By Steve Witt, Head of the International and Area Studies Library; Director of the Center for Global Studies Last week’s Glocal Notes post featured the coming centenary of the armistice that ended the First World War by telling the story of the destruction and construction of the KU Leuven Library. The Leuven library speaks to […]
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Environmental Conflicts in Latin America & the Caribbean
By Claudia Lagos Lira Contents: Introduction Under fire: women, indigenous, and peasants Natural resources exploitation and colonialism Mining and more Further reading and resources Contact a Librarian Introduction Berta Cáceres (44) was a member of the Lenca indigenous group in Honduras. She was a mother, a daughter, a friend, and an environmental rights campaigner internationally […]
Celebrating Sub-Saharan Arabic Manuscripts
Introduction In April, the University Library celebrated the preservation of the Charles Stewart Mauritanian Arabic manuscripts, which is the most extensive collection of Sub-Sahar manuscripts in North America. Prof. Charles served for 35 years in the Department of History, and for half of that time held administrative posts as Director of African Studies, Associate Chair, […]
Reviving a Revolution: Exploring Newspapers at the Slavic Research Lab
By Zohra Saulat When I decided to pursue librarianship, I did not imagine that it would take me across the world. Just a few short weeks ago I had the opportunity to present one of my projects in Riga, Latvia for the 2018 BOBCATSSS symposium. Not only was this my first ever library conference, but this […]
Latin America: The most dangerous place to be a woman
Nabila Riffo is a Chilean woman who barely survived after her former partner took her eyes off, battered her, and left her moribund on the pavement. Lucia was 16 years old when she died after being drugged, raped, and impaled in Mar del Plata city, Argentina. Between 2013 and 2016, in El Salvador, 90 percent […]