 2013
The African and Middle Eastern Division, and the Poetry & Literature Center of
The Library of Congress, and The African Society for the National Summit on Africa
invited you to a program in its “Conversations with African Poets and Writers Series”
featuring Maaza Mengiste, Author of "Beneath the Lion's Gaze"
View a Webcast of this Program

Wednesday, March 20, 2013
The Near East Section of the The African and Middle Eastern Division, The Library of Congress
invited you to celebrate Nowruz, with graphic artist and filmmaker Hamid Rahmanian
who will present an innovative version of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh: The Epic of the Persian King

Monday, March 18, 2013
In celebration of National Women's History Month 2013,
The Hebraic Section of the African and Middle Eastern Division, The Library of Congress
presented Ann Kirschner, University Dean, Macaulay Honors College, City University of New York
discussing her newly published book, Lady at the O.K. Corral: The True Story of Josephine Marcus Harp

Friday, March 1, 2013
The Near East Section of the African and Middle Eastern Division, The Library of Congress
invited you to a presentation by Dr. Mohammed Gamel, Chief Curator on
The Grand Museum, Egypt

Thursday, February 28, 2013
The Hebraic Section of the African and Middle Eastern Division, The Library of Congress
invited you to a lecture by His Excellency Girma Birru, Ambassador of Ethiopia to the United States
Growth and Transformation Plan of Ethiopia (2011-2015): Prospects and Challenges
View a Webcast of this Program

Tuesday, February 26, 2013
In conjunction with the exhibit Words Like Sapphires, The Hebraic Section of
The African and MIddle Eastern Division, The Library of Congress presented Zemer Chai,
DC's Premier Jewish Choir "Sapphires in Song"
View a Webcast of this Program

Monday, February 25, 2013
The Near East Section of The African and Middle Eastern Division, The Library of Congress
presented Professor Marie-Claude Thomas, United States Naval Academy speaking on
Women in Lebanon: Living Together and Facing Modernity
View a Webcast of this Program

Thursday, February 21, 2013
The African and Middle Eastern Division and The Hispanic Division of The Library of Congress
invited you to a Book Talk by guest speaker and Author, Julie Fisher, speaking on her book,
Importing Democracy: The Role of NGOs in South Africa, Tajikistan, and Argentina
View a Webcast of this Program

Wednesday, February 20, 2013
The African Section, African and Middle Eastern Division The Library of Congress
presented Janet Goldner, scholar and sculptor speaking on:
UNESCO World Heritage Sites of the Republic of Mali
View a Webcast of this Program

Tuesday, February 19, 2013
The Hebraic Section of the African and Middle Eastern Division, The Library of Congress
presented a dramatic reading (in English) of:
Stealing Wisdom: A Story in Rhymed Hebrew from Medieval Italy about
Books, Book Lovers, and Book Thieves by Immanuel of Rome
Translated into English by Ann Brener, Area Specialist, Hebraic Section

Thursday, January 17, 2013
The Near East Section of the African and Middle Eastern Division invited you to a presentation to the Library of Congress
of the book “The Tajik Golden Heritage” by H.E. Ambassador Nuriddin T. Shamsov and a talk
by LC Conservationist Yasmeen Khan on the “Tajik Manuscripts and their Conservation in Tajikistan”
View a Webcast of this Program

Wednesday, January 16, 2013
The Near East Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, The Library of Congress
presented Author Judith Hornok speaking on
Another Image of the Arab World: Modern Arab Women - the New Generation

Monday, January 14, 2013
The Near East Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, The Library of Congress
presented His Excellency, John A. Heffern, United States Ambassador to the Republic of Armenia
"Report from Armenia, 2012"