Webcasts from the Library of Congress I

William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway, both winners of the Nobel Prize in Literature, carried on a nuanced and complex l... Read more

Judith Hornok describes a new image of the Arab world, the modern generation of Arab women.For captions, transcript, and... Read more

A Nowruz lecture featuring Ulrich Marzolph speaking about a lithographed Shiite pilgrimage scroll from Qajar, Iran.Speak... Read more

Jennifer Tobkin discusses Muhammad ibn Dawud al-Isfahani (d. 297/909), compiler of an anthology of poetry called "Kitab ... Read more

Raouf Abujaber discusses the development of Transjordan during the 19th century.Speaker Biography: Raouf Abujaber is a h... Read more

"Carl Gustav Jung and the Red Book," an all day symposium, featured presentations by prominent Jungian scholars.Speaker ... Read more

Ann Kirschner discussed her new book, "Lady at the O.K. Corral: The True Story of Josephine Marcus Earp." For captions, ... Read more

This event highlights distinguished literary writers and writing from the South, hosted by Poet Laureate Consultant in P... Read more

Hamid Rahmanian presented an innovative version of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh "The Epic of the Persian Kings" based on illustr... Read more

Daniel Stashower discussed and signed his book, "The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil W... Read more

Prior to the 20th Century, iron gall ink (IGI) was the most common ink in the western world, and a plethora of recipes f... Read more

Amy Brady discusses the Federal Theatre Project, America's first and only nationally subsidized theater, and how hypersp... Read more

In September 1962, James Meredith became the first African American admitted to the University of Mississippi. A milesto... Read more

Norwegian novelist Karl Ove Knausgaard reads selections from his novel 'My Struggle: Book One' and discusses the state o... Read more

The Embassy of Switzerland and the Library of Congress presented Occupy Rousseau: Inequality and Social Justice, with an... Read more

South African poet and political activist Keorapetse Kgositsile discusses the state of contemporary African culture, inc... Read more

Hungarian novelist László Krasznahorkai reads from his recently translated novel, Sátántangó, and discusses the state of... Read more

Mehdi Aminrazavi, professor of Philosophy and Religion at the University of Mary Washington discusses "Reading Omar Khay... Read more

R. Andrew Chesnut discusses his book "Devoted to Death: Santa Muerte, the Skeleton Saint."Speaker Biography: R. Andrew C... Read more

NASA's Sten Odenwald discusses the astronomical phenomenon known as the Transit of Venus, which occurs on June 5, 2012, ... Read more