Collection Items

  • Film, Video
    Spanish Gastronomy & Cultural Innovation José Berasaluce discussed the influence of Spanish gastronomy on American culinary practice and culture.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress. Hispanic Division - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2018
  • Film, Video
    Before Brasilia: Frontier Life in Central Brazil In this talk, Mary Karasch discussed her decades-long research on frontier life in central Brazil using diverse sources in Brazil, Portugal, Austria, England and at the Library of Congress. The presentation covered the challenges to finding documents to write about the slaving frontier of Goiás where both indigenous peoples and enslaved Africans resisted enslavement.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress. Hispanic Division - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2018
  • Film, Video
    Movies & Popular Culture in Spain Under Franco, 1939-1975 Under the Franco regime, Spain was a country of passionate moviegoers struggling with the enormous limitations of the cultural life under a dictatorship, a tension at the center of this talk by Fernando Ramos Arenas. This is the story of a fascination with movies under difficult circumstances, in a land in which cinema became a large projection screen for the anxieties, fears and hopes...
    • Contributor: Library of Congress. Hispanic Division - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2018
  • Film, Video
    Colombian Treasures at the Library of Congress The Library of Congress showcased a display of Colombian treasures from our vast Latin American collections, including the papers Simón Bolivar and Francisco de Paula Santander, rare literary audio recordings of Colombian writers and poets, and unique prints and photographs. The event was co-sponsored with the Embassy of Colombia.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress. Hispanic Division - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2018
  • Film, Video
    Sounds & Rhythms of Contemporary Cuban Music in the American Diaspora A conversation about Cuban music in the American diaspora with pianist Adonis González, bassist Yunior Terry and saxophonist Yosvany Terry. These highly acclaimed performers discussed their musical education in Cuba and the United States, the African, classical and jazz influences in their compositions, and their role as music professors. Co-sponsored by the Hispanic Cultural Society.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress. Hispanic Division - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2018
  • Film, Video
    Conversation with Brazilian Author Noemi Jaffe Noemi Jaffe discussed her book, "What Are the Blind Men Dreaming?" about the Holocaust and Jewish identity.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress. Hispanic Division - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2017
  • Film, Video
    Babel Through Jewish Latin-American Eyes Mirta Kupferminc discussed her works based on Jewish texts and their impact on contemporary universal artists. Tova Shvartzman discussed the Tower of Babel, as it appears in the Bible, in conjunction with "The Library of Babel" by Jorge Luis Borges. Kupferminc and Shvartzman are involved in "LABA-BA," a laboratory for Jewish culture, which supports artists' fellowship programs in Argentina. A mix of visual artists,...
    • Contributor: Library of Congress. Hispanic Division - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2017
  • Film, Video
    Maratón de Poesía del Teatro de la Luna El XXV Maratón de Poesía del Teatro de la Luna is a Spanish-language poetry marathon gathering poets together from Latin America, Spain and Portugal. This year's Maratón brought the following poets: Ricardo Ballón (Bolivia), João Luís Barreto Guimaraes (Portugal), Mario Bencastro (El Salvador), Tracy K. Lewis (Paraguay), José Mármol (República Dominicana), Elena Medel (Spain), Balam Rodrigo (Mexico) and Yrene Santos (Dominican Republic). This event...
    • Contributor: Library of Congress. Hispanic Division - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2017
  • Film, Video
    Outstanding Catalan Contributions As a part of a program on the Library's Catalonian collections, Joan Amorós discussed his book, "Outstanding Catalan Contributions" about unique cultural, historical, political, artistic, literary and scientific contributions by Catalans. The book is almost encyclopedic in nature and contains 744 pages written in Catalan with translations in English, French and Spanish.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress. Hispanic Division - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2017
  • Film, Video
    The Unlinking of Language & Puerto Rican Identity Brenda Domínguez-Rosado discussed her book, "The Unlinking of Language and Puerto Rican Identity: New Trends in Sight," the result of research inspired by her own life experiences, including her struggles with identity and doctoral studies.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress. Hispanic Division - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2017
  • Film, Video
    Poet 2 Poet: María Montealegre Reads Salomón de la Selva In this bilingual presentation, Nicaraguan poet and critic María Augusta Montealegre read selections from the work of Salomón de la Selva (1893-1959), one of Nicaragua's most prominent poets, followed by a reading of her own work. (In English and Spanish.)
    • Contributor: Library of Congress. Hispanic Division - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2017
  • Film, Video
    Latin Pop: A Cultural Fusion Singer-songwriter Chris Urquiaga in concert with iconic Latin pop songs in Spanish and Portuguese and in various genres, including bossa nova and salsa.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress. Hispanic Division - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2017
  • Film, Video
    Entre Alambradas y Exilios Jose María Naharro-Calderón discussed his new book "Entre alambradas y exilios: Sangrías de las Españas: Sangrías de las Españas y terapias de Vichy" with Sebastian Faber of Oberlin College and German Labrador of Princeton University. The book addresses the changing memories of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) throughout generations and within a complex network of various concentration camp witnesses and films. (In Spanish)
    • Contributor: Library of Congress. Hispanic Division - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2017
  • Film, Video
    Tribute to Chilean Poet Gonzalo Rojas A tribute to the life and work of Chilean poet Gonzalo Rojas: "A Hundred Years of a Lightning Bolt." Un tributo a la vida y obra del poeta Chileno Gonzalo Rojas: "Cien Años de un Relámpago." In English and Español.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress. Hispanic Division - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2017
  • Film, Video
    Portraying Benito Juárez in Film Following the screening of a new docudrama, "Benito Juárez, La Derrota de un Imperio," producer Michela Giorelli of Discovery Communications discussed the film, which portrays the four years and 45 days Juárez itinerantly led Mexico from the road (1863-1867). Juárez was forced to act as Mexico's itinerant president, carrying the National Archives and leading the country from a carriage while fleeing both the Mexican...
    • Contributor: Library of Congress. Hispanic Division - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2017
  • Film, Video
    Francisco de Miranda & the United States Art historian Claudia Isabel Navas discusses Hispanic revolutionary Francisco de Mirand and his involvement in the United States Battle of Pensacola of 1782.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress. Hispanic Division - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2017
  • Film, Video
    Mexico's Nobodies: The Cultural Legacy of the Soldadera & Afro-Mexican Women Christine Arce discusses her book, "Mexico's Nobodies: The Cultural Legacy of the Soldadera and Afro-Mexican Women," which examines key figures of Mexican history that have remained anonymous despite their proliferation in the arts: soldaderas and Afro-Mexicans.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress. Hispanic Division - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2017
  • Film, Video
    Medialogies: Reading Reality in the Age of Inflationary Media Patricia Vieira moderates a discussion with David Castillo and William Egginton, authors of "Medialogies: Reading Reality in the Age of Inflationary Media." The book offers an innovative approach to the contemporary construction of reality in cultural, political and economic domains, inviting the read to reconsider the way reality is constructed, and how truth, sovereignty, agency and authority are understood from the everyday, philosophical and...
    • Contributor: Library of Congress. Hispanic Division - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2017
  • Film, Video
    2017 International Writing Program Spotlight In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the International Writing Program, residents Enza García Arreaza (Venezuela) and Santiago Giralt (Argentina) participated in a discussion with Cynthia P. Schneider, Amy Storrow and Christopher Merrill. Presented in partnership with the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa and the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress. Hispanic Division - Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Literary Initiatives Office
    • Date: 2017
  • Film, Video
    Sad Visionary: Lima Barreto & Racial Inequality in Brazil Lilia Moritz Schwarcz discussed her new biography of Lima Barreto and what it meant to write and live as a black man in a racist society. The conversation was moderated by Bryan McCann.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress. Hispanic Division - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2017
  • Film, Video
    Pablo Neruda in Translation Forrest Gander read from his new book "Then Come Back: The Lost Neruda Poems" and participated in a discussion with Marjorie Agosin.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress. Hispanic Division - Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Literary Initiatives Office
    • Date: 2017
  • Film, Video
    La Hoja de Mar: Efecto Archipiélago I. Juan Duchesne Winter of the University of Pittsburgh and Ruben Ríos Ávila of NYU presented the book "La hoja de Mar: Efecto Archipiélago I," followed by a conversation with the author, Puerto Rican poet and critic Juan Carlos Quintero-Herencia of the University of Maryland. In Spanish.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress. Hispanic Division - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2017
  • Film, Video
    Mestizaje, Hybridity and Cultural Entanglements in Colonial Latin America: Mesoamerica A panel discussion on Mesoamerica as part of the symposium "Mestizaje, Hybridity and Cultural Entanglements in Colonial Latin America," cosponsored by the University of Maryland and with the generous support of the Kislak Family Foundation.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress. Hispanic Division - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2017
  • Film, Video
    Mestizaje, Hybridity & Cultural Entanglements in Colonial Latin America: South America & the Caribbean & Keynote A panel discussion on South America and the Caribbean, followed by a keynote address, part of the symposium "Mestizaje, Hybridity and Cultural Entanglements in Colonial Latin America," cosponsored by the University of Maryland and with the generous support of the Kislak Family Foundation.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress. Hispanic Division - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2017
  • Film, Video
    Poet 2 Poet: Consuelo Hernandez Reads César Vallejo For this bilingual reading, Consuelo Hernandez read selections from the work of César Vallejo one of Latin America's most beloved 20th century poets. She followed the homage by reading from her own work. (In English and Spanish)
    • Contributor: Library of Congress. Hispanic Division - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2017