Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
For the 20th anniversary after the fall of the Berlin Wall, The Guardian has gathered a number of online projects reflecting its history and present. Para el 20 º aniversario de la caída del Muro de Berlín, The Guardian ha reunido una serie de proyectos en línea que refleja su historia y presente. Videos documenting [...]
Friday, July 3rd, 2009
This year’s SALALM conference was hosted by the Ibero-Amerikanische Institut (IAI), and I had the opportunity to take a tour of the library. The IAI hosts the largest collection on Latin America, Spain, Portugal, and the Caribbean in Europe. The library’s holdings cover material about belles-lettres, humanities, social sciences, economics, as well as legal material. [...]
Friday, July 3rd, 2009
Originally posted on the SALALM blog. Originalmente publicando en el blog de SALALM. This morning I started exploring Berlin, and one of the sites I wanted to make sure I visited was the memorial for the book burning event that took place on May 10, 1933, when students burned over 25,000 books considered “un-German”. It [...]