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 […]
Author: Laura Marie Rocco
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, […]
‘Black Panther’: A Realistic Africa within a Fictitious Wakanda
Post by Ashley Adams For months now, people have been raving about Marvel’s Black Panther movie. It has received some criticism, but also overwhelming support and love from people all over the world. Marvel produces superhero movies that are fascinating to watch, and sometimes have brief historical and realistic components, but this is the first […]
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 […]
Conference Travel: BOBCATSSS 2018 and the Latvia National Library
From Wednesday, January 24 to Friday, January 26, I attended the BOBCATSSS 2018 conference in Riga, Latvia. BOBCATSSS is an acronym that stands for the cities of the universities that initiated the first conference in 1993: Budapest, Oslo, Barcelona, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Tampere, Stuttgart, Szombathely and Sheffield. Since that first year, this international library and information […]