Did you miss a past workshop? Want to rewatch a lecture hosted by the Library of Congress? Recordings of past events, including lectures, book talks, topical presentations, and research orientations are available for you to browse. Ranging from introductions to researching general topics and themes to deep dives into specific collections these programs cater to users of all levels of research experience and interest.
Tutorials that provide information on common researcher tasks or explore select Library research centers are available at Video Tutorials for Researchers.
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Using Secondary Sources in Legal Research
This webinar will provide an overview of secondary sources such as legal encyclopedias, treatises and dictionaries. In addition, the webinar will provide practical examples to show how these resources are used in practice. The presentation will demonstrate how secondary sources are an important step in the legal research method and how they can guide researches to primary sources. Many of the materials and content…
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Eberhart, Linnea - Kane-Cruz, Olivia
Date:2024-11-05
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A Guide to European Gender Determination Laws
This webinar discusses the regulation of gender self-determination in select jurisdictions in Europe. In particular, the webinar focuses on the existence of gender self-determination laws, the possibility to identify as a third gender, the rules for changing a legal gender, and the use of “X” as a gender marker in passports, among other topics. Similarities and differences in the countries’ approaches are highlighted.
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Gesley, Jenny - Hofverberg, Elin
Date:2024-10-29
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Frances Oldham Kelsey and the Battle Against Thalidomide
Historian Cheryl Krasnick Warsh discussed her recent biography of Food and Drug Administration pharmacologist Frances Oldham Kelsey and Kelsey’s pioneering battle against the life-threatening drug thalidomide. The panel was moderated by historian Josh Levy and reference librarian Loretta Deaver, who showed items from the Library’s Frances Oldham Kelsey papers. They discussed Kelsey and the thalidomide tragedy, Kelsey’s place within the larger landscape of women…
Finding Pictures: Celebrating Indigenous American Creators
Explore a rich array of photographs, prints and posters by Indigenous American artists from the collections of the Library of Congress. Library specialists reviewed historic and contemporary creators’ responses to such topics as relationships with traditional lands, first-person and outsider perspectives on Native cultures, convergence with non-visual artforms such as poetry and music and more.
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Blood, Katherine - Lindberg, Melissa
Date:2024-10-16
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An Overview of Public International Law
This webinar provides an introduction to the five sources of international law, as defined by Article 38 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice and the Restatement 3d: Foreign Relations Law of the United States. Both of these are considered prominent authorities on the creation and evolution of public international law. The presentation introduces and explains many of the resources featured in…
Contributor:
Myers, Louis
Date:2024-10-01
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War and Lawmaking: Recent Legal Developments in Israel
On October 7, 2023, Israel experienced a coordinated brutal attack by Hamas. The attack resulted in the killing of over 1,200 Israelis and nationals of other countries, including the U.S., and the taking of about 250 hostages of various nationalities. Israel’s military issued a declaration of war, followed shortly by a government declaration of war and a special situation on the home front. The…
Contributor:
Levush, Ruth
Date:2024-09-26
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Congress.gov Public Forum
Library specialists provided an update on enhancements to the Congress.gov public website. Users had the opportunity to ask questions and give feedback on the site.
Date:2024-09-18
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George Rable: Conflict of Command
Author George C. Rable talked about his new book, “Conflict of Command: George McClellan, Abraham Lincoln and the Politics of War” with Library specialists Michelle Krowl and Lara Szypszak. Rable talks about how he evaluated the military and political interactions of President Abraham Lincoln and General George B. McClellan during the Civil War, how his interpretations help balance the familiar hero-villain dichotomy in evidence…
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Szypszak, Lara - Rable, George C. - Krowl, Michelle
Date:2024-09-17
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Making the Economy Circular: Recycling Laws and Policies in Japan
Japan has a legal framework for waste reduction and forming a recycling-oriented society. Japanese people are reported as being conscientious in their efforts to clean and sort materials for recycling. However, Japan often receives relatively low ratings on waste management. This webinar, presented by foreign law specialist Sayuri Umeda, explored Japan’s legal approach to waste management and to introducing new attempts to advance recycling.
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Umeda, Sayuri
Date:2024-08-29
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On the Road: Travel Ephemera in the Margolies Collection
Curator of Architecture Mari Nakahara leads a tour of a remarkable collection that spans the late 19th century to the early 2000s. Driving through the United States from the 1960s to the early 2000s to document roadside America, architectural historian John Margolies amassed an amazing collection of postcards, travel brochures and road maps. While his colorful photographs have become well known through books and…
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Nakahara, Mari
Date:2024-08-21
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Geography and Map Virtual Orientation: Researching Mapmakers
Reference librarians Cynthia Smith and Amelia Raines explore maps and atlases by several important cartographers in the Library of Congress collections. This orientation provides an overview of a series of research guides focused on prominent cartographers. The librarians also discuss how to search for works by specific mapmakers and creators in the Library’s catalog and online collections, and resources for learning more about their…
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Raines, Amelia - Smith, Cynthia
Date:2024-08-13
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Laws on Happiness: The Legal System and Legislation of Bhutan
The idea of “gross national happiness” as a guiding principle for government reaches back for centuries in Bhutan. The legal code of Bhutan states, “The purpose of the government is to provide happiness to its people. If we cannot provide happiness, there is no reason for the government to exist.” Ugyen Thinley from the Jigme Singye Wangchuck School of Law in Bhutan discusses how…
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Thinley, Ugyen
Date:2024-07-18
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Rouben Mamoulian, Hollywood and Broadway
This program explores Kurt Jensen’s new book, “Peerless: Rouben Mamoulian, Hollywood and Broadway.” Jensen joins senior archivist Laura Kells and literature, culture and arts specialist Barbara Bair to discuss the life and career of filmmaker and theater director Rouben Mamoulian and his collection of personal papers at the Library of Congress.
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Bair, Barbara - Jensen, Kurt - Kells, Laura
Date:2024-07-18
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Going Smoke-Free: Cigarette Bans in New Zealand and the United Kingdom
The Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar Series of classes is designed to shed light on some of the foreign and comparative law issues currently being researched by the foreign law and international law experts at the Law Library of Congress. In this entry, foreign law specialists Kelly Buchanan and Clare Feikert-Ahalt will discuss the background to and contents of legislation enacted in New Zealand…
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Feikert-Ahalt, Clare - Buchanan, Kelly
Date:2024-06-27
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Finding Pictures for Pride Month
The Library’s prints and photographs collections contain a rich resource of visual materials depicting LGBTQ+ communities, lives and issues. In celebration of Pride Month, join photography and graphic art curators Micah Messenheimer and Katherine Blood as they take a look at these collections with a particular focus on photographs, artist’s prints and posters by historic and contemporary queer creators. Image credit: Trevor Messersmith
Weston Bland on Coptic Orthodox Christians in Egypt
Weston Bland discusses his current research on communal representation and church politics among Coptic Orthodox Christians in Egypt for the period between 1927-1961. Bland is a research associate at the University of Oxford. This video was made possible through the generous support of the Religion and Cultural Institutions Initiative at the Lilly Endowment.
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Bland, Weston
Date:2024-06-26
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Weaponization of Passports: Tool of War & Diplomacy in Russia and Neighboring Nations
The presentation reviewed the history, evolution and development of the legal framework of Russia’s passportization policy towards Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova, spanning more than two decades. The session explored the similarities and differences in Russia’s methodological approaches and principles governing extraterritorial naturalization in annexed and occupied territories. The speaker discussed the strategies and mechanisms employed by the Russian Federation to enhance its foreign policy…
Contributor:
Fremer, Iana
Date:2024-05-23
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Foreign Legal Gazettes Guide
The Law Library of Congress holds a collection of legal gazettes from nearly 250 foreign jurisdictions. The Law Library has created this online tool to aid in the findability of these materials in the Library’s catalog. This resource currently includes information for approximately half the foreign jurisdictions in the Library’s gazette collection and features digitized copies of the gazettes. This video provides information and…
Contributor:
Hemmens, Ann
Date:2024-05-07
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Cassandra Good and George Washington’s Heirs
George Washington is widely known to have had no biological children of his own. Less well known is his role in raising several of the children and grandchildren of Martha Washington’s marriage to her first husband, Daniel Parke Custis. In this informal conversation with the Library’s Julie Miller, Cassandra Good, author of “First Family: George Washington’s Heirs and the Making of America,” discussed her…
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Good, Cassandra
Date:2024-04-30
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Poet and Social Critic Muriel Rukeyse
Library literature, culture and the arts specialist Barbara Bair talks to Eric Keenaghan and Rowena Kennedy-Epstein about their new anthology “The Muriel Rukeyser Era: Selected Prose.”
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Keenaghan, Eric - Kennedy-Epstein, Rowena
Date:2024-04-25
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Is Your Data Safe When Traveling? Data Protection Laws in Italy
This program reviews the main aspects and challenges concerning the protection of personal data in Italy, with a focus on foreigners temporarily present in the country. Topics include the confidentiality of electronic communications, non-disclosure of bank and financial operations, treatment of customer data, publicity of proceedings in which foreigners might be involved in Italy, and available institutional arrangements and judicial/administrative remedies in cases of…
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Bandini, Sarah - Figueroa, Dante - D'orazio, Robert
Date:2024-04-18
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How to Identify Daguerreotype, Ambrotype and Tintype Photos
Do you have a box of 19th-century family photos stored in plastic or leather cases you’ve always wanted to know more about? Have you scoured estate sales and been intrigued by small portraits on glass and metal and wondered how they were made? Would you like to know how to best store and preserve your antique photography collection for years to come? Join Library…
Contributor:
Smiley, Michelle - Wetzel, Rachel
Date:2024-04-17
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Geography & Map Orientation: Fire Insurance Maps
This virtual orientation provides an introduction to the fire insurance maps housed at the Library of Congress, with a special focus on the maps created by the Sanborn Fire Insurance Company.
Contributor:
Raines, Amelia - Trent, Rachel
Date:2024-04-09
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Firearms Laws in Brazil and Mexico
Foreign law specialists Eduardo Soares and Gustavo Guerra present an overview of the legal and regulatory frameworks that govern the use of firearms in Brazil and Mexico, including the main authorities responsible for enforcing applicable laws as well as criminal and administrative penalties that may be imposed for violating firearms regulations.
