Events at the Library of Congress

Thursday March 23, 2023

Friday March 31, 2023

  • Event | lectures and symposia

    Digital Dharma: Recovering Wisdom

    Friday
    March 31, 2023
    2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT
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    LJ 119
    Jann Ronis, Executive Director, Buddhist Digital Resouce Center, presents a book talk on "Digital Dharma: Recovering Wisdom", which documents the work of the late E. Gene Smith, former Library of Congress Field Director, to rescue, preserve, digitize and make available to scholars worldwide the vast Tibetan Buddhist canon.
    This event will be livestreamed on zoomgov.com External.

Friday May 5, 2023

  • Event | lectures and symposia

    New Musical Discoveries from the Era of Madame de Pompadour (1745-1764)

    Friday
    May 5, 2023
    2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT
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    LJ 119
    The Library hosts a symposium in collaboration with Opera Lafayette presenting distinguished French and American scholars involved with the rediscovery, completion and premieres of two significant 18th-century opéra-ballets: Jean-Philippe Rameau’s "Io" and Pierre de la Garde’s "Léandre et Héro."

Wednesday May 24, 2023

Saturday June 10, 2023

  • Event | lectures and symposia

    Strayhorn Symposium: Known and Unknown

    Saturday
    June 10, 2023
    4:00 pm - 6:00 pm EDT
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    Kluge Center (LJ-119)
    Join us to hear experts on Strayhorn and his legacy celebrate this important figure and his collection at the Library of Congress with a lecture and panel discussion.. Keynote Lecture: David Hajdu, author of Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn 4pm, Whittall Pavilion Panel Discussion: Strayhorn: Known and Unknown 5pm, Whittall Pavilion Presented through the generous support of the Revada Foundation of the...