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Apr 6, 2021

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Global Studies librarians offer a round-up of e-resources and library guides that are new to the Libraries, including resources related to Africa, the Middle East, and Islam, and Russia, Eurasia, and Eastern Europe.

Mar 2, 2021

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Global Studies librarians continue to support research and teaching through acquisitions, partnerships, and international collaboration amidst remote work and a global pandemic.

Dec 4, 2020

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Lucas Massuco, a fellow with the University's Institute for the Study of Human Rights, shares his work with archives and human rights to mark Human Rights Month.

Sep 23, 2020

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Ph.D. candidate Seher Agarwala delves into archival materials from the Muslim World Manuscript Project for her dissertation on 16th-century aesthetics in the Islamicate world.

Aug 7, 2020

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A bibliography of sources provides a starter kit of archival collections, books, videos, and websites on the struggle to overcome systemic racism, including the global Black Lives Matter movement.

Jul 20, 2020

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Librarian Michelle Chesner uncovers traces of women in the Libraries' rare Judaica collection through records of book ownership, marriage, prayer, and printing.

Apr 26, 2020

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Graduate student Shabbir Agha Abbas pores over documents from the Libraries' Muslim World Manuscript Project for a broader and more vibrant understanding of Islamic studies.

Apr 13, 2020

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Head of Global Studies Kaoukab Chebaro celebrates the birthday and legacy of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar, an Indian economist and politician and Columbia University alum.

Mar 2, 2020

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A collaborative pop-up exhibition, “Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here,” showcases a newly-acquired collection of artists’ books, broadsides, and prints on Iraqi studies.

Feb 14, 2020

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A collaborative digital project that collects information about Jewish books printed from the 15th through the 18th centuries allows scholars to trace early modern Jewish texts through time and place.

Feb 9, 2020

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Librarian for Jewish Studies Michelle Chesner joins a panel of leading scholars at the Jewish Theological Seminary to explore the remarkable story of Jews and books.

Feb 3, 2020

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Graduate student Sadegh Ansari consults the Libraries' rich Muslim World Manuscript Project to consider "the science of music in the medieval Islamic world."

Dec 10, 2019

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In recognition of Human Rights Month, archivist Chris Laico discusses his work to make the Libraries' human rights collections accessible to researchers and scholars worldwide.

Nov 15, 2019

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An interview with Dr. Manan Ahmed, Associate Professor of History, about the value of the ongoing Muslim World Manuscript Project to teaching and scholarship.

Oct 28, 2019

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The Libraries receives early Slavic books and manuscripts that date from the 17th to the 20th centuries from Columbia alumnus and Hamilton College professor emeritus, Franklin A. Sciacca.

Oct 23, 2019

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The South Asian Open Archives, an initiative from the Libraries and numerous partner institutions, facilitates global access to 350,000 pages of research materials in 13 languages.

Oct 9, 2019

In the media

The Chronicle of Higher Education cites the partnership between the Libraries and Cornell Library in Slavic studies as an example of successful collaborative collecting.

Sep 24, 2019

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A recent Libraries workshop studied the intricacies of the vibrant manuscripts at the heart of the Muslim World Manuscript preservation and digitization project.

Sep 19, 2019

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Following the passing of novelist Toni Morrison, African Studies Librarian Yuusuf Caruso sought to better understand the writer's relationship with Africa.

Jun 19, 2019

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The Literary Authors from Europe and Eurasia Web Archive preserves regional content from authors, critics, publishers, and translators about the contemporary literary process.

May 7, 2019

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The Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Union Web Archive preserves websites in numerous subjects from Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.

Oct 30, 2018

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The digital Language and Culture Archive of Ashkenazic Jewry preserves interviews with native speakers of Yiddish that address the challenges of an endangered linguistic and cultural legacy.

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Global Studies E-Resources and Library Guides at Columbia under COVID-19, Part 1

Global Studies Librarians: Collaboration Roundup

Archives and Human Rights: International Human Rights Day, Dec. 10th: An Interview with Lucas Massuco

“Strategies of Presenting Text and Illustrations: Turning the Pages of a Sixteenth Century Book of Wisdom”: An Interview with Seher Agarwala

Black Lives Matter International

Finding the Women in Columbia’s Judaica Collections

The MWM Project: An Interview with Shabbir Agha Abbas

Celebrating Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar’s Birthday and Legacy

Pop-Up Exhibition: Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here

On the Trail of Jewish Books Around the World

From Scroll to Screen: Revolutions in Jewish Book History

Interview with Graduate Student Sadegh Ansari

International Human Rights Day: An Interview with Chris Laico, Archivist at RBML

The MWM Project: An interview with Dr. Manan Ahmed

Columbia Receives Early Slavic Books and Manuscripts from Alumnus Franklin A. Sciacca

South Asian Open Archives (SAOA) Launched

The Future of Campus Libraries? ‘Sticky Interdependence’

The Muslim World Manuscript Project: A Codicology Workshop

Toni Morrison and Africa

Just Launched: Literary Authors from Europe and Eurasia Web Archive

Just Launched: Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Union Web Archive

Recreating a Lost Yiddish Database

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Global Studies E-Resources and Library Guides at Columbia under COVID-19, Part 1

Global Studies Librarians: Collaboration Roundup

Archives and Human Rights: International Human Rights Day, Dec. 10th: An Interview with Lucas Massuco

“Strategies of Presenting Text and Illustrations: Turning the Pages of a Sixteenth Century Book of Wisdom”: An Interview with Seher Agarwala

Black Lives Matter International

Finding the Women in Columbia’s Judaica Collections

The MWM Project: An Interview with Shabbir Agha Abbas

Celebrating Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar’s Birthday and Legacy

Pop-Up Exhibition: Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here

On the Trail of Jewish Books Around the World

From Scroll to Screen: Revolutions in Jewish Book History

Interview with Graduate Student Sadegh Ansari

International Human Rights Day: An Interview with Chris Laico, Archivist at RBML

The MWM Project: An interview with Dr. Manan Ahmed

Columbia Receives Early Slavic Books and Manuscripts from Alumnus Franklin A. Sciacca

South Asian Open Archives (SAOA) Launched

The Future of Campus Libraries? ‘Sticky Interdependence’

The Muslim World Manuscript Project: A Codicology Workshop

Toni Morrison and Africa

Just Launched: Literary Authors from Europe and Eurasia Web Archive

Just Launched: Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Union Web Archive

Recreating a Lost Yiddish Database

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