
Kislak Fellow Dr. Patricia O'Brien will discuss "English Colonialism and Piracy from the Atlantic to the Pacific" on Thursday, August 1 at noon in Room 113 of the Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, 10 First St. S.E., Washington, DC.…

According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), it is estimated that, if nothing is done, half of 6000 plus languages spoken today will disappear by the end of this century. See http://www.unesco.org/new/en/culture/themes/endangered-languages/. Fortunately, the Library of Congress…