Events at the Library of Congress, Available Online

Tuesday March 9, 2021

Event | lectures and symposia
Searching for Suffrage with Kimberly Hamlin Tuesday
March 9, 2021
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST
Add to calendar Kimberly A. Hamlin discusses her new book, "Free Thinker: Sex, Suffrage and the Extraordinary Life of Helen Hamilton Gardener." The book details Gardener's life as a "fallen woman," who confronted restrictive social mores at an early age, and tracks her growing activism for women's rights that culminated in the passage of the 19th Amendment.
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Event | courses and workshops
Virtual Law Library Collections Orientation Tuesday
March 9, 2021
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST
Add to calendar The Orientation to Law Library Collections Webinar is designed for patrons who are familiar with legal research, and would instead prefer an introduction to the collections and services specific to the Law Library of Congress.
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Wednesday March 10, 2021

Event | concerts and performances
Homegrown: é.T.é. Wednesday
March 10, 2021
12:00 pm - 12:45 pm EST
Add to calendar élisabeth Moquin, Thierry Clouette and élisabeth Giroux came together in 2015 to create this exciting group. They chose the name é.T.é., which is the group’s first initials but also the French word for summer. The trio offers a contemporary and dynamic vision of traditional Québec music, combining influences from folk, jazz, progressive rock, and classical music on fiddle, cello, bouzouki, voice, foot-tapping and step...
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Event | courses and workshops
Virtual Business Research Orientation Wednesday
March 10, 2021
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST
Add to calendar The virtual Business Research Orientation provides an overview of resources and services for business research, with an emphasis on Library of Congress tools and search strategies that can be used from home. This class is designed to introduce you to research at the Library, navigating the online catalog, and highlighting resources specific to business research.
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Thursday March 11, 2021

Event | lectures and symposia
Using Civic Media to Build a Better Society Thursday
March 11, 2021
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST
Add to calendar Kluge Prize winner Danielle Allen moderates an expert panel to explore the role of information in democratic society, addressing the challenges citizens face in consuming the deluge of materials available in the digital age and in identifying trustworthy sources of information.
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Friday March 12, 2021

Event | lectures and symposia
2021 Diversity in Children's Literature Symposium Friday
March 12, 2021
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST
Add to calendar 2021 Diversity in Children's Literature Symposium: “Listening, Learning, Creating Communities,” followed by the Walter Dean Myers Awards for Outstanding Children's Literature ceremony. This event, co-hosted by We Need Diverse Books, will demonstrate how diversity in children's books helps us better understand each other, resulting in a stronger sense of community.
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Event | concerts and performances
New World Symphony Friday
March 12, 2021
8:00 pm - 9:30 pm EST
Add to calendar Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas introduces a special Library mini-residency project for The New World Symphony, America’s Orchestral Academy (NWS). Admired as a creative laboratory for the way music is taught, presented and experienced, NWS brings together brilliant young musicians for a fellowship program offering in-depth exposure to traditional and modern repertoire and professional development training.
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Tuesday March 16, 2021

Event | courses and workshops
Discovering Science Collections Virtually at the Library of Congress Tuesday
March 16, 2021
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar The Library of Congress collections are robust in both the history of science and the history of technology. Both collections comprise two major elements: the seminal works of science and technology themselves and historiographies on notable scientific and technological works. Science subject specialists will provide an overview of these collections, with an emphasis on collections available online.
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Wednesday March 17, 2021

Event | courses and workshops
Lunch & Learn Webinar: Herencia Crowdsourcing Interns Wednesday
March 17, 2021
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar The Law Library of Congress is proud to announce our all-virtual festivities to celebrate the first anniversary of our crowdsourcing campaign, Herencia: Centuries of Spanish Legal Documents, starting with a Review Challenge! As part of our anniversary celebration, we invite you to our Lunch & Learn Webinar: A Conversation with the Herencia Crowdsourcing Interns. Geraldine Dávila González will moderate a panel discussion with our...
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Thursday March 18, 2021

Event | courses and workshops
Orientation to Legal Research Webinar Series: Tracing Federal Regulations Thursday
March 18, 2021
11:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Join Senior Legal Reference Librarian, Ann Hemmens, for the next entry in our Orientation to Legal Research webinar series, this time on Tracing Federal Regulations. This entry in the series provides an overview of U.S. federal regulations, including information about the notice and comment rulemaking process, the publication and citation of regulations, and the tracing of regulations from the Code of Federal Regulations, to...
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Event | lectures and symposia
Rediscovering Eleanor Roosevelt Thursday
March 18, 2021
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Author David Michaelis’ “Eleanor” is the first major biography of America’s longest-serving first lady in 60 years. Much of its research was conducted in the Library’s Manuscript Division, including the papers of the NAACP and the National Women’s Trade League, as well as the personal papers of Kermit and Belle Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, second wife of President Wilson.
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Friday March 19, 2021

Event | lectures and symposia
Veteran Grown: Urban Farming Friday
March 19, 2021
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar The panel will feature military veterans who farm in urban settings, as well as representatives from national organizations that train and provide direct support to farmer veterans. Their specialties include beekeeping, compost management, vegetable crops and more.
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Event | concerts and performances
Steven Osborne, Piano Friday
March 19, 2021
8:00 pm - 9:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Brilliant Scottish pianist Steven Osborne offers a program of fragments and forgotten images illuminated by a classic evocation of moonlight. The music of Debussy and Rachmaninoff, two specialties of the pianist, shines in this special concert that includes works held in the Library’s collection.
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Saturday March 20, 2021

Event | lectures and symposia
Cherry Blossom Viewing Over the Centuries Saturday
March 20, 2021
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar The Library of Congress celebrates the 2021 National Cherry Blossom Festival by debuting a new video series that highlights both historic and contemporary traditions of springtime flower viewing.
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Wednesday March 24, 2021

Event | concerts and performances
Homegrown: Ialoni Wednesday
March 24, 2021
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Women’s ensemble Ialoni was formed in 2009 in Tbilisi in the Republic of Georgia. Their repertoire draws from all three branches of traditional Georgian vocal polyphony: ecclesiastical, folk and city music. The group selects its repertoire from archival records and manuscripts, field recordings, and published transcriptions, with a special emphasis on reviving relatively unusual, original and complex songs.
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Event | concerts and performances
Homegrown: Ranina Quartet Wednesday
March 24, 2021
12:30 pm - 1:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar The Ranina quartet is a new music ensemble from the Republic of Georgia, created out of a love for Georgian traditional music, including urban songs, folk songs, and chants. They have been singing since they were little children, and individual members have performed in many ensembles including such well known groups as Erisioni, Sakhioba, Didgori, Lasharela, Ertoba, Orbeli, Aghsavali of Mamadaviti church, the state...
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Thursday March 25, 2021

Event | courses and workshops
Removal of Head of State Based on Incapacity or Criminal Activities: Case Study Israel Thursday
March 25, 2021
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Join Foreign Law Specialist, Ruth Levush, for the next entry in our Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar Series, this time on Removal of Head of State Based on Incapacity or Criminal Activities: Case Study Israel. The Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar Series of classes is designed to shed light on some of the foreign, comparative, and international law issues researched by the foreign law...
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Event | courses and workshops
Double Take: When Was This Photograph Taken? Thursday
March 25, 2021
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar What clues can you use to determine when a picture was made or a photo was taken? In this session, reference specialist Kristi Finefield walks attendees through the process of determining the date range of an aerial photograph of Washington, D.C.
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Event | lectures and symposia
War, Combat and the American Soldier Thursday
March 25, 2021
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Two of the most prominent historians of war, Margaret MacMillan (“War: How Conflict Shaped Us”) and Rick Atkinson (“The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777”), will be in conversation with philanthropist David M. Rubenstein.
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Friday March 26, 2021

Event | lectures and symposia
Veteran Grown: Farming Friday
March 26, 2021
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar The panel will feature military veterans who chose to farm in more traditional settings, some of whom benefited from veteran farming training programs, while others received one-on-one mentorship. Their specialties include vegetable crops, beekeeping, pig farming, soap making, entrepreneurship and more.
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Event | concerts and performances
Dudok String Quartet Amsterdam Friday
March 26, 2021
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Dudok Quartet Amsterdam comes to the virtual stage with a program connecting Brahms with Webern and Ligeti. With its recordings garnering enthusiastic praise from publications like Gramophone, The Guardian and The Strad, the quartet is establishing a reputation as a dynamic ensemble with thoughtful programs that include their own transcriptions.
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Thursday April 15, 2021

Event | lectures and symposia
How Political Institutions Shape Outcomes and How We Might Reform Them Thursday
April 15, 2021
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar In the U.S., political institutions reflect choices and compromises about how we balance between majority and minority interests. Kluge Prize winner Danielle Allen moderates an expert panel to look at the way different systems of electoral decision-making in a democracy can, by themselves, lead to very different outcomes.
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Thursday April 29, 2021

Event | courses and workshops
Double Take: How Should We Index This Image? Thursday
April 29, 2021
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Join cataloging specialist Arden Alexander and processing technician Libby McKiernan on an exploration of the Library of Congress Thesaurus for Graphic Materials (TGM), to learn approaches to describing images, using topical terms, plus ways you can use the TGM for your personal or work collections. The specialists will also invite participants to index some images from the Library’s collections with them.
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Wednesday May 12, 2021

Event | courses and workshops
Virtual Business Research Orientation Wednesday
May 12, 2021
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar The virtual Business Research Orientation provides an overview of resources and services for business research, with an emphasis on Library of Congress tools and search strategies that can be used from home. This class is designed to introduce you to research at the Library, navigating the online catalog, and highlighting resources specific to business research.
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Thursday May 13, 2021

Event | lectures and symposia
Finding a Shared Historical Narrative Thursday
May 13, 2021
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Kluge Prize winner Danielle Allen moderates an expert panel to discuss the changing interpretations of the nation’s founding documents and the principles they were founded upon. They will also explore the tension between celebrating what is good about the U.S. and its history, while addressing the exploitation and inequality that are also part of the American legacy.
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