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Berlin State Library Glimpses of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Multiteaser headline General reading room of the Staatsbibliothek building on Unter den Linden © SPK / Pierre Adenis Illustration from the Papilio Rumanzovia by Johann Friedrich Eschscholtz © SPK / Pierre Adenis General reading room of

On September 23, the Belgian House of Representatives returned a painting by Friedrich Nerly to the SPK. It belonged to the collection of the Alte Nationalgalerie of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Old National Gallery of the Berlin State Museums) and had previously been considered a war loss. The

As part of the “Arquivo Kamayurá” project, representatives of the Kamayurá culture visited and documented ethnographic-historical objects of the Kamayurá culture in European museums and also visited the IAI. On March 10, 2025, Kanawayuri Marcello Kamayurá and Auakamu Kamayurá visited the Ibero-Ameri

On April 3, 2025, a working meeting between Colombian Vice Minister Mauricio Jaramillo and Barbara Göbel, director of the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut (IAI), took place at the IAI on German-Colombian cooperation in science, culture and collections. Mauricio Jaramillo Jassir, the Colombian Vice Mini

On April 1, 2025, the new Ambassador of the Republic of Panama, H.E. Vladimir A. Franco Sousa, paid a visit to the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut (IAI). Director Barbara Göbel showed him around the institute, presented him holdings on Panama and exchanged views with him on the scientific and cultural

A group of bachelor students from the Freie Universität Berlin recently received a tour of the library and special collections of the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut as part of their introductory course in Spanish literature. For the young guests, the colleagues put together a selection of materials w

In memory of the recently deceased Peruvian author and Nobel Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa, a small showcase exhibition is currently presented in the reading room of the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut. Mario Vargas Llosa (1936 – 2025) visited the IAI in person several times. Among other ocasions, i

On March 27, 2025, a high-ranking delegation from the funding agency of the Brazilian state of São Paulo, FAPESP, visited the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut (IAI, Ibero-American Institute) for an exchange on German-Brazilian scientific cooperation. FAPESP (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de S

With its regional focus on Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal, the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut (IAI) has a genuinely international orientation. This also characterizes the work of the library, for which international cooperation and networks are of central importance. The internation

February 14 is not just Valentine’s Day, it is also Library Lovers’ Day. Book lovers the world over celebrate their libraries – and this year they even helped the library of the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut to set a minor Twitter record Started by the Australian State Library of New South Wales in