Earthrise: Celebrating the Photograph that Changed (How We View) the World
Tuesday
April 23, 2019
4:00 pm -
5:30 pm
EDT
Please join Bruce Clarke, Baruch S. Blumberg NASA/Library of Congress Chair in Astrobiology, who will moderate a discussion on the rich cultural impact of the photo on the US space program and the environmental movement. A display and reception will follow the discussion.
LJ-119
Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Event
| lectures and symposia
Street Folk: Hip Hop, Car Culture, and Black Life in Houston, Texas
Wednesday
April 24, 2019
12:00 pm -
1:00 pm
EDT
Wilkins will discuss how "screw" and "slab" combine form a unique local tradition that has affirmed and empowered working class Black Houstonians across several generations.
Whittall Pavilion (LJ-G45E)
Reach for Gold: Copyright and Sports
Thursday
April 25, 2019
2:00 pm -
3:00 pm
EDT
The U.S. Copyright Office will celebrate World Intellectual Property Day with a special event. This year’s theme, as announced by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), is “Reach for Gold: IP and Sports.”
Flint, Shield, and Fire: Exploring Ancient Maya Warfare
Thursday
April 25, 2019
4:00 pm -
5:00 pm
EDT
Stephen Houston, Dupee Family Professor of Social Science, Brown University, and Library of Congress Kislak Chair for the Study of the History and Cultures of the Early Americas, will discuss ancient Maya warfare and the meanings of conflict and its aftermath. Drawing on recent explorations, Prof. Houston will showcase the lidar technology now revolutionizing the study of Pre-Columbian civilizations. A reception will follow. Guests...
Kluge Center (LJ-119)
Saturday, April 27, 2019
Event
| lectures and symposia
Franz Liszt's Sardanapalo
Saturday
April 27, 2019
12:30 pm -
1:00 pm
EDT
A conversation with David Rosen, PhD, Professor emeritus of Music, Cornell University.
Whittall Pavilion (LJ-G45E)
Free Speech, Free Press, Free Society: A Conversation with Bob Carlson
Wednesday
May 1, 2019
1:30 pm -
2:30 pm
EDT
Join Law Librarian Jane Sánchez in a conversation with American Bar Association President, Bob Carlson on this year’s Law Day topic. Free Speech, Free Press, Free Society. In the United States and around the world, freedom of speech and the press are among the most important foundations for a free society. Free speech and free press are prominent topics in public discourse and litigation....
LJ-119
Saturday, May 4, 2019
Event
| lectures and symposia
Conversation with Bill James
Saturday
May 4, 2019
2:00 pm -
3:00 pm
EDT
A conversation between Baseball Americana curator Susan Reyburn and Bill James, the baseball analyst who coined the term and popularized “sabermetrics,” the method of statistical analysis that has revolutionized Major League baseball.
Kluge Center (LJ-119)
Event
| lectures and symposia
Tetzlaff-Tetzlaff-Vogt Trio
Saturday
May 4, 2019
6:30 pm -
7:00 pm
EDT
PRE-CONCERT CONVERSATION A conversation with David Plylar, PhD, Music Division.
Whittall Pavilion (LJ-G45E)
Monday, May 6, 2019
Event
| lectures and symposia
Joining the Club: A History of Jews and Yale
Monday
May 6, 2019
12:00 pm -
1:00 pm
EDT
In observance of Jewish American Heritage Month, and in cooperation with the Jewish Genealogy Society of Greater Washington, Dr. Dan A. Oren . will present on his book titled "Joining the Club: A History of Jews and Yale."
Whittall Pavilion (LJ-G45E)
Thursday, May 9, 2019
Event
| lectures and symposia
Solving the Puzzles of Planet Formation in the Modern Era of Planet-Hunting
Thursday
May 9, 2019
11:30 am -
12:30 pm
EDT
Dr. Elisa Quintana will discuss the wide array of planetary systems that TESS may find and the follow-up measurements that will reveal clues as to which planets might be rocky and which may have Earth-like atmospheres.
Pickford Theater (LM-302)
Event
| lectures and symposia
Playing and Talking about Baseball Across the Pacific
Thursday
May 9, 2019
2:00 pm -
4:00 pm
EDT
A panel of experts will discuss how American baseball has influenced and been influenced by Japanese culture since the 19th century.
Kluge Center (LJ-119)
Event
| lectures and symposia
"Jioni wa Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o" (An Evening with Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o)
Thursday
May 9, 2019
7:00 pm -
8:30 pm
EDT
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o provides a reading from his 34th book, titled "Minutes of Glory and other stories," followed by a moderated conversation.
Mumford Room (LM-649)
Friday, May 10, 2019
Event
| lectures and symposia
Digital International Treasures, "The Persian Language Rare Materials Digitization Project"
Friday
May 10, 2019
9:00 am -
12:00 pm
EDT
In celebration of the Persian New Year, or Nowruz, the African and Middle Eastern Division announced the online release of 150 Persian manuscripts from the division’s rare Persian language collections. Originated from the various parts of Central, South and West Asia with some dating back to the 13th century, these manuscripts shed light on scientific, religious, philosophical and literary traditions of
LJ-119
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Event
| lectures and symposia
Dick Spottswood: A Discographer on the Record
Tuesday
May 14, 2019
12:00 pm -
3:00 pm
EDT
The renowned discographer, researcher, author, broadcaster, and scholar of folk and ethnic music Dick Spottswood will join us at the Library of Congress to participate in a two-part event in the Benjamin Botkin Folklife Lecture Series. The event will feature an interview with AFC staff members about his career and accomplishments followed by a panel with prominent Washington DC folklorists, ethnomusicologists, and archivists highlighting...
Whittall Pavilion (LJ-G45E)
Event
| lectures and symposia
Diane Seuss
Tuesday
May 14, 2019
7:00 pm -
9:00 pm
EDT
Poet Diane Seuss will discuss her work with Ron Charles, book critic at The Washington Post.
Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital
Wednesday, May 15, 2019
Event
| lectures and symposia
Gallery Talk: Glyphs on Pots: History of Maya Ceramics
Wednesday
May 15, 2019
12:00 pm -
1:00 pm
EDT
Writing was independently invented in five areas of the ancient world, including Mesoamerica. Of these, the Maya glyphic system stands out for its creation of syllabic and pictorial writing. John Hessler, curator of the Jay I. Kislak Collection, will discuss this priceless literary cultural heritage as preserved on vessels in the exhibition.
Northwest Gallery
Thursday, May 16, 2019
Event
| lectures and symposia
A Conversation with Jessye Norman
Thursday
May 16, 2019
7:00 pm -
8:00 pm
EDT
Jessye Norman’s incomparable voice and exceptional artistry have made her a legend in the world of the opera stage and the concert hall, indisputably one of the major artists of our time.
Coolidge Auditorium (LJ-G45A)
Friday, May 17, 2019
Event
| lectures and symposia
"Marking Time: Voyage to Vietnam"
Friday
May 17, 2019
7:30 pm -
8:30 pm
EDT
Al and Lee Beltrone, co-founders of the Vietnam Graffiti Project, and other special guests will present a multimedia story about the men who were transported to Vietnam aboard the P2 General Nelson M. Walker, leaving behind musings and folk-art style drawing on their berthing canvases.
Packard Campus Theater
Thursday, May 23, 2019
Event
| lectures and symposia
North Mississippi Homeplace: Photographs and Folklife, a book talk by Michael Ford
Thursday
May 23, 2019
12:00 pm -
1:00 pm
EDT
In 2014 the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress acquired Michael Ford's collection of films and photographs documenting grassroots community life in northern Mississippi. The Michael Ford Mississippi Collection includes documentation of music, farming traditions, blacksmithing, molasses making, and other aspects of community life in LaFayette, Marshall, Tate, and Panola Counties, Mississippi, during the early 1970s. In addition to the 2019 book,...
Whittall Pavilion (LJ-G45E)
Event
| lectures and symposia
Art in Action: Conversation with Helen Zughaib
Thursday
May 23, 2019
2:00 pm -
3:00 pm
EDT
Helen Zughaib’s work engages with contemporary political issues, including the experiences of refugees, and is on view in the exhibition Art in Action: Herblock and Fellow Artists Respond to Their Times. Prints & Photographs curator Katherine Blood will interview the artist about her work and the two will discuss the role of art in social movements, artists as change makers, and the nature and...
LJ-119
Saturday, June 1, 2019
Event
| lectures and symposia
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Saturday
June 1, 2019
6:30 pm -
7:00 pm
EDT
A pre-concert conversation with the composer.
Whittall Pavilion (LJ-G45E)
Monday, June 3, 2019
Event
| lectures and symposia
Walt Whitman Open House
Monday
June 3, 2019
2:30 pm -
5:00 pm
EDT
The Library of Congress will present a Walt Whitman Open House display in Room 119 of the Thomas Jefferson Building. The Open House will feature a special array of rarely seen Walt Whitman collection items from the Manuscript, Rare Book, Music, and Prints and Photographs divisions, as well as Serials and General Collections. The display will include items pertaining to Whitman’s time in Washington,...
LJ-119
Tuesday, June 4, 2019
Event
| lectures and symposia
The Cartographic History of Afghanistan: The Early Modern and Colonial Periods
Tuesday
June 4, 2019
12:00 pm -
1:30 pm
EDT
In this lecture, Dr. Shah Mahmoud Hanifi (James Madison University) will discuss the complexity, innovation, redundancy, and contradictions in the cartographic history of modern maps of Afghanistan. The lecture will focus specifically on 18th and 19th century mapping projects that emanated from British India.
Dining Room a (LM-620)
